''Oxyopes ceylonicus'', is a species of
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
of the genus ''
Oxyopes
''Oxyopes'' is a genus of lynx spiders found worldwide. It includes arounds 300 species and is classified under the lynx spider family Oxyopidae. Like other lynx spiders, they are easily recognizable by the six larger eyes arranged hexagonally on ...
''. It is endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
See also
*
List of Oxyopidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Oxyopidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
''Hamadruas''
''Hamadruas'' Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009
* '' H. austera'' (Thorell, 1894) — Singapore
* '' H. heterosticta'' (Pocock, 1897 ...
References
Oxyopidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1892
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