Oxyopes takobius is a species of spiders in the genus Oxyopes of the lynx spider family, Oxyopidae. The species was first described in 1969, and is found from Central Asia to China.[1] Its venom contains a peptide toxin called oxyopinin (oxyopinin 4a), which was discovered in 2002.[2]
| Oxyopes takobius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Oxyopidae |
| Genus: | Oxyopes |
| Species: | O. takobius
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| Binomial name | |
| Oxyopes takobius Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1969
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This species has been misidentified in pharmacological research as "Oxyopes kitabensis."[3][4]
References edit
- ^ "Oxyopes takobius". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Dubovskii PV, Vassilevski AA, Samsonova OV, Egorova NS, Kozlov SA, Feofanov AV, Arseniev AS, Grishin EV (2011). "Novel lynx spider toxin shares common molecular architecture with defense peptides from frog skin". FEBS J. 278 (22): 4382–4393. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08361.x. PMID 21933345. S2CID 42299460.
- ^ Venom Composition and Strategies in Spiders: Is Everything Possible?, Lucia Kuhn-Nentwig, Reto Stocklin, and Wolfgang Nentwig, Table 2, page 9, collected in Casas, Jerome (29 November 2011). Advances in Insect Physiology: Spider Physiology and Behaviour. Academic Press. ISBN 9780123876683. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
- ^ Vassilevski AA, Sachkova MY, Ignatova AA, Kozlov SA, Feofanov AV, Grishin EV (2013). "Spider toxins comprising disulfide-rich and linear amphipathic domains: a new class of molecules identified in the lynx spider Oxyopes takobius". The FEBS Journal. 280 (23): 6247–6261. doi:10.1111/febs.12547. PMID 24118933.
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