Biology:Oxyopes takobius

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Short description: Species of spider

Oxyopes takobius
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes
Species:
O. takobius
Binomial name
Oxyopes takobius
Andreeva & Tyschchenko, 1969

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]

This species has been misidentified in pharmacological research as "Oxyopes kitabensis."[3][4]

References

  1. "Oxyopes takobius". http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/species/24879/Oxyopes_takobius. 
  2. "Novel lynx spider toxin shares common molecular architecture with defense peptides from frog skin". FEBS J 278 (22): 4382–4393. 2011. doi:10.1111/j.1742-4658.2011.08361.x. PMID 21933345. 
  3. 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=RCs0uQLZqWMC&pg=PA9. Retrieved 27 July 2017. 
  4. "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. 2013. doi:10.1111/febs.12547. PMID 24118933. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q4927004 entry