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title: "Gewone lynxspin"
description: "Oxyopes heterophthalmus — Insecten en spinnen. Oxyopes heterophthalmus is a lynx spider from the family Oxyopidae, it is the type species of the genus Oxyopes and was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, it has a Palearctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/variegated-lynx-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Gewone lynxspin

> Oxyopes heterophthalmus — Insecten en spinnen. Oxyopes heterophthalmus is a lynx spider from the family Oxyopidae, it is the type species of the genus Oxyopes and was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, it has a Palearctic distribution.

- Scientific name: *Oxyopes heterophthalmus*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2940
- Wikidata: [Q2247545](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2247545)
- iNaturalist taxon: [326355](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/326355)

## Names

- en: Variegated Lynx Spider
- fr: Araignée-lynx hétérophtalme
- nl: Gewone lynxspin

## Countries with the most observations

FR (482), ES (264), GR (172), IT (109), RU (78), UA (77), PT (75), BG (49), HR (35), TR (23), GE (22), AL (13)

## Summary

Oxyopes heterophthalmus is a lynx spider from the family Oxyopidae, it is the type species of the genus Oxyopes and was described by Pierre André Latreille in 1804, it has a Palearctic distribution.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxyopes_heterophthalmus

## Photo

![Gewone lynxspin](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/variegated-lynx-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Qədirov Hüseyn · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/218077356

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/variegated-lynx-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).