Oxyopes kitabensis

Oxyopes kitabensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Superfamily: Lycosoidea
Family: Oxyopidae
Genus: Oxyopes
Species: O. kitabensis
Binomial name
Oxyopes kitabensis

Oxyopes kitabensis (wolf spider) is venomous spider belonging to a family of lynx spiders. Its venom contains peptide toxins called oxyopinins 1, 2a, 2b, 2c, and 2d, which were described in 2002.[1]

References

  1. Corzo G, Villegas E, Gómez-Lagunas F, Possani LD, Belokoneva OS, Nakajima T (2002). "Oxyopinins, large amphipathic peptides isolated from the venom of the wolf spider Oxyopes kitabensis with cytolytic properties and positive insecticidal cooperativity with spider neurotoxins". J Biol Chem. 277 (26): 23627–23637. doi:10.1074/jbc.M200511200. PMID 11976325.
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