Deinopis longipes F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 is a animal in the Deinopidae family, order Araneae, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Deinopis longipes F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1902

Deinopis longipes F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1902

Deinopis longipes is a Central American net-casting spider that uses a silken net to catch nocturnal prey.

Family
Genus
Deinopis
Order
Araneae
Class
Arachnida

About Deinopis longipes F.O.Pickard-Cambridge, 1902

Deinopis longipes, first formally described by F.O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1902, is a species of net-casting spider belonging to the family Deinopidae. This species occurs across the entire region of Central America. It has a distinctly slim, elongated body that reaches approximately 16 millimeters in total length. Like all other members of the Deinopidae family, Deinopis longipes hunts during the night. It builds a small silken net that it uses to capture prey that passes by its hunting position.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Arachnida Araneae Deinopidae Deinopis

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