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Color. Male. Face and chelicerae cream to yellow with black 
stripes from AME to distal third of chelicerae as in Figure 76. Eye 
region black overlaid with white spatulate-shaped hairs. 
Carapace cream to yellow with dusky markings as in Figure 77. 
Dorsum of abdomen white to cream with darker brown marks 
along sides as in Figure 77. Venter with wide dark brown or black 
stripe from genital area to base of spinnerets. Median stripe 
bounded by white with yellow along sides. 
Legs pale yellow to yellow without darker markings or a few 
scattered black spots, especially on ventral surfaces. 
Labium, endites, and sternum cream to yellow. 
Diagnosis. Although sharing certain characteristics with other 
members of the genus Oxyopes , O. flavus is the most divergent 
member of this group in Mexico and Central America. It is easily 
distinguished from all other Oxyopes by the bright yellow color 
contrasted with black markings in living specimens, by its large size, 
and by the distinct epigynum (Figs. 47-54) and palpus (Figs. 
106, 107). 
Natural History. Oxyopes flavus was collected in areas of rela- 
tively tall (3 ft. or 1 m) herbaceous vegetation by sweeping. It was 
relatively abundant in certain habitats where an hour’s sweeping by 
one person would turn up about 20 specimens in the net. 
Figs. 106-107. Oxyopes flavus Banks, male from Tierra Colorado, Guer- 
rero, 23 July 1972. 106. Left palpus, retrolateral view. 107. Left palpus, 
ventral view. 
