Beautiful Lynx Spider Oxyopes amoenus L. Koch, 1878
Fauna Portal species: 8295
Oxyopes amoenus male, dorsal (ZMH A0000029; Rockhampton, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al. (2017; fig. 3A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8259Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2017): Males of Oxyopes amoenus are similar to those of O. punctatus in having a long retrobasal, hooked cymbial process (paracymbium) but can be distinguished by the different shape of the tegular apophysis. Females of O. amoenus are similar to O. molarius but can be separated by the shorter straighter lateral lobes and the 3 coils, which are clearly visible apically of the T-shaped scapus.
Status
- native
Linnean Lectotype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
Similar Species
Publications
(2017): The Australian Lynx Spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae, Oxyopes) of the Godeffroy Collection, including the description of a new species. Evolutionary Systematics. 1: 11 - 37
(2007): Distinguishing between lynx spiders (Araneae: Oxyopidae) relevant to IPM in cotton in the Namoi Valley, New South Wales. Australian Entomologist. 34: 97 - 106