Dingo Lynx Spider Oxyopes dingo Strand, 1913
Fauna Portal species: 7601
Oxyopes dingo male, dorsal (HBI N4877-5; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8045Diagnosis
The spider illustrated here was identified as O. dingo based on Grimshaw (1991). The male pedipalp alveolus occupies almost total length of cymbium; cymbium tip a blunt squat cone with a number of small spines around tip; cymbium with a large paracyrnbium; tibia bears large ventral, distal apophysis; median apophysis with two distinct prongs. Anterior portion of female epigyne 'T' shaped, broadly connected to large posterior lobes. Transverse T-section narrow, wider than posterior lobes.
The collection from Barrow Island shows this species to be very variable in colouration, from specimens almost entirely yellow when preserved to dark-contrasty colours as illustrated here.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Holotype female, 'Central Australia' (SMF 2546) (Grimshaw 1991)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1991): Revision of the Oxyopidae (Araneae: Arachnida) of Australia. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane.