Barrow Island Lynx Spider
Oxyopes
FP-262
Discoverer: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal species: 262
Oxyopes FP-262 male, dorsal (HBI N23567-4; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8056Diagnosis
Oxyopes FP-262 has an elongate, narrow abdomen. The retrolateral cymbial process in Oxyopes FP-262 is pointed with a sclerotised tip, unique with the genus. The epigyne has an anterior transverse piece similar to O. dingo and Oxyopes FP-266, but it is shorter than in those two species.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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