Barrow Island Lynx Spider
Oxyopes
FP-263
Discoverer: J.M. Waldock
Fauna Portal species: 263
Oxyopes FP-263 male, dorsal (HBI N6700-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2026)
Fauna Portal Image No. 14272Diagnosis
Oxyopes FP-263 is only known from Barrow Island. Here, it is most similar to O. molarius, but males have a longer paracymbium and the female epigyne has a central, anterior protuberance, absent in the latter.
Status
- native
Fauna Portal Reference
Australia
- Western Australia
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