Godeffroy's Lynx Spider Oxyopes godeffroyi Baehr, Harms, Dupérré & Raven, 2017
Fauna Portal species: 6173
Oxyopes ?godeffroyi female, dorsal (HBI N17230-6; Bibra Lake, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8077Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2017): Females of Oxyopes godeffroyi are similar to those of O. elegans, O. mundulus and O. rubicundus in having a translucent, quadrangular scapus but can be separated from these by having copulatory duct with only 2 coils. Male unknown.
The female illustrated here from Perth is tentatively referred to O. godeffroyi based on the similarities of the epigyne illustrated with the of Baehr et al. (2017; fig. 7C).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
- Western Australia
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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