Box Kite Spider Isoxya kochi (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)
Fauna Portal species: 6722
Isoxya kochi female, dorsal (Holotype, missing)
Image: O. Pickard-Cambridge (1877; figs 10a, c)
Fauna Portal Image No. 1786Diagnosis
Ixoxya kochi is a senior synonym of the Afrotropical I. penizoides (Hormiga et al. 2023). It is possible that the description of this species for Australia (Cape York) is based on a mislabelled specimen (Hormiga et al. 2023).
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Queensland
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2023): Genitalic morphology and phylogenomic placement of the Australian spider Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, 1886 (Araneae, Araneidae) with a discussion on the classification of the family Araneidae. Invertebrate Systematics. 37: 797 - 818DOI
(1877): On some new genera and species of Araneidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4). 19: 26 - 39