Slim-footed Lynx Spider Oxyopes gracilipes (White, 1849)
Fauna Portal species: 8300
Oxyopes gracilipes male, dorsal (ZMH A0000007; Peak Downs, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al.(2017; fig. 8A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8284Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2017): Males of Oxyopes gracilipes differ from the other two described species (O. amoenus, O. punctatus) with males in having a short retro-basal, hooked cymbial process.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Syntypes of Sphasus gracilipes White, 1849 from New Zealand; presumed lost (Vink & Sirvid 2000).
Linnean Neotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
Neighbouring Countries
- New Zealand
Fauna Portal Records
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Similar Species
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
(2000): New synonym between Oxyopes gracilipes (White) and O. mundulus (L. Koch) (Oxyopidae: Araneae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 45: 637 - 640
(2007): Distinguishing between lynx spiders (Araneae: Oxyopidae) relevant to IPM in cotton in the Namoi Valley, New South Wales. Australian Entomologist. 34: 97 - 106