Pleasant Lynx Spider Oxyopes gratus L. Koch, 1878
Fauna Portal species: 8301
Oxyopes gratus female, dorsal (ZMH A0000009; Peak Downs, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al. (2017; fig. 9A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8289Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2017): The female of Oxyopes gratus is similar to O. variabilis in having a T-shaped scapus with T arms shorter than lateral lobes but can be separated from O. variabilis by having copulatory ducts with only 2 coils. Male considered unknown, but illustrated in Grimshaw (1991).
Status
- native
Linnean Lectotype(s)
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
Fauna Portal Records
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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
(1991): Revision of the Oxyopidae (Araneae: Arachnida) of Australia. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane.