Thin Lynx Spider Oxyopes macilentus L. Koch, 1878
Fauna Portal species: 8302
Oxyopes macilentus female, dorsal (ZMH A0000012; Rockhampton, Queensland)
Image: Baehr et al. (2017; fig. 10A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8294Diagnosis
(after Baehr et al. 2017): Oxyopes macilentus females can be separated from females of all other described Australian Oxyopes species by having no scapus, but an inverted v-shaped, sclerotized median part with large apical copulatory openings. Male considered unknown, but illustratred by Grimshaw (1991) for Australia and many records from Asia illustrated (see references in World Spider Catalog).
Status
- native
Linnean Lectotype(s)
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
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.