Papua Lynx Spider Oxyopes papuanus Thorell, 1881
Fauna Portal species: 8304
Oxyopes papuanus male, dorsal (HBI N17341-1; 15 km W of Mt Anderdon, NW Kimberley, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8370Diagnosis
(after Grimshaw 1991): The paracymbium of the male pedipalp is poorly developed (as in O. macilentus and O. striatus), but the tibial apophysis differ distinctly in these three species, with Q. papuanus having a small, pigmented tooth in the lateral excavated area.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1991): Revision of the Oxyopidae (Araneae: Arachnida) of Australia. M.Sc. Thesis. University of Queensland, Brisbane.