Reddish Lynx Spider Oxyopes rubicundus L. Koch, 1878
Fauna Portal species: 6377
Oxyopes rubicundus male, dorsal (HBI N17230-5; Bibra Lake, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2024)
Fauna Portal Image No. 8089Diagnosis
The cymbial process (= paracymbium) of the male pedipalp in retolateral view is short, broadly truncated with a slightly sinuous and darker edge. The female epigyne has a rounded, quadrangular, slightly translucent scape that attaches posteriorly (see also Baehr et al. 2017)
Status
- native
Linnean Lectotype(s)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
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