Oxyopes punctatus L. Koch, 1878

Baehr, Barbara C., Harms, Danilo, Duperre, Nadine & Raven, Robert, 2017, The Australian Lynx Spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae, Oxyopes) of the Godeffroy Collection, including the description of a new species, Evolutionary Systematics 1 (1), pp. 11-37 : 25-28

Oxyopes punctatus L. Koch, 1878 Figs 13 A–E, 14 A–D, 15 A–C, 19E, F, 21C

580. Oxyopes punctatus L. Koch, 1878, 1011-1013, Taf. 88 Fig. 7 + 7 a u. 8 + 8 a, Australien, Rockhampton, 4 Syntypen (Mus. GODEFFROY Nr. 16495) (37) ( Rack 1961).

Material examined.

Designated here: MALE LECTOTYPE (ZMH-A0000017), from Queensland, Rockhampton, 23°22'S, 150°30'E, Godeffroy Collection; (ZMH-A0000016) 3 female paralectotypes, same data as lectotype.

Diagnosis.

Males of Oxyopes punctatus are similar to those of Oxyopes amoenus in having a long retrobasal, hooked cymbial process but can be distinguished by the long triangular median tegular apophysis (Figs 13D, 19E). Females of Oxyopes punctatus can be separated from all other described species by the rectangular scapus with long backwards directed projections at the posterolateral corners (Figs 14C, D, 15 A–C).

Description.

Male (Lectotype, ZMH-A0000017). Total length 3.78. Prosoma 1.93 long, 1.47 wide, pl/pw 1.31; sternum 0.75 long, 0.98 wide, sl/sw 1.16; opisthosoma 1.85 long, 1.02 wide. Eight eyes in four rows with six eyes forming a hexagon, AME smallest ALE biggest, others equal in size; AME 0.07; ALE 0.14; PLE 0.12; PME 0.12; ALE–ALE 0.17; ALE–AME 0.05; AME–AME 0.11; ALE–PLE 0.12; PLE–PME 0.16; PME–PME 0.20. Clypeus 0.37 high with a pair of thin dark dots. Prosoma pale, broadly oval, posteriorly straight, fovea short 0.16 of prosoma length. Chelicerae paturon pale with median dot and lateral condyle. Endites, labium and sternum pale; opisthosoma pear-shaped, pale with dark brown spots; venter pale with a triangular dark brown band medially. Legs pale scattered with dark brown markings. Male palp (Figs 13 C–E, 19 E, F): cymbium pear-shaped, retrolateral part straight with long retrobasal, hooked process, covered with pale setae and 2 prolateral spines in distal third; median tegular apophysis (mta) long triangular reaching embolus, conductor membranous, elongate, with hook-like distal part, originating retro-basally; sperm duct u-shaped; embolus semicircular, distal tegular apopysis down-curved with sharp retro-distal tip fitting in apex of conductor supporting embolus; tibia with rectangular, ventral tibial apophysis.

Female (Paralectotype, ZMH-A0000016). Total length 5.89. Prosoma 2.30 long, 1.59 wide, pl/pw 1.44; sternum 0.96 long, 0.9 wide, sl/sw 1.07; opisthosoma 3.59 long, 2.53 wide. Colour as in male. Opisthosoma pear-shaped; Eyes: AME 0.1.0; ALE 0.16; PLE 0.13; PME 0.13; ALE–ALE 0.17; ALE–AME 0.06; AME–AME 0.12; ALE–PLE 0.15; PLE–PME 0.22; PME–PME 0.23. Clypeus 0.58 high. Female epigyne (Figs 14C, D, 15A, 21C): scapus translucent, rectangular with long backwards directed projections at the posterolateral corners, lateral lobes straight reaching middle of scapus; copulatory openings in the middle of lateral lobes, copulatory ducts, short, convoluted with one thick coil, ending in globular lateral spermathecae, situated at basal part of scapus.

Distribution.

Original record from Rockhampton in central Queensland. The ALA lists more additional records from coastal Queensland, from near Kununurra in north-western Australia and Perth in the southwest that need to be checked in a revisionary framework.