Oxyopes godeffroyi, Baehr, Barbara C., Harms, Danilo, Duperre, Nadine & Raven, Robert, 2017

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 : 18-20

Oxyopes godeffroyi sp. n. Figs 7 A–E, 20D

572. Oxyopes elegans L. Koch, 1878, 1008-1010, Taf. 88 Fig. 5 + 5 a u.

6-6 b, Australien, Sydney, Rockhampton, Peak Downs, 6 Syntypen (Mus. GODEFFROY Nr. 16494) (37) ( Rack 1961). This is likely to be the undescribed species referred to in Vink and Sirvid 2000 (p. 637).

Material examined.

FEMALE HOLOTYPE (ZMH-A0000008), from Queensland, Rockhampton, 23°22'S, 150°30'E, Godeffroy Collection; (ZMH-A0000049), 1 female, same data as holotype, Godeffroy Collection.

Diagnosis.

Females of Oxyopes godeffroyi are similar to Oxyopes elegans , Oxyopes mundulus and Oxyopes rubicundus in having a translucent, quadrangular scapus but can be separated from Oxyopes elegans , Oxyopes mundulus and Oxyopes rubicundus by having cd with only 2 coils (Figs 7E, 20D). Male unknown.

Description.

Female (Holotype, ZMH-A0000008). Total length 6.87. Prosoma 2.63 long, 1.77 wide, pl/ pw 1.48; sternum 1.16 long, 0.99 wide, sl/sw 1.17; opisthosoma 4.24 long, 2.47 wide. Eight eyes in four rows with six eyes forming a hexagon, AME smallest ALE biggest, others equal in size; AME 0.08; ALE 0.19; PLE 0.18; PME 0.18; ALE–ALE 0.23; ALE–AME 0.08; AME–AME 0.14; ALE-PLE 0.23; PLE–PME 0.26; PME–PME 0.27. Clypeus 0.63 high with a pair of dark brown bands. Prosoma pale with dark brown lateral sides and one brown median band, long rectangular, posteriorly rounded, fovea short 0.13 of prosoma length. Chelicerae paturon pale with broad median dark band and lateral condyle. Endites and sternum pale, labium and lateral part of sternum with dark brown patches; opisthosoma long tear drop-shaped, brown with two pale median longitudinal bands dorsally and pale longitudinal streaking laterally; venter with a longitudinal median brown stripe flanked by two pale stripes. Female epigyne (Figs 7 C–E, 20D): scapus translucent, quadrangular with sclerotized anterior border and adjacent lateral lobes, copulatory openings at the anterior part of the lateral lobes, copulatory ducts, short, with 2 coils, ending in egg-shaped apical spermathecae situated on the lateral sides of the sclerotized anterior border (Fig. 20D).

Distribution.

Known only from Rockhampton in northern Queensland.

Remarks.

This species was identified from the historic material at ZMH that was previously misidentified as O. elegans and stored in the same glass jar.

Etymology.

The specific name is a patronym in honour of the Godeffroy family who founded the Godeffroy Collection of spiders which is now located at the Centrum für Naturkunde in Hamburg. This collection is essential source for current research and comprises several hundred type specimens of arachnids from all over the world, including more than 450 spider types from Australia and the Pacific Islands. It is the oldest major collection of Australian spiders and world-renowned.