Oxyopes attenuatus 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 : 15-17

Oxyopes attenuatus L. Koch, 1878 Figs 5 A–E, 20B

570. Oxyopes attenuatus L. KOCH 1878, 1002-1003, Taf. 88 Fig. 6 + 6 a, Australien, Peak Downs, female Holotype (Mus. GODEFFROY Nr. 16491) (37) ( Rack 1961).

Material examined.

FEMALE HOLOTYPE (ZMH-A0000005), from Queensland, Peak Downs, "now large open cut coking coal mine in Queensland located 31 km SSE of Moranbah", 22°15 ’9.60” S, 148°10 ’30.00” E, Godeffroy Collection.

Diagnosis.

The female of Oxyopes attenuatus can be separated from females of all other described Australian Oxyopes species by the inverted u-shaped scapus, the long and straight copulatory ducts, and the globular apical spermathecae (Figs 5D,E, 20B). Male unknown.

Description.

Female (Holotype, ZMH-A0000005). Total length 6.67. Prosoma 2.57 long, 1.72 wide, pl/pw 1.49; sternum 1.07 long, 0.86 wide, sl/sw 1.24; opisthosoma 4.1 long, 1.44 wide. Eight eyes in four rows with six eyes forming a hexagon, AME smallest ALE biggest, others equal in size; AME 0.09; ALE 0.19; PLE 0.14; PME 0.14; ALE–ALE 0.41; ALE–AME 0.19; AME–AME 0.16; ALE– PLE 0.20; PLE-PME 0.23; PME–PME 0.25. Clypeus 0.45 high with a pair of thin brown longitudinal stripes. Prosoma pale with brown lateral bands, rectangular, posteriorly straight, fovea short. Chelicerae paturon pale with median dark longitudinal stripe and lateral condyle. Endites, labium and sternum pale; opisthosoma pale with two longitudinal dark brown bands; venter pale with two longitudinal dark brown stripes laterally. Legs pale ventrally with dark brown longitudinal stripes. Female epigyne (Fig. 5 C–E): with inverted u-shape scapus and short lateral lobes, copulatory openings anteriorly of lateral lobes, copulatory ducts, thin, long and straight, ending in globular apical spermathecae (Figs 5 C–E, 20B).

Distribution.

Known originally from Peak Downs in central Queensland. The ALA lists additional records from near Brisbane and Karumba in northern Queensland.

Remarks.

Koch mentions that the holotype was collected by Dämel (Koch 1877). Nothing is known about the life coloration and specific habitats for this species.