Oxyopes rubicundus 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 : 28-30

Oxyopes rubicundus L. Koch, 1878 Figs 17 A–E, 21E

582. Oxyopes rubicundus S L. Koch, 1878, 1013-1015, Taf. 89 Fig. 1 + 1 a u. 2-2 b, Australien, Sydney, 2 Syntypen (Mus. GODEFFROY Nr. 16496) (37) ( Rack 1961).

Material examined.

Designated here: FEMALE LECTOTYPE (ZMH-A0000019), from New South Wales, Sydney, 33°51'S, 151°12'E, Godeffroy Collection; (ZMH-A0000027) 1 female paralectotype same data as lectotype, Godeffroy Collection.

Diagnosis.

Females of Oxyopes rubicundus can be separated from females of all other described Australian Oxyopes species by the translucent quadrangular scapus, the thin copulatory ducts, convoluted with four thin coils, ending in globular lateral spermathecae (Figs 17 C–E, 21E). Male unknown.

Description.

Female (Lectotype, ZMH-A0000019). Total length 6.99. Prosoma 2.66 long, 1.99 wide, pl/pw 1.34; sternum 1.13 long, 1.00 wide, sl/sw 1.19; opisthosoma 4.33 long, 2.90 wide. Eight eyes in four rows with six eyes forming a hexagon, AME 0.08; ALE 0.18; PLE 0.16; PME 0.20; ALE–ALE 0.22; ALE–AME 0.06; AME–AME 0.13; ALE–PLE 0.17; PLE–PME 0.26; PME–PME 0.29. Clypeus 0.56 high with a pair of longitudinal dark brown bands. Prosoma pale with brown sides and median triangle, rectangular, posteriorly straight, fovea short, 0.12 of prosoma length. Chelicerae paturon pale with longitudinal median dark band and lateral condyle. Endites and sternum pale, labium and lateral part of sternum dark brown; opisthosoma pale with brown sides and a lanceolate median stripe; venter pale with a triangular dark brown band medially. Legs pale. Female epigyne (Figs 17 C–E, 21E): with translucent quadrangular scapus, lateral lobes hidden behind scapus; copulatory ducts, thin, convoluted with four thin coils, ending in globular lateral spermathecae situated at mid-level of scapus (Figs 17E, 21E).

Distribution.

Original records from Sydney in New South Wales. The ALA lists additional records from Sydney, South Australia and southwestern Australia that need to be checked in a revisionary framework.

Remarks.

Koch cites Dämel that live specimens are greyish-brown and 'like coated with powder’. Carapace and abdomen with a broad coffee-brown line which is framed light brown. Specimens from Sydney were found on leaves, but the species was also netted from low plants in swampy areas.