Oxyopes molarius 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 : 24

Oxyopes molarius L. Koch, 1878 Figs 11 A–E, 21B

Oxyopes molarius L. Koch, 1878, 1004-1006, Taf. 88 Fig. 1 + 1 a u. 2 + 2 a, Australien, Bowen, Gayndah, 2 Syntypen (Mus. GODEFFROY Nr. 16492) (37) ( Rack 1961).

Material examined.

Designated here: FEMALE LECTOTYPE (ZMH-A0000013), from Queensland, Bowen, 20°00'S, 148°14'E, Godeffroy Collection; (ZMH-A0000014) 1 female paralectotype, Daemel 205, Gayndah, 25°37'S, 151°36'E, Godeffroy Collection. Male unknown.

Diagnosis.

Females of Oxyopes molarius are similar to those of Oxyopes amoenus but can be distinguished from that by the longer lateral lobes in v-shaped position and the coils are mostly hidden behind the T-shaped scapus (Figs 11 D,E, 21 B).

Description.

Female (Lectotype, ZMH- A0000013). Total length 9.09. Prosoma 3.23 long, 2.18 wide, pl/pw 1.48; sternum 1.39 long, 1.26 wide, sl/sw 1.10; opisthosoma 5.86 long, 2.75 wide. Eight eyes in four rows with six eyes forming a hexagon, AME smallest, ALE biggest, others equal in size; AME 0.11; ALE 0.24; PLE 0.20; PME 0.20; ALE–ALE 0.23; ALE–AME 0.04; AME–AME 0.18; ALE–PLE 0.25; PLE–PME 0.28; PME–PME 0.30. Clypeus 0.61 high with a pair of dark brown stripes. Prosoma pale with 2 dark brown lateral bands, oval, posteriorly straight, fovea short 0.14 of prosoma length. Chelicerae paturon pale with lateral condyle. Endites, labium and sternum pale, lateral part of sternum with dark brown patches; opisthosoma elongated, pale with dark brown lateral and medial stripes; venter pale with a long, triangular, pale brown median band. Legs pale ventrally and retrolaterally with dark brown dots. Female epigyne (Figs 11 C–E, 21B): scapus broad, T-shaped with long lateral lobes, reaching 3/4 of scapus; copulatory openings in the basal 1/3 of lateral lobes, copulatory ducts, thin, convoluted with 3 thin coils, ending in globular, lateral spermathecae.

Distribution.

Original records from Gayndah in central Queensland. The ALA lists many additional records from coastal and central Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales that need to be re-checked.

Remarks.

According to Koch, the specimens from Peak Downs were collected by Dämel who notes that live specimens have marine green legs and a grey-brownish abdomen with white stripes.