Species Opisthoncus abnormis L. Koch, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthoncus abnormis Koch, L. 1881. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1213-1271. [1221, pl. 105 figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MGH 7738 ♀ ♂ (in litter and by sweeping in damp areas), Peak Downs, Sydney, Brisbane, Rockhampton, Bowen, Gayndah.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

Note

Richardson & Zabka (unpubl. 2003) consider this species is misplaced in this genus.

General References

Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. 2013. Redescription of the genus Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3717(4): 401–447 [405] (redescribed)

Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 229-235 [232]

History of changes