Species Opisthoncus alborufescens L. Koch, 1880

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthoncus alborufescens Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1157-1212. [1197, pl. 103 figs 4, 5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 7740 ♂ (on foliage), Rockhampton, Gayndah, Port Mackay, Sydney, Peak Downs; whereabouts unknown ♀ (Mr Bradley's collection, jumping on leaves of orange trees), Sydney, Nepean Towers (as Sowers) (40–50 miles SW of Sydney).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. 2013. Redescription of the genus Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3717(4): 401–447 [407] (redescribed)

Rainbow, W.J. 1912. Araneidae from the Blackall Ranges. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1: 190-202

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