Species Opisthoncus grassator Keyserling, 1883

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthoncus grassator Keyserling, E. 1883. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1421-1489. [1457, pl. 123 figs 1, 2] [as grassalor in title, correct in index p. 1486, as grassator in first revisor (Simon 1903)].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MGH 7728 ♂ ♀, Peak Downs, Port Mackay, Qld.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

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 [417] (redescribed)

Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911] [309] (as grassalor)

Simon, E. 1903. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Roret Vol. 2(4) pp. 669-1080. [828, fig. 973] (redescription)

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