Species Opisthoncus necator L. Koch, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthoncus necator Koch, L. 1881. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1213-1271. [1237, pl. 106 fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MGH 7727 ♂, Sydney, Rockhampton, Gayndah.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Sydney Basin (SB), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Brunet, B. 1997. Spiderwatch: a guide to Australian Spiders. Kew, Vic. : Reed 176 pp. (photograph)

Gardzińska, J. & Żabka, M. 2013. Redescription of the genus Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880 (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3717(4): 401–447 [430] (redescribed)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [81]

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] (reports present in Papua New Guinea)

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