Species Opisthoncus magnidens L. Koch, 1880

Museums

Regional Maps

• Opisthoncus magnidens Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1157-1212. [1209, pl. 104 figs 3, 4].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 7735 ♂ ♀ (on foliage), Rockhampton; whereabouts unknown (Mr Bradleys collection, seen walking on path eating an ant), Caigan, Nepean Towers (as Sowers) (40–50 miles SW of Sydney), also Pittwater.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian West (TWE)

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 [423] (redescribed)

Hogg, H.R. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13: 68-123 [77] (in Victoria)

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