Species Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Attus polyphemus Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250 [227].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH 2259 ♀, Brisbane.

 

Generic Combinations

• Opisthoncus polyphemus (L. Koch, 1867). — Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 1157-1212 pp. [1215, pl. 104 figs 5, 6] (also describes male).

 

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

 

General References

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [82] (general biology)

Rainbow, W.J. 1912. Araneidae from the Blackall Ranges. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1: 190-202 (in Papua New Guinea)

Simon, E. 1903. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Roret Vol. 2(4) pp. 669-1080 [828, fig. 976] (redescription)