Long-legged Lynx Spider
Named "macilentus" (meaning "slender") by L. Koch (the son of C.L. Koch – see above), this spider has slightly longer and more slender legs than L. lineatipes.
As in Oxyopes sp. C, the copulatory organ of this species has an inverted V-shaped structure on the female copulatory organ.
| Length | ♀ 9–14 mm; ♂ 7–9 mm |
| Type Locality | Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia |
| Distribution | Singapore, Indonesia (Papua), China, Japan, Australia. |
| Habitat | Low vegetation on scrubland and marshy grassland. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Lectotype
Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; ♀ (A0000012) (Baehr et al., 2017)
Paralectotype
Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; 4♀ (A0000011, A0000028) (Baehr et al., 2017)
Oxyopes macilentus (Original description ♂♀)
L. Koch, 1878a Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 22-23]: 1000, pl. 87, f. 4-5 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660
Oxyopes macilentus (♀)
Giltay, 1935c Liste des arachnides d'Extrême-Orient et des Indes orientales recueillis, en 1932, par S: 10, f. 6
Oxyopes macilentus (♀)
Roewer, 1938 Araneae: 14, f. 7
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Chrysanthus, 1967a Spiders from south New Guinea VIII: 419, f. 40-45
Oxyopes macilentus (♀)
Yaginuma, 1967b Revision and new addition to fauna of Japanese spiders, with descriptions of seven new species: 96, f. 2q-r
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Yaginuma, 1971 Spiders of Japan in colour (enlarged and revised edition): 90, f. 80
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Hu, 1980 [On some common species of the genus Oxyopes from China]: 68, f. IV.1-7
Oxyopes macilentus (♂)
Yin, Wang & Hu, 1983 Essential types and the evolution of palpal organ of spiders: 34, f. 5G
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Hu, 1984 The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests: 269, f. 1-4
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Yoshikura, 1984b The lynx spiders of Kumamoto, Kyushu (Araneae, Oxyopidae): 7, f. 1-2, 9
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Yaginuma, 1986a Spiders of Japan in color (new ed: 156, f. 86.3
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Chikuni, 1989b Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan: 117, f. 3
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Chen & Gao, 1990 The Sichuan farmland spiders in China: 141, f. 177a-b
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Feng, 1990 Spiders of China in colour: 165, f. 140.1-4
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Chen & Zhang, 1991 Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida: 230, f. 240.1-7
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Song, 1991b On lynx spiders of the genus Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) from China: 173, f. 5A-E
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Li, 1993 Arachnida: Araneae: 876, f. 45A-E
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1994 Taxonomy of rice insect pests and their arthropod parasites and predators: 299, f. 1534-1536
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997 Arachnida: Araneae: 1724, f. 29a-e
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 400, f. 13K, 234G-H, 235H, 236K
Oxyopes macilentus (♀)
Hu, 2001 Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China: 223, f. 119.1-2
Oxyopes macilentus (♂)
Yoo & Kim, 2002a Studies on basic pattern and evolution of male palpal organ (Arachnida: Araneae): 27, f. 36
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Ono & Ban, 2009 Oxyopidae, Philodromidae: 249, f. 9-11
Oxyopes macilentus (♂)
Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 33, f. 3-13j-k
Oxyopes macilentus (♀)
Baehr et al., 2017 The Australian lynx spiders (Araneae, Oxyopidae, Oxyopes) of the Godeffroy Collection, including the description of a new species: 23, f. 1F, 10A-E, 21A doi:10.3897/evolsyst.1.14652
Oxyopes macilentus (♂♀)
Lo, Cheng & Lin, 2021 Species delimitation and taxonomic revision of Oxyopes (Araneae: Oxyopidae) of Taiwan, with description of two new species: 70, f. 6a-e, 12a-b doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.4
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Indonesia (Papua), China, Japan, Australia.