Metallic Green Lynx Spider
The body of this tiny oxyopid is densely furnished with iridescent green scales over the body, as well as scales of different hues at the cephalic region. The male palps are strikingly coloured in orange.
| Length | ♀ 3 mm; ♂ 3 mm |
| Type Locality | Gunung Leuser, North Sumatra, Indonesia |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Selangor, Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Central Kalimantan, North Sumatra), Brunei. |
| Habitat | Primary and secondary rainforests, both understorey and in the canopy. Also found in wasteland foliage. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♀ (20886; the mentioned ♂ and Juvenile have no type status) (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009a)
Tapponia micans (Original description ♀)
Tapponia micans
Simon, 1898a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 380, f doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Tapponia micans (Original description ♂)
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2004 On the taxonomic relations of lynx spiders from the canopy of a tropical Asian rainforest (Araneae: Oxyopidae): 42, f. 1-4
Tapponia micans (♂♀)
Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009a Description of the lynx spiders of a canopy fogging project in northern Borneo (Araneae: Oxyopidae), with description of a new genus and six new species of Hamataliwa: 692, f. 64-67
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Selangor, Sabah, Sarawak), Indonesia (Central Kalimantan, North Sumatra), Brunei.