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Oxyopidae Tapponia

Tapponia micans Simon, 1885

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.
HabitatPrimary and secondary rainforests, both understorey and in the canopy. Also found in wasteland foliage.
Type LocalityGunung Leuser, North Sumatra, Indonesia.
DistributionBrunei, Indonesia (North Sumatra, Central Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor), Singapore.

Taxonomy

Type Depositories

  1. Holotype

    Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; ♀ (20886; the mentioned ♂ and Juvenile have no type status) (Deeleman-Reinhold, 2009a)

Taxonomic references

  1. Tapponia micans (Original description ♀)

    Simon, 1885a Arachnides recueillis par M: 37

  2. Tapponia micans

    Simon, 1898a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second: 380, f doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  3. 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

  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

Distribution of Tapponia micans Simon, 1885

Brunei, Indonesia (North Sumatra, Central Kalimantan), Malaysia (Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor), Singapore.

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