Oxyopes gracilipes explained

Oxyopes gracilipes is a species of lynx spider that is native to New Zealand and Australia.

Taxonomy

Oxyopes gracilipes was first described in 1849 as Sphasus gracilipes.^[1] The species was described again in 1878 as Oxyopes elegans.^[2] In 1885, Arthur Urquhart described the spider again as Sphasus gregarius. ^[3] In 1892, Urquhart moved S. gregarius to the Oxyopes genus.^[4] In 1998, S. gracilipes was moved to the Oxyopes genus and O. gregarius was recognized as a synonym of this species.^[5]

Notes and References

1. White, A. (1849). Descriptions of apparently new species of Aptera from New Zealand. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 17: 3-6. (reprinted in Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (2) 5: 50-53, 1850)
2. Koch, L. (1878a). Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg 1, 969-1044.
3. Urquhart, A. T. (1885). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 17: 31-53.
4. Urquhart, A. T. (1892a). Catalogue of the described species of New Zealand Araneidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 24: 220-230.
5. Vink, C. & Sirvid, P. J. (1998). The Oxyopidae (lynx spiders) of New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 21: 1-9.