Species Phonognatha melania (L. Koch, 1871)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Epeira melania Koch, L. 1871. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(1-2) 1-104 pp. [100].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH, Between Port Denison & Bowen, QLD.
• Singotypa pallida Dalmas, R. de 1917. Trois araignées nouvelles d'Australie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 86: 431-436 [435].

Generic Combinations

• Phonognatha melania (L. Koch, 1871). —
  Dondale, C.D. 1966. The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 1157-1192 [1172 figs 5H-O]
• Meta melania (L. Koch, 1871). —
  Keyserling, E. 1887. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 153-232 pp. [207 pl 18 fig 7] (described male)
• Singotypa melania (L. Koch, 1871). —
  Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris Vol. 1 pp. 489-760. [749]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

General References

Hickman, V.V. 1967. Some Common Spiders of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 112 pp. [56 figs 99-102]

History of changes