Genus Astia L. Koch, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astia Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1152].

  Type species:

   Astia hariola L. Koch, 1879 by subsequent designation, see Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [431, 438].
• Astituta Strand, E. 1929. Zoological and paleontological nomenclatorial notes. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 20: 1-29 [14] [unnecessary nom. nov. for Astia Koch, 1879].

  Secondary source:

   Wanless, F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae in the Australian Region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81-172 [84].

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania

Extra Distribution Information

Also Papua New Guinea

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

 

General References

Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292

Richardson, B.J., Whyte, R. & Zabka, M. 2019. A key to the genera of Australian jumping spiders (Aranaea: Salticidae). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/

Richardson, B.J., Żabka, M., Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. 2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography 33: 707-719 (Gives BIOCLIM predicted distribution of the genus)

Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [438] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement includes Vindima in this genus)

Wanless, F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae in the Australian Region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81-172 [84] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement Wanless inadvertently includes Vindima in the synonymy even though he had earlier moved it to Cybra. The type species of Vindima is not included in his list of Astia species)

Wanless, F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae in the Australian Region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81-172 [84] (redescription)

Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to the spiders of Australia. Clayton : CSIRO Publishing pp.

Żabka, M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 415-418

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	30-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)