Species Astia hariola L. Koch, 1879

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astia hariola Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1153, pl.100, figs 3, 4].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 16538 ♀ ♂, 2 juv., Peak Downs; whereabouts unknown (Mr Bradley's collection, in depression in damp area), Bellevue Hill, Ferinan, May, Caigan; BMNH 1881.104 1♂ 2♀ (ex Museum Godeffroy 16538), Gayndah (but no type listed from Gayndah in Koch); ZMB 3494 1♂ 3♂♂, Sydney; whereabouts unknown (Museum Godeffroy), Port Mackay, Rockhampton.

 

Introduction

Heliophanus maculatus is in fact a senior synonym of this species (Zabka & Richardson unpubl.)

 

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)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

 

General References

Davies, V.T. & Żabka, M. 1989. Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27: 189-266 [206, pl. 14]

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1992. Notes on two species of Astia Koch (Arachnida, Salticidae) from Brisbane, Queensland. Sydney Basin Naturalist 1(1992): 62

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [74] (general biology)

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. [28, pl. 36]

Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 229-235 [232]

Proszynski, J. 1984. Atlas rysunkow diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Siedlce : Rozprawy Wyzszej Szkoly Pedagogicznej Vol. 2 pp. 1-177. [1]

Rainbow, W.J. 1912. Araneidae from the Blackall Ranges. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1: 190-202

Rienks, J. 1987. Notes on Astia hariola (Salticidae). Australasian Arachnology 27: 3

Strand, E. 1929. Zoological and paleontological nomenclatorial notes. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 20: 1-29 [14] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement placed in Astituta)

Wanless, F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae in the Australian Region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81-172 [85, figs 1, 2] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	06-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)