Species Australomimetus tasmaniensis (Hickman, 1929)
- Ero tasmaniensis Hickman, V.V. 1929. Studies in Tasmanian Spiders. Pt III. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1928: 96-118 [114-118 figs 8A-D, 9 A, B] [emendation as tasmanensis is regarded as an invalid under Art. 32(a)(ii) of ICZN].
Type data:
Syntype(s) QVM 13:7359 3♂ ♀ adult (old type no. 39), Trevallyn, Launceston, TAS
Comment: Harms & Harvey (2009) list only one male and one female (as holotype and paratype, respectively).
Generic Combinations
- Ero tasmaniensis Hickman, 1929. —
Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [90]
Heimer, S. 1986. Notes on the spider family Mimetidae with description of a new genus from Australia (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 49: 113-137 [135-136 figs 48-50] - Australomimetus tasmaniensis (Hickman, 1929). —
Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. A review of the pirate spiders of Tasmania (Arachnida, Mimetidae, Australomimetus) with description of a new species. Journal of Arachnology 37: 188-205 [202-203 figs 11A-C, 12A-D, 13] (transfer to Australomimetus)
Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 231-280 [264-268 figs 23A-D, 24A-F, 25, 28H] (phylogeny; range increase)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
- Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. A review of the pirate spiders of Tasmania (Arachnida, Mimetidae, Australomimetus) with description of a new species. Journal of Arachnology 37: 188-205 [201-202 fig 13]
- Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 231-280 [264-265 fig 25]
- Heimer, S. 1986. Notes on the spider family Mimetidae with description of a new genus from Australia (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 49: 113-137 [136]
Ecological Descriptors
Nomadic, predator.
General References
Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [90]
Heimer, S. 1986. Notes on the spider family Mimetidae with description of a new genus from Australia (Arachnida, Araneae). Entomologische Abhandlungen. Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 49: 113-137 [135-136 figs 48-50]
History of changes
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 15-Jun-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |