Species Calcarsynotaxus benrobertsi Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009
- Calcarsynotaxus benrobertsi Rix, M.G., Roberts, J.D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. The spider families Synotaxidae and Malkaridae (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneoidea) in Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 25: 295-304 [296-300, figs 1-14].
Type data:
Holotype WAM T96175 ♂, Western Australia [34º21'30"S, 118º19'57"E].
Paratype(s) WAM T96176 ♀ (as allotype), same locality as holotype; WAM T94569 ♀, Stirling Range National Park, south face of Pyungoorup Peak [34º21'54"S, 118º19'44"E]; WAM T89593 1♂, 1♀, same locality as holotype
Comment: Found sifting elevated leaf litter under Lepidosperma sedges.
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Currently known only from the eastern massif of the Stirling Range National Park, on the summit of Ellen Peak and the south face of nearby Pyungoorup Peak
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
WA: Esperance Plains (ESP)
Ecological Descriptors
Montane (associated flora: Lepidosperma spp. [CYPERACEAE]).
Extra Ecological Information
Calcarsynotaxus benrobertsi lives under the damp, shaded leaves of sedges (Lepidosperma spp., family Cyperaceae), in sympatry with two other spiders with very small distributions: the archaeid spider Austrarchaea robinsi Harvey, 2002 and the malkarid Perissopmeros darwini Rix, Roberts & Harvey, 2009.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEAE | 15-Oct-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 09-Sep-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 15-Oct-2020 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 15-Oct-2020 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco Jurgen Otto |
| 31-Oct-2012 | ADDED |