Genus Missulena Walckenaer, 1805
Type species:
Missulena occatoria Walckenaer, 1805 by monotypy.- Eriodon Latreille, P.A. 1806. Araneides. In, Genera crustaceorum et insectorum secundum ordinem naturalem in familias disposita, iconibus exemplisque plurimis explicata. Parisiis et Argenorati : Amand Koenig Vol. 1 pp. 82-127. [86] [Eridon as used by Latreille, P.A. 1804. Tableau méthodique des Insectes. Nouvelle dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle 24: 129–295 is a nom. nud.].
Type species:
Eriodon occatorius Latreille, 1806 by monotypy.Secondary source:
Latreille, P.A. 1804. Tableau méthodique des insectes. pp. 129-200 in Société de Naturalistes et d'Agriculteurs, Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, principalement à l'agriculture et à l'économie rurale et domestique. Tome XXIV. [Section 3:] tableaux méthodiques d'histoire naturelle. Déterville : Paris. pp. 84 + 4 + 85 + 238 + 18 + 34.; Bonnet, P. 1956. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(3) 919-1925 pp. [1782, 2931]. - Closterochilus Ausserer, A. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autour.). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224 [4 Jan. 1871] [141 pl 1].
Type species:
Pachyloscelis nigripes Lucas, 1834 by monotypy. - Theragretes Ausserer, A. 1871. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Arachniden-Familie der Territelariae Thorell (Mygalidae Autour.). Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 21: 117-224 [4 Jan. 1871] [142 pl 1].
Type species:
Actinopus walckenaerii Lucas, 1837 by monotypy.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Papua New Guinea?.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Kimberley (CK), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: N Gulf, N coastal
- Queensland: N Gulf
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Neotropical Region
Distribution References
- Main, B.Y. 1981. Eco-evolutionary radiation of Mygalomorph spiders in Australia. pp. 853-872 in Keast, A. (ed.). Ecological Biogeography of Australia. The Hague : Dr. W. Junk. [858]
- Main, B.Y. 1982. Some zoogeographic considerations of families of spiders occurring in New Guinea. pp. 583-602 in Gressitt, J.L (ed.). Biogeography and Ecology of New Guinea. The Hague : Junk. [587]
- Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Trapdoor spiders of the Chevert Expedition. Records of the Australian Museum 13: 77-85 [4 Dec. 1920] [78]
General References
Miglio, L.T., Harms, D., Framenau, V.W. & Harvey, M.S. 2014. Four new Mouse Spider species (Araneae, Mygalomorphae, Actinopodidae, Missulena) from Western Australia. ZooKeys 410: 121-148 (New species and key to males)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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05-Jun-2014 | Missulena Walckenaer, 1805 | 26-Jun-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
15-Oct-2020 | 29-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
12-Feb-2010 | (import) |