Species Clynotis severus (L. Koch, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Icius severus Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1128, pl. 98, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♀ (Mr Bradley's Collection), Ferinan, May, Caigan.
• Icius viduus Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1129, pl. 98, figs 4, 5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 16536 ♀ ♂ (amongst dry leaves), Sydney, Peak Downs, Rockhampton, Gayndah; whereabouts unknown (Mr Bradley's Collection, on fences), Cape York, Sydney.
• Clynotis albopictus Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. 2e partie. pp. 152-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2(12). [201].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Stat. 136, Harvey; Stat. 142, Bunbury; WA.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, I. Genera Clynotis and Tara. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 437-450 [444, figs 14-21] ('viduus' and 'albopictus')
• Żabka, M. 1991. Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyzsza Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110 [22] ('severus' and 'viduus')

 

Generic Combinations

• Clynotis severus (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911] [293]
• Clynotis viduus (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [600, 612]

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

Ubiquitous throughout Australia.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, closed forest, litter-dwelling, open forest, 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 [256, pl. 56] (redescription)

Dunn, R.A. 1951. Spiders of the Russell Grimwade Expedition. Memoirs of the National Museum of Victoria, Melbourne 17: 9-18 [15] (redescription, as Clynotis viduus)

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

Rainbow, W.J. 1912. Some Araneidae from the Roper River, Northern Territory. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 1: 203-209

Richardson, B.J. 2016. New genera, new species and redescription of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560 [523]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	01-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	31-May-2016	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	22-Nov-2013	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)