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Species Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland


Extra Distribution Information

Also occurs widely in the Australian, Oriental, and Palaearctic Regions


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

 

General References

Cerveira, A.M. & Jackson, R.R. 2013. Love is in the air and on the ground: olfactory and tactile cues elicit visual courtship behavior by Cyrba males (Araneae: Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 41: 374-380

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 [194]

Harland, D.P., Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1999. Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology, London 247: 357-364

Jackson, R.R. 1990. Predatory versatility and intraspecific interactions of Cyrba algerina and Cyrba ocellata, web-invading Spartiniae jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 157-168

Jackson, R.R. 2000. Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Brettus, Cocalus and Cyrba, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae : Salticidae) from Australia, Kenya and Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 29-39

Jackson, R.R. 2002. Trial and error derivation of aggressive-mimicry signals by Brettus and Cyrba, spartaeine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Israel, Kenya, and Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 29: 95-117

Nenilin, A.B. 1985. Materials on the fauna of the spider family Salticidae of the USSR. 2. Results of the study of the USSR. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 139: 129-134 [132] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymised C. micans with C. algerina)

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

Wanless, F.R. 1984. A revision of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with descriptions of six new genera. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 46: 135-204 [445] (makes new synonymy)

Wesolowska, W. 1996. New data on the jumping spiders of Turkmenistan (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 5: 17-53 [29] (redescription)

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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 20-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 18-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)