Species Missulena insignis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877)
- Eriodon insigne Cambridge, O.P.- 1877. On some new genera and species of Araneidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 26-39 pls 6-7 [Jan. 1877] [29].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 50/7 ♂ adult, Swan River, WA. - Eriodon semicoccineum Simon, E. 1896. Liste der Arachniden der Semon'schen Sammlung in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Fünfter Band. Systematik, Tiergeographie, Anatomie, Wirbelloser Tiere. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 343-351 [343].
Type data:
Holotype MNHP ♂ adult (missing), Burnett River, QLD. - Actinopus formosus Rainbow, W.J. 1896. Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 320-344 pls 18-20 [328].
Type data:
Holotype AM K11920, KS7676 ♂ adult, Menindie, NSW.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rainbow, W.J. 1903. Studies on Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 62-66 (a specimen that Rainbow (1903) described as a female of Eridon rubrocapitatum, is believed to be M insignis)
- Main, B.Y. 1985. Mygalomorphae. pp. 1-48 in Walton. D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia, Vol. 3. Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae (part), Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Printing Service 183 pp.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Only eastern part of SW coastal, southern W plateau and western Murray-Darling basin.
IBRA
NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
Ecological Descriptors
Fossorial, open woodland, predator, terrestrial.
Extra Ecological Information
In clay soils.
General References
Main, B.Y. 1956. Observations on the burrow and natural history of the trap-door spider Missulena (Ctenizidae). Western Australian Naturalist 5: 73-80 (distribution, biology, feeding)
History of changes
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