Species Missulena insignis (O.P.-Cambridge, 1877)

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• 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 and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

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

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)