Species Ero aphana (Walckenaer, 1802)
- Aranea aphana Walckenaer, C.A. 1802. Faune Parisienne. Insectes. Ou Histoire abrégée des Insectes des environs de Paris. Paris Vol. 2. [Araignées, pp. 187–250]. [Araignée, pp. 187–250] [206].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MNHP ♂ ♀ adult, Paris, France.
Generic Combinations
- Ero aphana (Walckenaer, 1802). —
Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [90]
Harms, D. & Harvey, M.S. 2009. Australian pirates: systematics and phylogeny of the Australasian pirate spiders (Araneae: Mimetidae), with a description of the Western Australian fauna. Invertebrate Systematics 23: 231-280 [268-271 figs 26A-E, 27, 28I] (discuss variation within Australian specimens and compare to northern hemisphere populations)
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Probably introduced to Australia; widespread in the Holarctic region, also recorded from SE Asia, Saint Helena and the Philippines
Introduced from northern hemisphere.
IBRA
Qld, WA: Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Nomadic, predator.
History of changes
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
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