Species Eterosonycha alpina Butler, 1932
- Eterosonycha alpina Butler, L.S.G. 1932. Studies in Australian spiders. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 44: 103-117 [115-116 pl 2 figs 7-13].
Type data:
Syntype(s) NMV K098 ♀ (on slide), Mt Kosciusko, NSW; NMV K099 ♂ adult, Mt Kosciusko, NSW. - Textricella parva Hickman, V.V. 1945. A new group of Apneumone spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 36: 135-148 [137-140 figs 1-5, 16].
Type data:
Syntype(s) AM KS6694 1 ♂ 1 ♀ adult, Cascades, Hobart, TAS
Comment: information updated from Rix & Harvey (2010); the whereabouts of other specimens listed by Hickman is unknown.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2010. The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1-321 [38]
Generic Combinations
- Eterosonycha alpina Butler, 1932. —
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. [113]
Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2010. The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1-321 [38-39 figs 11D, 48A-D, 49A-B, 50, 51A-B, 56A-H, 57A-H, 58A-F, 59A-D, 60A-H, 71A, 222A-B] - Textricella parva Hickman, 1945. —
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. [114]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Rix & Harvey (2010) report this to be a "relatively widespread species, found throughout Tasmania and on the Australian mainland north to at least southern New South Wales". Few records are given, and the map here is based on this description of distribution.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Predator.
Extra Ecological Information
In moss.
General References
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. [113-114] (as two separate entries)
Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2010. The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1-321 [38-39 figs 11D, 48A-D, 49A-B, 50, 51A-B, 56A-H, 57A-H, 58A-F, 59A-D, 60A-H, 71A, 222A-B]
History of changes
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |