Species Evarcha longula (Thorell, 1881)

Marptusa longula Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727 [454].
Type data:
Holotype MCG ♂, Somerset, Cape York.

Generic Combinations

Trite longula (Thorell, 1881). —
Simon, E. 1903. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Roret Vol. 2(4) pp. 669-1080. [829, footnote 1]
Evarcha longula (Thorell, 1881). —
Richardson, B.J. 2016. New genera, new species and redescription of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560 [525] (includes full redescription of the type)
Evawes longula (Thorell, 1881) J. Proszynski [The proposed transfer of Evarcha longula to Evawes longula has been controversial (Kropf et al 2019) and present usage has been maintained until the matter is clarified.]. —
Proszynski, J. 2018. Review of the genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax, Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae). Ecologia Montenegrina 16: 130-179 [154]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also in New Guinea

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Richardson, B.J. 2016. New genera, new species and redescription of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Chrysanthus, P. 1968. Spiders from southern New Guinea X. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 111: 49-74 [59] (fig. 43–45)

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 [250, fig. 54] (redescription, consider misplaced in this genus)

Kropf, C, Blick, T., et al 2019. How not to delimit taxa: a critique on a recently proposed "pragmatic classification" of jumping spiders (Athropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Slaticidae). Zootaxa 4545: 444-6

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

Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Arachnida from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 229-272

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)
30-Sep-2019	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	15-Aug-2019	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	01-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	31-May-2016	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020		15-Feb-2013	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)