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Species Hasarius adansonii (Audouin, 1826)

Adanson's House Jumper

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

 

Generic Combinations

  • Hasarius adansonii (Audouin, 1826).

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmotropical. In Australia Hasarius adansoniI is found in coastal regions, especially near ports, from Sydney to Darwin. It can extend its range into cooler regions by living in hothouses. Zabka et al. (2017) list this species as occurring on 5 of Australia's off-shore islands.


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, peridomestic, predator.

 

General References

Bayani, A.S. & Trivedi, J.N. 2012. Household spider species exhibit kleptoparasitim: An interaction between Plexxippus paykulli and Hasarius adansoni. Research Journal of Recent Sciences 1(3): 19-25

Berry, J., Beatty, J. & Proszynski, J. 1998. Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. 3. Distribution of seven genera with descriptions of nineteen new species and two new genera. Journal of Arachnology 26: 149-189 [161] (range extension in the Pacific)

Castilho, L.B., Andrade, M.C.B. & Macedo, R.H. 2020. Males mate indiscriminately in the tropical jumping spider Hasarius adansoni (Audouin, 1826). Ethology 127: 83-90

Chen, Y-K., Liao, C-P., Tsai, F-Y. & Chi, K-J. 2013. More than a safety line: jump-stabilizing silk of salticids. Journal of the Royal Society Interface 10: 20130572

Nagata, T., Koyanagi, M., Tsukamoto, H. & Terakita, A. 2010. Identification and characterization of a protostome homologue of peropsin froma jumping spider. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 196: 51-59

Nakamura, T. & Yamashita, S. 2000. Learning and discrimination of colored papers in jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae),. Journal of Comparative Physiology. A. Sensory, Neural and Behavioral Physiology 186: 897-901

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

Sekiguchi, R. & Nonaka, M. 2015. Evolution of the complement system in protostomes revealed by de novo transcriptome analysis of six species of Arthropoda. Developmental and Comparative Immunology 50: 58-67

 

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)
01-Jun-2021 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 10-Mar-2021 MODIFIED
29-Mar-2018 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 19-Mar-2018 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 27-Jul-2017 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 19-May-2015 MODIFIED Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 22-May-2014 MODIFIED Dr Federica Turco (QM)
15-Oct-2020 SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 28-Oct-2013 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 20-Jun-2012 MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020 18-Aug-2011 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)