Species Helpis minitabunda (L. Koch, 1880)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Astia minitabunda Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1157-1212. [1160, pl. 101, fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown ♂ (Mr Bradley's collection), Shelleys Flats, 12 miles from Goulbourn, NSW.
• Astia respersa Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1157-1212. [1163, pl. 101, figs 2, 3].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 8638 ♀ ♂, Sydney, Port Mackay, Peak Downs; whereabouts unknown (Mr Bradley's collection, collected by beating shrubs and plants), Sia (350 miles N of Sydney), New Zealand, Sydney.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Wanless, F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae in the Australian Region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81-172 [94]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Mulga Lands (ML), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Gardzinska, J. 1996. New species and records of Astieae (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 39: 297-305 [299] (description of New Guinea form)

Harland, D.P., Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1999. Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology, London 247: 357-364

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [76] (general biology)

Hogg, H.R. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13: 68-123 [77]

Jackson, R.R. 1987. Comparative study of releaser pheromones associated with the silk of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 1-10

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

Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. 2e partie. pp. 152-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2(12). [196] (species in WA)

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