Species Hickmania troglodytes (Higgins & Petterd, 1884)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Theridion troglodytes Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. Description of a new cave-inhabiting spider, together with notes on mammalian remains from a recently discovered cave in the Chudleigh district. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 191-192 [191].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) TMH ♀ ♂ adult, Mole Creek Caves, Chudleigh, TAS.
• Ectatosticta australis Simon, E. 1902. Descriptions de quelques Arachnides nouveaux de la section des Cribellatés. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 15: 240-243 [240].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHP juv., TAS.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Gertsch, W.J. 1958. The spider family Hypochilidae. American Museum Novitates 1912: 1-28 [16]

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

 

General References

Hickman, V.V. 1967. Some Common Spiders of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 112 pp.

Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
25-May-2022	ARANEAE	25-May-2022	MOVED
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)