Species Holoplatys planissima (L. Koch, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marptusa planissima Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1100, pl. 96 figs 4, 5].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 3488 (16525 in Rack, 1961) ♀ ♂ (under bark and on foliage (Daemel)), Gayndah, Rockhampton, Peak Downs, Sydney; whereabouts unknown (Mr Bradley's collection, on flowers), Cape York, Sydney, Shelley's Flats (12 miles from Goulbourn).

Generic Combinations

• Holoplatys planissima (L. Koch, 1879) [Qualification]. —
  Żabka, M. 1991. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, V. Genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885. Records of the Australian Museum 43: 171-240 [200, figs 24-27]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Hampton (HAM), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, open forest, predator, under bark.

General References

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. [28, pl. 38]

History of changes