Genus Isopedella Hirst, 1990

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• Isopedella Hirst, D.B. 1990. A review of the genus Isopeda L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae) in Australasia with descriptions of two new genera. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 24: 11-26 [20].

  Type species:

   Heteropoda pessleri Thorell, 1870 by original designation, see Hirst, D.B. 1990. A review of the genus Isopeda L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae) in Australasia with descriptions of two new genera. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 24: 11-26.

Introduction

Hirst (1990) split the genus Isopeda into three genera, Isopeda, Isopedella, and Holconia. Recent phylogenetic analyses conducted by Agnarsson & Rayor (2013) and Gorneau et al. (2022) have demonstrated that while the three genera do form a clade, the genera as currently defined, are not monophyletic. Gorneau et al. (2022) recognises that on the current analyses, synonymy of the three genera is possible, but they have refrained from doing so as major taxonomic change was beyond the scope of the study, and they think further studies of the relationships between the three genera is necessary.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Cobar Peneplain (CP), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS) ; ACT, NSW, Qld, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB) ; ACT, NSW, SA, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP) ; ACT, NSW, Vic: South Eastern Highlands (SEH) ; NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Nandewar (NAN), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Mulga Lands (ML) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Hampton (HAM), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nullarbor (NUL) ; NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Coolgardie (COO), Murchison (MUR), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW) ; NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC) ; NT, Qld, SA, WA: Burt Plain (BRT), Channel Country (CHC), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN) ; NT, SA, Vic, WA: Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP) ; NT, SA, WA: Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Pilbara (PIL) ; Qld: Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; SA: Kanmantoo (KAN) ; SA, Vic: Riverina (RIV), Victorian Midlands (VM) ; SA, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Dampierland (DL), Northern Kimberley (NK)

General References

Agnarsson, I. & Rayor, L.S. 2013. A molecular phylogeny of the Australian huntsman spiders (Sparassidae, Deleninae): Implications for taxonomy and social behaviour. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69: 895-905

Gorneau, J.A., Rheims, C.A., Moreau, C.S. & Rayor, L.S. 2022. Huntsman spider phylogeny informs evolution of life history, egg sacs, and morphology. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 174: 107530

Hirst, D.B. 1990. A review of the genus Isopeda L. Koch (Heteropodidae: Araneae) in Australasia with descriptions of two new genera. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 24: 11-26

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