Species Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Jotus auripes Koch, L. 1881. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1213-1271. [1243, pl. 107 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Lectotype ZMH ZMH-A0001633; GODEFFROY Nr8636 ♂, Sydney.
  Paralectotype(s) MV MV GODEFFROY Nr.8636 2 ♂ & 1 juvenile, Sydney, N.S.W.

  Subsequent designation references:

  Baehr, B.C., Schubert, J. & Harms, D. 2019. The brushed jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 3: 53-73 [55].

Generic Combinations

• Lycidas auripes (L. Koch, 1881). —
  Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482
• Jotus auripes L. Koch, 1881. —
  Davies, V.T. & Żabka, M. 1989. Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27: 189-266 [238] (returned to Jotus)

Distribution

States

New South Wales

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [77] (general biology)

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2016. Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 133.1: 1-39 ((reports jumping driven from leg IV))

Zhang, Jun-Xia & Maddison, W.P. 2013. Molecular phylogeny, divergence times and biogeography of spiders of the subfamily Euophryinae (Araneae: Salticidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 68: 81-92

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