Species Menneus angulatus (L. Koch, 1878) (Nomen dubium)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Avella angulata Koch, L. in Koch, L. & Keyserling, E. [1871–1883] 1878. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2. [1037 pl. 91 fig. 1] [nomen dubium].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH MGH 16502 ♀ adult, Rockhampton, QLD.

  Type locality references:

  Rack, V. 1961. Die entomologischen Sammlungen des Zoologischen Staatsinstituts und Zoologischen Museums Hamburg II. Chelicerata II: Araneae. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 59: 1-60.

  Secondary source:

   Coddington, J.A., Kuntner, M. & Opell, B.D. 2012. Systematics of the spider family Deinopidae with a revision of the genus Menneus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 636: 1-61 [26] (Nomen dubium; damaged specimen, unclear if it was an adult).

Generic Combinations

• Menneus angulata (L. Koch, 1878). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC)

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

History of changes