Genus Paraphilaeus Zabka, 2003

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Regional Maps

• Paraphilaeus Żabka, M. 2003. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XVII. Paraphilaeus, a new genus from Australia. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 53: 723-727 [489].

  Type species:

   Plexippus daemeli Keyserling, 1883 by original designation.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

 

General References

Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292

Richardson, B.J., Whyte, R. & Zabka, M. 2019. A key to the genera of Australian jumping spiders (Aranaea: Salticidae). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/

Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to the spiders of Australia. Clayton : CSIRO Publishing pp.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	04-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		08-Mar-2011	ADDED