Species Philoponella variabilis (Keyserling, 1887)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Uloborus variabilis Keyserling, E. 1887. Die Arachniden Australiens. Supplement. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe (1884–1890). [229].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) ZMH, Rockhampton, Peak Downs, Gayndah, QLD, and Sydney, NSW; BMNH ♀ adult, Rockhampton, Peak Downs, Gayndah, QLD, and Sydney, NSW.

  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.

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • Queensland: NE coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

 

General References

Lehtinen, P.T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 (taxonomy)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)