Species Plexippus paykullii (Audouin, 1826)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Attus paykullii Audouin, V. 1826. Explication sommaire des planches d'Arachnides de l'Egypte et de la Syrie, publiées par J.C. Savigny, member de l'Institut; offrant un exposé des caractères naturels des genres avec la distinction des espèces. pp. 99-186 in Jonard, E.F. (ed.). Description de l'Égypte, ou, Recueil de observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée française, publie par les ordres de Sa Majesté l'empereur Napoleon le Grand. Histoire Naturelle. Paris : De L’Imprimerie Imperiale Vol. 1(4) 339 pp. [172].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3717].
• Attus ligo Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris : Encyclopédie de Roret Vol. 1 682 pp. [426].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3718].
• Salticus vaillantii Lucas, H. 1846. Histoire naturelle des animaux articules. pp. 89–271 in, Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publieé par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission academique. Sciences physiques, Zoologie. Paris : Artus Bertrand. [136, pl. 5 fig. 2].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3718].
• Euophrys vetusta Koch, C.L. 1846. Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : J.L. Lotzbeck Vol. 13 pp. 1–234. [219, fig 1264].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1802 ♀, St Thomas.
  Paratype(s) ZMB.
• Salticus culicivorus Doleschall, C.L. 1859. Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5: 1-60 [14, pl. 9 fig. 5].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3718].
• Attus africanus Vinson, A. 1863. Aranéides des îles de la Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar. Paris : A la Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret pp. 1-337. [52, 301, pl. 10 fig. 3].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3718].
• Euophrys delibuta Koch, L. 1865. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 857-892 [874].

  Type data:

   Holotype MGH ♀, Upolu, Samoa-Inseln.
• Salticus diversus Blackwall, J. 1868. Notice of several species of spiders supposed to be new or little known to arachnologists. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 2: 403-410 [403].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3718].
• Salticus rodericensis Butler, A.G. 1876. Preliminary notice of new species of Arachnida & Myriapoda from Rodriguez, collected by Messrs. George Gulliver and H.H. Slater. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 17: 439-446 [440].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3718].
• Plexippus punctatus Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [25].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1734 ♀ (Daemel), Fiji.
• Plexippus planipudens Karsch, F. 1881. Arachniden und Myriapoden Mikronesiens. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 25: 15-16 [16].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 3695 ♀, Tarowa, Gilbert-Inseln.
• Menemerus crassus Hogg, H.R. 1922. Some spiders from south Annam. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1922: 285-312 [307, fig. 9].
• Hyllus mimus Chamberlin, R.V. 1924. Descriptions of new American and Chinese spiders, with notes on other Chinese species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63(13): 1-38 [33, pl. 7 fig. 50].

  Secondary source:

   Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3719].
• Apamamia bocki Roewer, C.F. 1944. Einige Araneen von Prof. Dr. Sixten Bocks Pazifik-Expedition 1917-1918. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 6 2B 11: 3-10 [7, fig. 3].

  Secondary source:

   Proszynski, J. 2001. Salticidae (Araneae) of the World. http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/main.htm.
• Saitis aranukanus Roewer, C.F. 1944. Einige Araneen von Prof. Dr. Sixten Bocks Pazifik-Expedition 1917-1918. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 6 2B 11: 3-10 [6, fig. 2].

  Secondary source:

   Proszynski, J. 2001. Salticidae (Araneae) of the World. http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/main.htm.
• Plexippus quadriguttatus Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1946. Arañas del Paraguay. Notas del Museo de La Plata, Buenos Aires (Zoologia) 11(Zool. 90): 17-50 [29, fig. 10].

  Secondary source:

   Platnick, N.I. 2001. The World Spider Catalog, Version 2.0 The American Museum of Natural History (April 30 2001 update). research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/INTRO1.html.
• Marpissa mandali Tikader, B.K. 1974. Studies on some jumping spiders of the genus Marpissa from India (family-Salticidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 79(B): 204-215 [213, figs 13-16].

  Secondary source:

   Platnick, N.I. 2001. The World Spider Catalog, Version 2.0 The American Museum of Natural History (April 30 2001 update). research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/INTRO1.html.
• Marpissa bengalensis Tikader, B.K. 1974. Studies on some jumping spiders of the genus Marpissa from India (family-Salticidae). Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences 79(B): 204-215 [211, figs 11, 12].

  Secondary source:

   Platnick, N.I. 2001. The World Spider Catalog, Version 2.0 The American Museum of Natural History (April 30 2001 update). research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/INTRO1.html.
• Marpissa andmanensis Tikader, B.K. 1977. Studies on spider fauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 72: 153-212 [199].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3717]
• Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. 1997. Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. II. Distribution of nine genera, with description of eleven new species. Journal of Arachnology 25: 109-136 [130]
• Platnick, N.I. 2001. The World Spider Catalog, Version 2.0 The American Museum of Natural History (April 30 2001 update). research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/INTRO1.html.
• Proszynski, J. 2009. Redescriptions of 16 species of oriental Salticidae (Araneae) described by F. Karsch, E. Keyserling and C.L. Koch, with remarks on some related species. Arthropoda Selecta 18: 153-168
• Caleb, J.T.D., Francis, C., Bhat, V.K.& Packiam, S.M. 2022. A new species and two new synonyms in the genus Plexippus C.L. Koch, 1846 from India (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippina). Arthropoda Selecta 31: 312-318 [315]

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan, pantropical. Zabka et al. (2017) list this species as occurring on 5 of Australia's off-shore islands.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Coral Sea Islands Territory, Territory of Ashmore & Cartier Islands, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, peridomestic, predator.

Extra Ecological Information

Synanthropic.

 

Note

This species is normally given as P. paykulli contrary to Article 33.4

 

General References

Bayani, A.S. & Trivedi, J.N. 2012. Household spider species exhibit kleptoparasitim: An interaction between Plexxippus paykulli and Hasarius adansoni. Research Journal of Recent Sciences 1(3): 19-25

Bear, A. & Hasson, O. 1997. The predatory response of a stalking spider, Plexippus paykulli, to camouflage and prey type. Animal Behaviour 54: 993-998

Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. 1997. Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. II. Distribution of nine genera, with description of eleven new species. Journal of Arachnology 25: 109-136 [130]

Chaubey, S.N. & Yadav, P.R. 2017. Studies on habit and habitat, external morphology, feeding capacity and prey preference of zebra jumper spider Plexippus paykulli (Audeuin). Journal of experimental zoology, India 20: 1-8 [1-8]

Chrysanthus, P. 1968. Spiders from southern New Guinea X. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 111: 49-74 [61, figs 61-65]

Harland, D.P., Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1999. Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology, London 247: 357-364

Jackson, R.R. 1987. Comparative study of releaser pheromones associated with the silk of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 1-10

Jackson, R.R. & Cooper, K.J. 1990. Variability in the responses of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) to sex pheromones. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 39-42

Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1989. Display, mating, and predatory behaviour of the jumping spider Plexippus paykulli (Araneae, Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 16: 151-168

Madee, T. & Bumroongsook, S. 2017. Life history of jumping spiders, Plexippus paykulli. International Journal of Agricultural Technology 13: 1087-1092

Mittal, O.P. & Jindal, R. 1984. Studies on the muscles in the spider, Plexippus paykullii. Research Bulletin of the Punjab University, Science 35: 161-166

Nyffeler, M., Breene, R.G. & Dea, D.A. 1990. Facultative monophagy in the jumping spider, Plexipus paykulli (Audouin) (Araneae: Salticidae). Peckhamia 2: 92-95

Pan, W-J., Fang, H-Y., Zhang, P. and Pan, H.C. 2016. The complete mitochondrial genome of pantropical jumping spider Plexippus paykulli (Aranaea: Salticidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27: 1490-1491

Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 229-235 [232]

Taylor, P.W., Hasson, O. & Clark, D.L. 2001. Initiation and resolution of jumping spider contests: roles for size, proximity, and early detection of rivals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 50: 403-413

Wen-Jian Pan, Hong-Yan Fang, Peng Zhang & Hong-Chun Pan 2016. The complete mitochondrial genome of pantropical jumping spider Plexippus paykulli (Araneae: Salticidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A 27: 1490-1491

Yanuwadi, B., Schade, M., Permara, S. & Prasetyoaji, A. 2000. Development and feeding capacity of PLexipus paykulli (Audouin) (Araneae, Salticidae) fed fruitflies (Drosophila melanogaster). Mitteilungen der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Allgemeine und Angewandte Entomologie 12: 541-543

Zabka, M. & Gardzinska, J. 2017. Salticidae of Thailand. Part 1, Genera Pleippus C.L. Koch, 1846 and Burmattus Proszynsli, 1992. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 67: 229-242 [232. Figs 1, 2] (redescription with good plates)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
26-Jun-2023	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	05-Jun-2023	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
30-Sep-2019	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	27-Sep-2019	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
29-Mar-2018	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	19-Mar-2018	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	04-Jul-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	21-May-2015	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)