Species Plexippus petersii (Karsch, 1878)
- Euophrys petersii Karsch, F. 1878. Uebersicht der von ihm in Mossambique gesammelten Arachniden. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1878: 314-338 [332].
Type data:
Status unknown, whereabouts unknown ♂, locality unknown. - Marpissa calcutaensis 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 [210].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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
Cosmotropical.
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, peridomestic, predator.
Extra Ecological Information
Synanthropic.
General References
Ahmed, J., Mohan, K., Khalap R. & Hill, D.E. 2015. Araneophagic behaviour in Plexippus petersi (Karsch 1878) (Araneae: Salticidae: Plexippoida: Plexippinae). Peckhamia 132(1): 1-4
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]
Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 229-235 [232]
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 3, 4] (good plates)
History of changes
Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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26-Jun-2023 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 05-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 04-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
15-Oct-2020 | 18-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
23-Aug-2010 | MODIFIED |