Species Poltys laciniosus Keyserling, 1886
- Poltys laciniosus Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [123 pl 9 fig 7].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1890/2050 ♀, QLD, Peak Downs. - Poltys bimaculatus Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [131 pl 10 fig 4].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH juvenile ♀, QLD, Peak Downs. - Poltys mammeatus Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [125 pl 10 fig1].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH ♀ (specimen labelled as holotype of P. laciniosus; P. laciniosus type is in BMNH and this specimen but better matches the illustration of P. mammeatus), QLD, Peak Downs. - Poltys salebrosus Rainbow, W.J. 1904. Studies in Australian Araneidae II. Records of the Australian Museum 5: 102-107 [104 figs 28-29].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS8697 juvenile ♀, WA, Fremantle [as Freemantle].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Smith, H. M. 2006. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 [76]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Distribution shown is that given by Smith (2006), who comments that other than the moist east coast, the species is probably present wherever there is reasonably dense scrub cover.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gawler (GAW), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Warren (WAR)
Distribution References
- Smith, H. M. 2006. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 [76, 79-80 fig 217]
General References
Smith, H. M. 2006. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 [76-80 figs 10-11, 18, 22-24, 31-32, 159-163, 169-171, 174, 176-177, 182-188, 198-201, 208-210, 217-219] (described male; biology)
History of changes
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