Species Poltys illepidus C.L. Koch, 1843
- Poltys illepidus Koch, C.L. 1843. Die Arachniden. Getreu nach der Natur abgebildet und beschrieben. Nürnberg : C.H. Zeh'schen Vol. 10 142 pp. [97 fig 821].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ?♀, Singapore, Bintang. - Pleuromma moluccum Doleschall, C.L. 1859. Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5: 1-60 [45 pl 7 fig 1] [Smith (2006) considers this species to be nomen dubium; the description of the spider and the web do not agree with P. illepidus].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ?♀ (not in RMHN, the most likely repository), Indonesia, Amboina. - Poltys coronatus Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [128 pl 10 fig 2].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (Bradley's collection), QLD, Cape York. - Poltys keyserlingi Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [129 pl 10 fig 3].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH juvenile, QLD, Gayndah. - Poltys multituberculatus Rainbow, W.J. 1898. Description of a new araneid. Records of the Australian Museum 3(4): 82-83 [82 pl 18 fig 2].
Type data:
Holotype AM KS8696 ♀, QLD, Cooktown. - Poltys penicillatus Rainbow, W.J. 1920. Arachnida from Lord Howe and Norfolk Islands. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 1: 229-272 [249 pl 29 fig 57].
Type data:
Holotype SAMA N1981313 ♀ (possibly mislabelled - Norfolk Island more likely), Lord Howe Island.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Simon, E. 1885. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. III. Arachnides recuellis en 1884 dans la presqu'île de Malacca, par M. J. Morgan. IV. Archnides recuellis à Collegal, district de Coimbatoore, par M. A. Theobald G. R. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 10: 436-462 [892] (P. moluccum with P. illepidus; considered nomen dubium by Smith (2006: 87))
- Smith, H. M. 2006. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 [55] (other synonymies; see Remarks, (Smith, 2006: 55) for earlier, unaccepted, synonymy of P. coronatus and P. keyserlingi with P. illepidus by Simon (1899: Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 78–125))
Generic Combinations
- Poltys moluccum (Doleschall, 1859).
- Poltys moluccum (Doleschall, 1859). —
Thorell, T. 1878. Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuanti. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 13: 1-317 [28] (redescription, but apparently of the wrong species (Smith, 2006))
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Occurrence on Lord Howe Island considered doubtful by Smith (2006); widespread through southern South East Asia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Smith, H. M. 2006. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 [55, 57, 59 fig 71]
General References
Davies, V.T. 1988. An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332 [316 fig 34 (female only)]
Smith, H. M. 2006. A revision of the genus Poltys in Australasia (Araneae: Araneidae). Records of the Australian Museum 58: 43-96 [55-59 figs 16-17, 25-26, 33-41, 46-51, 56-63, 67-69] (described male; biology)
History of changes
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