Genus Salpesia Simon, 1901

Museums

Regional Maps

• Salpesia Simon, E. 1901. Histoire naturelle des Araignées. Paris : Encyclopédie Rorét Vol. 2(3) pp. 381-668 figs 384-792. [561, 556] [Simon 1901 [556] gives source as 'Simon 1900' but this could not be located].

  Type species:

   Salpesia soricina Simon, 1901 by original designation.

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Coolgardie (COO), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic: Mulga Lands (ML)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

Note

Richardson & Zabka (unpubl. 2003) consider none of the Australian species presently included belong to this genus and that the genus is not found in Australia.

General References

Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292

Richardson, B.J., Whyte, R. & Zabka, M. 2019. A key to the genera of Australian jumping spiders (Aranaea: Salticidae). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/

Richardson, B.J., Żabka, M., Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. 2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography 33: 707-719 (Gives BIOCLIM predicted distribution of the genus)

Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to the spiders of Australia. Clayton : CSIRO Publishing pp.

History of changes