Species Sandalodes superbus (Karsch, 1878)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alcmena superba Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [29].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB 1601 ♀, Australia.
• Acompse ludicrus Keyserling, E. 1882. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1325-1420. [1326, pl. 113 figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MGH 7693 ♀ (type locality given as Gayndah by Zabka (2000); a second syntype may be BMNH 1891/456), Rockhampton.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Żabka, M. 2000. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XIII: the genus Sandalodes Keyserling. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 695-704 [700]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, open forest, predator, under bark.

General References

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1992. Notes on the sexually dimorphic jumping spider, Bavia ludicra (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Salticidae). Victorian Entomologist 22: 6-7 (=S. superbus)

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [75] (general biology, as Bavia ludicra)

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. [30, pls 39, 40] (as Bavia ludicra)

History of changes