Species Scotospilus hickmani Lehtinen, 1967

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• Scotospilus hickmani Lehtinen, P.T. 1967. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Annales Zoologici Fennici 4: 199-468 [264] [description is that of Scotopsilus [sic)] bicolor Hickman, 1948, see Hickman, V.V. 1948. Tasmanian Araneae of the family Hahniidae with notes on their respiratory systems. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1947: 21–35].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS6677 ♂ adult, Risdon, TAS.
  Paratype(s) whereabouts unknown ♀, Hobart, TAS.

  Secondary source:

   Hickman, V.V. 1948. Tasmanian Araneae of the family Hahniidae with notes on their respiratory systems. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1947: 21-35.

 

Distribution

States

Tasmania

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas: Ben Lomond (BEL), Flinders (FLI), King (KIN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Tasmania

Ecological Descriptors

Predator, sedentary.

Extra Ecological Information

Sheet web, under bark.

 

General References

Hickman, V.V. 1948. Tasmanian Araneae of the family Hahniidae with notes on their respiratory systems. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1947: 21-35

 

History of changes

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