Genus Stephanopis O.P.-Cambridge, 1869

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• Stephanopis Cambridge, O.P.- 1869. Descriptions and sketches of some new species of Araneidea, with characters of a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(4): 52-74 [61, pl. 5, figs 33–39].

  Type species:

   Stephanopis altifrons O.P.-Cambridge, 1869 by original designation.

Introduction

Machado & Teixeira (2021) list 16 valid species of Stephanopis (sensu stricto) which they treated as restricted to Australia. They noted that further work was required to determine the correct generic placement of the remaining species currently placed in Stephanopis, so the placement of some species in this genus may change once this work is completed.

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Esperance Plains (ESP) ; NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) ; NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC) ; NSW, Qld: Central Mackay Coast (CMC) ; NSW, Qld, SA: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gulf Plains (GUP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Kanmantoo (KAN), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Ben Lomond (BEL), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Tas, WA: Flinders (FLI), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS) ; Qld, SA: Murray Darling Depression (MDD)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater

General References

Machado, M., Teixeira, R.A. & Milledge, G.A. 2019. On the Australian Bark Crab Spider Genus Stephanopis: Taxonomic Review and Description of Seven New Species (Araneae: Thomisidae: Stephanopinae). Records of the Australian Museum 71(6): 217-276 [218]

Machado, M. & Teixeira, R.A. 2021. Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 21: 281-313 [296]

History of changes