Genus Stiphidion Simon, 1902
Crinoline Spider, Sombrero Spider, Hammock-web Spider
- Stiphidion Simon, E. 1902. Descriptions de quelques Arachnides nouveaux de la section des Cribellatés. Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 15: 240-243 [242].
Type species:
Stiphidion facetum Simon, 1902 by original designation. - Amarara Marples, B.J. 1959. The dictynid spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 87: 333-361 [354; pl. 3, figs 8, 11].
Type species:
Amarara fera Marples, 1959 by original designation.Secondary source:
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 [265]; Davies, V.T. 1988. Three new species of the spider genus Stiphidion (Araneae: Amaurobioidea: Stiphidiidae) from Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 265-271. - Stiphidium Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [4170] [subsequent misspelling; Followed by some subsequent authors but not by Lehtinen (1967) or Davies (1988); considered an invalid emendation (Platnick 2010)].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [265]
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Stiphidium Simon, 1902 [subsequent misspelling]. —
Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [4170]
Introduction
Spiders in the cribellate genus Stiphidion make messy hammock, or ‘sombrero’, webs that often adorn overhanging rocks, logs and buildings in south-eastern Australia. The type species, S. facetum, occurs from Tasmania north to south-eastern Queensland and in northern areas of New Zealand, where it is probably introduced (Forster & Wilton, 1973). The other three species are less widespread.
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
Eastern Australia from Tasmania northwards to south-eastern Queensland.
IBRA
Qld: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ)
Distribution References
General References
Forster, R.R. & Wilton, C.L. 1973. The spiders of New Zealand. Part IV. Otago Museum Bulletin. No. 4. 309 pp. [138-132; fig. 387] (discuss relationships, web form; figure photograph of living S. facetum (as Stiphidium f.)
Gray, M.R. & Smith, H.M. 2008. A new subfamily of spiders with grate-shaped tapeta from Australia and Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Stiphidiidae: Borralinae). Records of the Australian Museum 60: 13-44 (discuss relationships)
Main, B.Y. 1976. Spiders. Sydney : Collins 296 pp. [163; fig 40g] (web described and figured)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 05-Jul-2016 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco Jurgen Otto |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 15-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 02-Dec-2010 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |