Species Zenodorus durvillii (Walckenaer, 1837)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Attus durvillii Walckenaer, C.A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris : Encyclopédie de Roret Vol. 1 682 pp. [459, 485, 488].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, BMNH ♂, locality unknown.
• Ephippus durvillei Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727 [653, 710] [unjustified emendation of durvillii].
• Ephippus urvillei Simon, E. 1896. Liste der Arachniden der Semon'schen Sammlung in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. in Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Fünfter Band. Systematik, Tiergeographie, Anatomie, Wirbelloser Tiere. Denkschriften der Medizinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft zu Jena 8: 343-351 [351] [unjustified emendation of durvillii].

Generic Combinations

• Omoedus durvillii (Walckenaer, 1837). —
  Zhang, J. & Maddison, W.P. 2012. New euophryine jumping spiders from Papua New Guinea (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Zootaxa 3578: 1-35 [21] (incorrectly spelt as 'durvillei')
• Zenodorus durvillii (Walckenaer, 1837).

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Pine Creek (PCK)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Jackson, R.R. & Li, D.Q. 2001. Prey-capture techniques and prey preferences of Zenodorus durvillei, Z. metallescens and Z. orbiculatus, tropical ant-eating jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Australia. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 28: 299-341

History of changes