Species Cyrba ocellata (Kroneberg, 1875)
- Euophrys ocellata Kroneberg, A.I. 1875. Araneae. 58 pp. in Fedtschenko, A.P. (ed.). Puteshestvie v Tourkestan. Reise in Turkestan. Moscow : Izv. imp. Obsheh. Lyub. Estest. Antrop. Etnogr. imp. Mosk. Univ. Vol. 2. [48].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♀, Samarkand.Subsequent designation references:
Wanless, F.R. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Cyrba (Araneae: Salticidae) with the description of a new presumptive pheromone dispersing organ. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 47: 445-481 [455]. - Cybra micans Simon, E. 1885. Faune arachnologique de l'Asie meridionale. IV. Arachnides recueillis a Collegal, District de Coimbatoore, par M.A. Theobald G.R. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 10: 21-27 [22].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♂, India.Subsequent designation references:
Wanless, F.R. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Cyrba (Araneae: Salticidae) with the description of a new presumptive pheromone dispersing organ. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 47: 445-481 [455]. - Stasippus inornatus Thorell, T. 1887. Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui Ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 25: 5-417 [375].
Type data:
Lectotype NHRM ♀, Burma.Subsequent designation references:
Wanless, F.R. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Cyrba (Araneae: Salticidae) with the description of a new presumptive pheromone dispersing organ. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 47: 445-481 [455]. - Vindima maculata Thorell, T. 1895. Descriptive Catalogue of the Spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London : British Museum (Natural History) 406 pp. [348].
Type data:
Holotype BMNH 1895.9.21.1057 ♂, Burma. - Cybra flavimana Simon, E. 1899. Contribution à la faune de Sumatra, Arachnides, recuillis par M. J.-L. Wyers, à Sumatra. (2e mémoire). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 43: 78-125 [103].
Type data:
Lectotype MNHP ♀, Sumatra. - Cybra tadzika Andreeva, E.M. 1969. On the fauna of spiders in Tadzhikistan. 4. Salticidae. Izvestiya Akademii Nauk Tadzhikskoi SSR. Otdelenie Biologicheskikh Nauk 4: 89-93 [89].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZIL ♂ ♀, Dushanbe. - Cybra tadzhika Proszynski, J. 1971. Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 28: 367-519 [396] [lapsus calami pro C. tadzika].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Proszynski, J. 1978. Araneae: Fam. Salticidae, Genera Aelurillus, Langona, Phlegra and Cybra. Ergbnisse der Bhutan-Expedition 1972 des Naturhistorischen Museums in Basel. Entomologica Basiliensia 3: 7-21 [16, figs 19, 21-24] (synonymises C. micans and C. flavimana)
- Wanless, F.R. 1984. A revision of the spider genus Cyrba (Araneae: Salticidae) with the description of a new presumptive pheromone dispersing organ. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 47: 445-481 [455]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Also occurs widely in the Australian, Oriental, and Palaearctic Regions
IBRA
NT, Qld: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.
General References
Cerveira, A.M. & Jackson, R.R. 2013. Love is in the air and on the ground: olfactory and tactile cues elicit visual courtship behavior by Cyrba males (Araneae: Salticidae). The Journal of Arachnology 41: 374-380
Davies, V.T. & Żabka, M. 1989. Illustrated keys to the genera of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 27: 189-266 [194]
Harland, D.P., Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1999. Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology, London 247: 357-364
Jackson, R.R. 1990. Predatory versatility and intraspecific interactions of Cyrba algerina and Cyrba ocellata, web-invading Spartiniae jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 157-168
Jackson, R.R. 2000. Prey preferences and visual discrimination ability of Brettus, Cocalus and Cyrba, araneophagic jumping spiders (Araneae : Salticidae) from Australia, Kenya and Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 27: 29-39
Jackson, R.R. 2002. Trial and error derivation of aggressive-mimicry signals by Brettus and Cyrba, spartaeine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) from Israel, Kenya, and Sri Lanka. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 29: 95-117
Nenilin, A.B. 1985. Materials on the fauna of the spider family Salticidae of the USSR. 2. Results of the study of the USSR. Trudy Zoologicheskogo Instituta, Akademiya Nauk SSSR 139: 129-134 [132] (presenting alternative taxonomic arrangement synonymised C. micans with C. algerina)
Patoleta, B. & Żabka, M. 1999. Salticidae (Arachnida, Araneae) of islands off Australia. Journal of Arachnology 27: 229-235 [232]
Wanless, F.R. 1984. A revision of the spider subfamily Spartaeinae nom. n. (Araneae: Salticidae) with descriptions of six new genera. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 46: 135-204 [445] (makes new synonymy)
Wesolowska, W. 1996. New data on the jumping spiders of Turkmenistan (Aranei: Salticidae). Arthropoda Selecta 5: 17-53 [29] (redescription)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 01-Jul-2017 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 18-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |