Species Apricia bracteata (L. Koch, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marptusa bracteata Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1105, pl. 96 figs 7,8].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) MGH 16532 (Daemel, under bark), Peak Downs, Rockhampton.

Generic Combinations

• Apricia bracteata (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Richardson, B.J. 2016. New genera, new species and redescription of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560 [514]
• Menemerus bracteatus (L. Koch, 1879). —
  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 [256, fig. 57]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Northern Kimberley (NK), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, litter-dwelling, predator.

General References

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

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1991. Notes on a jumping spider Menemerus bracteatus (Koch) (Arachnida: Salticidae). Victorian Entomologist 21: 156

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp.

Rienks, J.H. 2000. Extended nest residence and cannibalism in a jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 28: 123-127

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