Species Micropholcomma longissimum (Butler, 1932)
- Plectochetos longissimus Butler, L.S.G. 1932. Studies in Australian spiders. No. 2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 44: 103-117 [107-108 pl 1 figs 15-20].
Type data:
Holotype NMV K103 ♂ adult, Mt Donna Buang, VIC.
Generic Combinations
- Micropholcomma longissima (Butler, 1932). —
Forster, R.R. 1959. Spiders of the family Symphytognathidae. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 86: 269-329 [298 figs 64-69, 137] - Micropholcomma longissimum (Butler, 1932). —
Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [89]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria
Extra Distribution Information
The distribution shown is that derived from the earlier versions of the Faunal Database and may be inexact. Only selected Victorian records are provided by Rix & Harvey (2010), who comment that there are several undescribed species in both eastern and south-western Australia that resemble M. longissimum
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
NSW, Qld, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Flinders (FLI), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), NSW North Coast (NNC), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
Ecological Descriptors
Predator.
General References
Davies, V.T. 1985. Araneomorphae (in part). pp. 49-125 in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia Vol. 3 Mygalomorphae, Araneomorphae in part, Pseudoscorpionida, Amblypygi and Palpigradi. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service 183 pp. [89]
Forster, R.R. & Platnick, N.I. 1984. A review of the archaeid spiders and their relatives, with notes on the limits of the Superfamily Palpimanoidea (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 178: 1-106 [183-186 figs 8-10] (described female, taxonomy)
Rix, M.G. & Harvey, M.S. 2010. The spider family Micropholcommatidae (Arachnida, Araneae, Araneoidea): a relimitation and revision at the generic level. ZooKeys 36: 1-321 [27 fig 15E]
History of changes
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| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 25-Jul-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |