Genus Opisthoncus L. Koch, 1880
- Opisthoncus Koch, L. 1880. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1157-1212. [1184].
Type species:
Opisthoncus polyphemus L. Koch, 1867 (previously believed to be subsequent designation by Peckham & Peckham (1901) of O. lineativentris) by original designation.
Introduction
Zabka et al. (2017) list an unidentified species as occurring on 5 of Australia's off-shore islands.
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
SALTICIDAE: Opisthoncus eriognathus (Thorell, 1881) — 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 [206]; Richardson, B.J. & Żabka, M. Salticidae, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (not known from any Australian specimen)
SALTICIDAE: Opisthoncus inconspicuus (Thorell, 1881) — Richardson, B.J. & Żabka, M. Salticidae, http://biodiversity.org.au/afd (not known from any Australian specimens)
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Species reported from SE Asia are wrongly classified.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT) ; Qld: Desert Uplands (DEU) ; WA: Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
- Żabka, M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 415-418 [416]
- Zabka, M. 1993. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Guinea — a zoogeographic account. Bollettino dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali 26: 389-394 [392]
- Żabka, M., Pollard, S.D. & Anstey, M. 2002. Zoogeography of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of New Zealand - first approach. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 52: 459-464
Ecological Descriptors
Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.
General References
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1996. A record of a bite to a human arm from a species of Opisthoncus (Arachnida: Salticidae) in Australia. Mauritiana (Altenburg) 16: 37-39
Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292
Peckham, G.W. & Peckham, E.G. 1901. Spiders of the Phidippus group of the family Attidae. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 13: 282-358
Richardson, B.J., Whyte, R. & Zabka, M. 2019. A key to the genera of Australian jumping spiders (Aranaea: Salticidae). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/
Richardson, B.J., Żabka, M., Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. 2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography 33: 707-719 (Gives BIOCLIM predicted distribution of the genus)
Żabka, M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 415-418
Zabka, M., Patoleta, B. and Trebicki, L. 2019. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) inhabiting island off Australia re-visited. Austral Entomology 58: 382-386
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2023 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 05-Aug-2022 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 24-May-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 01-Jun-2021 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEAE | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 23-Dec-2019 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 30-Sep-2019 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 29-Mar-2018 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco Jurgen Otto |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco (QM) |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 26-Jun-2023 | MODIFIED |