Genus Adoxotoma Simon, 1909

Museums

Regional Maps

• Adoxotoma Simon, E. 1909. Araneae. 2e partie. pp. 152-212 in Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds). Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Jena : Gustav Fischer Vol. 2(12). [196].

  Type species:

   Adoxotoma nigroolivacea Simon, 1909 by subsequent designation, see Rainbow, W.J. 1911. A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319 [Vol 9 titled as published 1912-1913, but Part 2 published 2 Oct 1911] [280].
• Adoxtoma Waterhouse, C.O. 1912. Index Zoologicus. London : Zoological Society of London 324 pp. [6] [lapsus pro Adoxotoma].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Also in New Zealand

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, WA: South Eastern Queensland (SEQ) ; ACT, NSW, SA, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Jarrah Forest (JF), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR) ; NSW: Cobar Peneplain (CP), Nandewar (NAN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

 

General References

Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292

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)

Wanless, F.R. 1988. A revision of the spider group Astieae in the Australian Region. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 15: 81-172 [162] (relationships)

Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to the spiders of Australia. Clayton : CSIRO Publishing pp.

Żabka, M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 415-418

Żabka, M. 2001. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from the Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, XIV. The genus Adoxotoma Simon. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 323-332

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020	SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841	30-Jun-2017	MODIFIED	Barry Richardson
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		18-Aug-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)