Species Apricia jovialis (L. Koch, 1879)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Marptusa jovialis Koch, L. 1879. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1045-1156. [1109, pl. 97 figs 1, 2].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MGH 6531 ♀, Peak Downs; whereabouts unknown ♀ ♂ (Mr Bradley's collection (amongst wood scraps)), Caigan, Sydney, Melbourne.

Generic Combinations

• Breda jovialis (L. Koch, 1879). —
  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).
• Apricia jovialis (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Richardson, B.J. 2016. New genera, new species and redescription of Australian jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 4114(5): 501-560 [508]
• Ocrisiona jovialis (L. Koch, 1879). —
  Ruiz, G.R.S. & Brescovit, A.D. 2013. Revision of Breda and proposal of a new genus (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 3664(4): 430-431 [430]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), 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 Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, open forest, predator, under bark.

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 [256, pl. 58] (illustrated, consider misplaced in this South American genus)

Hatch, J. 1999. Jumping spider predation on a much larger huntsman spider. South Australian Naturalist 74: 13-14

Hawkeswood, T.J. 1992. Notes on the jumping spider Breda jovialis (Koch) (Arachnida: Salticidae). Victorian Entomologist 22: 4-5 (reports it is an ant mimic (Polyrachis))

Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [76] (general biology)

Hickman, V.V. 1967. Some Common Spiders of Tasmania. Hobart : Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 112 pp. [87, figs 153, 154]

Hogg, H.R. 1900. A contribution to our knowledge of the spiders of Victoria; including some new species and genera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 13: 68-123 [77]

Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. [26, pl. 33]

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). [198] (in WA)

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