Genus Holoplatys Simon, 1885
- Holoplatys Simon, E. 1885. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique de la Nouvelle Calédonie. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 29: 87-92 [88].
Type species:
Marptusa planissima L. Koch, 1879 by monotypy.
Introduction
Zabka et al. (2017) list an unidentified species as occurring on 7 of Australia's off-shore islands.
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also in New Zealand, New Caledonia and New Guinea.
IBRA
ACT: Australian Alps (AA) ; ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Hampton (HAM) ; NSW, Qld, Vic: Flinders (FLI), Nandewar (NAN) ; NT: Tiwi Cobourg (TIW) ; WA: Great Sandy Desert (GSD)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & 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, under bark.
General References
Austin, A.D. 1981. Hickmanella, a new genus of Scelionidae from Australia (Hymenoptera: Proctotrupoidea). Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 20: 303-308 (parasite of Holoplatys)
Berry, J.W., Beatty, J.A. & Proszynski, J. 1996. Salticidae of the Pacific Islands. I. Distribution of twelve genera, with descriptions of eighteen new species. Journal of Arachnology 24: 214-253 [236] (though called Holoplatys this work is based on species of another genus)
Harland, D.P., Jackson, R.R. & Macnab, A.M. 1999. Distances at which jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) distinguish between prey and conspecific rivals. Journal of Zoology, London 247: 357-364
Jackson, R.R. 1987. Comparative study of releaser pheromones associated with the silk of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 14: 1-10 (though called Holoplatys this work is based on species of another genus)
Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292
Maddison, W.P., Bodner, M.R. & Needham, K.M. 2008. Salticid spider phylogeny revisited, with the discovery of a large Australian clade (Araneae: Salticidae). Zootaxa 1893: 49-64
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 19-Mar-2018 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 30-Jun-2017 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | SALTICIDAE Blackwall, 1841 | 04-Jun-2015 | MODIFIED | Barry Richardson |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 14-Feb-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 18-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |