Species Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Jotus minutus Koch, L. 1881. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 pp. 1213-1271. [1257, pl. 108 fig. 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH ZMH-A0001636, GODEFFROY Nr. 8629 ♂ (Only one specimen is present at ZMH but Koch mentions a second much larger male that Eduard Dämel collected “in grass”. This specimen is most likely from near Sydney and is currently lost.), Peak Downs Station.

Generic Combinations

• Lycidas minutus (L. Koch, 1881). —
  Żabka, M. 1987. Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, II. Genera Lycidas and Maratus. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 40: 451-482 [478]
• Jotus minutus L. Koch, 1881. —
  Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2016. Males of a new species of Jotus from Australia wave a paddle-shaped lure to solicit nearby females (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryini). Peckhamia 133.1: 1-39 [1]

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Baehr, B.C., Schubert, J. & Harms, D. 2019. The brushed jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Jotus L. Koch, 1881) from eastern Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 3: 53-73 [65] (Redescription)

Otto, J.C. & Hill, D.E. 2012. Notes on Maratus Karsch 1878 and related jumping spiders from Australia, with five new species (Araneae: Salticidae: Euophryinae). Peckhamia 103.1: 1-81 (could not determine a generic placement for this species)

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