Nyssus albopunctatus
White-spotted swift spider at O'Connor, ACT
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| Nyssus albopunctatus | KimPullen | 5 Jan 2017 | |
| Nyssus albopunctatus | ibaird | 4 Jan 2017 | |
| Nyssus sp. (genus) | ibaird | 4 Jan 2017 |
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Swift spider observed on the leaf of a potted cumquat (Citrus japonica). The species, based on published online illustrations, is probably the White-spotted Swift Spider Nyssus albopunctata (Corinnidae family). Formerly Densey Clyne (1969) 'A guide to Australian Spiders' described this as Supunna sp. although there clearly have been taxonomic revisions since. See also the Atlas of Living Australia and the Australian Faunal Directory which document these taxonomic revisions.
4 comments
5 Jan 2017
See a photo, attributed as N. albopunctata at:
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6c38c848-58a3-401d-8bde-54de704f8da0
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:6c38c848-58a3-401d-8bde-54de704f8da0
5 Jan 2017
Entered as 'albopunctatus', as according to the rules of nomenclature the species name must agree in gender with the genus name, in this case masculine.
6 Jan 2017
OK. Thanks. Have to confess I never took Latin at school. I did notice both options were being used.
10 Jan 2017
As you noted, this used to be in the genus Supunna, which is feminine, hence albopunctata. Sometimes people forget to alter the species name when there is a new 'combination'.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.113378-35.259415
- Altitude 605.6m
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 2 Jan 2017 03:32 PM Recorded on
- ibaird Recorded by
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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Species information
- Nyssus albopunctatus Scientific name
- White-spotted swift spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1317.53m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Supunna funerea Supunna albomaculata Nyssus albopunctata
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