Poecilipta sp. (genus)
Beautiful Ant Mimic Spider at Corrowong, NSW
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| Poecilipta sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 30 Aug 2021 | |
| Poecilipta sp. (genus) | YumiCallaway | 6 Jun 2020 | |
| Linyphiidae (family) | KimPullen | 22 Feb 2020 | |
| Dysdera crocata | BlackFlat | 26 Oct 2019 |
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4 comments
6 Jun 2020
I think this individual fits with P. venusta (female); distinctive body shape, single white stripe on the abdomen, very long pedipalps and other features overlapping with the image on the bottom left of p130 (Whyte & Anderson, 2017) arachne.org doesn't seem to have any photos, but findaspider.org has an image for male and female. ALA also has a few.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to access Raven's revision on Corinnidae which should include information on P. venusta (https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3958.1.1) and it seems like ALA has limited sightings, however I still think it matches! Distribution is south-eastern Australia and they seem to be scattered through NSW so finding on in ACT isn't too unlikely, particularly given how little information there seems to be on it.
Unfortunately I wasn't able to access Raven's revision on Corinnidae which should include information on P. venusta (https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.3958.1.1) and it seems like ALA has limited sightings, however I still think it matches! Distribution is south-eastern Australia and they seem to be scattered through NSW so finding on in ACT isn't too unlikely, particularly given how little information there seems to be on it.
6 Jun 2020
Oh, thank you! The closest sighting on ALA is a little SE of Bombala which increases likelihood a fair bit :)
Location information
- Coordinates 148.857422-36.869103
- Altitude 742.7m
- Maps Black Flat at Corrowong
- Places Corrowong, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 26 Oct 2019 07:02 AM Recorded on
- BlackFlat Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- BlackFlat Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Poecilipta sp. (genus) Other hunting spiders Spiders
Species information
- Poecilipta sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Beautiful Ant Mimic Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 742.67m Recorded at altitude
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