Species Sandalodes superbus (Karsch, 1878)
- Alcmena superba Karsch, F. 1878. Diagnoses Attoidarum aliquot novarum Novae Hollandiae collectionis Musei Zoologici Berolinensis. Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Verein 2: 22-32 [29].
Type data:
Holotype ZMB 1601 ♀, Australia. - Acompse ludicrus Keyserling, E. 1882. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1 1325-1420 pp. [1326, pl. 113 figs 1, 2].
Type data:
Syntype(s) MGH 7693 ♀ (type locality given as Gayndah by Zabka (2000); a second syntype may be BMNH 1891/456), Rockhampton.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Zabka, M. 2000. Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of the Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, XIII: the genus Sandalodes Keyserling. Invertebrate Taxonomy 14: 695-704 [700]
Distribution
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, Tas, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Flinders (FLI), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: W plateau
- Queensland: N Gulf, NE coastal
- Tasmania
- Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau
- Papua New Guinea
Ecological Descriptors
Arboreal, arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, open forest, predator, under bark.
General References
Hawkeswood, T.J. 1992. Notes on the sexually dimorphic jumping spider, Bavia ludicra (Keyserling) (Arachnida: Salticidae). Victorian Entomologist 22: 6-7 (=S. superbus)
Hawkeswood, T.J. 2003. Spiders of Australia: An introduction to their Classification, Biology and Distribution. Sofia : Pensoft 263 pp. [75] (general biology, as Bavia ludicra)
Mascord, R. 1970. Australian Spiders in Colour. Balgowlah, NSW : Reed 112 pp. [30, pls 39, 40] (as Bavia ludicra)