Australian Museum Journal Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, IV. Genus Ocrisiona Simon, 1901
- Shortform:
- Zabka, 1990, Rec. Aust. Mus. 42(1): 27–43
- Author(s):
- Zabka, Marek
- Year published:
- 1990
- Title:
- Salticidae (Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific Regions, IV. Genus Ocrisiona Simon, 1901
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 42
- Issue:
- 1
- Start page:
- 27
- End page:
- 43
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.42.1990.105
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 23 March 1990
- Cover date:
- 23 March 1990
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- ARACHNIDA; TAXONOMY
- Digitized:
- 24 November 2008
- Available online:
- 18 December 2008
- Reference number:
- 105
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (164kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (1707kb PDF)
Abstract
The spider genus Ocrisiona Simon is revised. Eight species are diagnosed, described and illustrated, five new ones are established: O. eucalypti, O. koahi, O. parmeliae, O. victoriae and O. yakatunyae. Four species, O. aerata (L. Koch), O. elegans (L. Koch), O. frenata Simon and O. parallelistriata (L. Koch), are excluded as not related, three additional ones, O. complanata (L. Koch), O. fusca (Karasch) and O. invenusta (L. Koch), are transferred to Holoplatys. The genus is redefined and its relationships are discussed. Remarks on biology are presented, maps of distribution and key to the species are given. Geographical distribution of Ocrisiona is limited to Australia and adjacent areas; O. leucocomis (L. Koch) and O. melanopyga Simon are mainland species also recorded from Tasmania, and O. melancholica (L. Koch) is also known from Lord Howe Island.