Poecilipta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Corinnoidea

Familia: Corinnidae
Subfamilia: Castianeirinae
Genus: Poecilipta
Species: P. carnarvon – P. contorqua – P. davidi – P. elvis – P. formiciforme – P. gloverae – P. harveyi – P. janthina – P. jilbadji – P. kgari – P. kohouti – P. lugubris – P. mandjelia – P. marengo – P. metallica – P. micaelae – P. qunats – P. rawlinsonae – P. ruthae – P. samueli – P. smaragdinea – P. tinda – P. venusta – P. waldockae – P. wallacei – P. yambuna – P. zbigniewi
Name

Poecilipta Simon, 1897

Type species: Poecilipta janthina Eugène Simon, 1896
References
Primary references

Simon, E.L. 1897a. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris 2: 1-192. Reference page.

Additional references

Raven, R.J. 2015: A revision of ant-mimicking spiders of the family Corinnidae (Araneae) in the Western Pacific. Zootaxa 3958(1): 1–258. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3958.1.1. Preview (PDF) ISBN 978-1-77557-693-8 (paperback); ISBN 978-1-77557-694-5 (Online edition) Reference page.

Poecilipta is a genus of South Pacific corinnid sac spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1897.[2]
Species

As of April 2019 it contains twenty-seven species in Australia, and one on New Caledonia:[1]

Poecilipta carnarvon Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta contorqua Raven, 2015 – Australia (New South Wales)
Poecilipta davidi Raven, 2015 – Australia (South Australia)
Poecilipta elvis Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta formiciforme (Rainbow, 1904) – Australia (New South Wales)
Poecilipta gloverae Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta harveyi Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta janthina Simon, 1896 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta jilbadji Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta kgari Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta kohouti Raven, 2015 – Australia (Northern Territory, South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales)
Poecilipta lugubris Raven, 2015 – Australia (New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory)
Poecilipta mandjelia Raven, 2015 – New Caledonia
Poecilipta marengo Raven, 2015 – Australia (New South Wales)
Poecilipta metallica Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta micaelae Raven, 2015 – Australia (New South Wales)
Poecilipta qunats Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta rawlinsonae Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta ruthae Santana & Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta samueli Raven, 2015 – Australia (Queensland)
Poecilipta smaragdinea (Simon, 1909) – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta tinda Raven, 2015 – Australia (South Australia)
Poecilipta venusta Rainbow, 1904 – Australia (Queensland to Victoria, South Australia)
Poecilipta waldockae Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia)
Poecilipta wallacei Raven, 2015 – Australia (Western Australia to Queensland)
Poecilipta yambuna Raven, 2015 – Australia (Victoria)
Poecilipta zbigniewi Raven, 2015 – Australia (Tasmania)

References

"Gen. Poecilipta Simon, 1897". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
Simon, E (1897). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.