User:Philcha/Sandbox/Phaeacius

Sources

• Four jumping spider genera of the Cocalodes-Group are monophyletic with genera of the Spartaeinae (Araneae: Salticidae) - A.C Rodrigo, R.R. Jackson - New Zealand Natural Sciences 19 (1992) - 61-67
  • cladogram p. 66
• Selections from the less known latin poets - edited by North Pinder - Clarendon Press, 1869, pp. 552 - p. 138: note 51 "Tibullus uses the commoner "Phaeacius" "
• Homer's Odyssey, Book 8, line 550]
  • For the Phaeacians have no pilots, nor steering-oars such as other ships have, but their ships of themselves understand the thoughts and minds of men, [560] ... most swiftly do they cross over the gulf of the sea, hidden in mist and cloud, nor ever have they fear of harm or ruin.
• Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia (also at http://books.irri.org/0851989675_content.pdf - extremely slow) - A.T. Barrion, J.A. Litsinger - C.A.B. International - pub: International Rice Research Institute - 1995 - IBSN 9780851989679 - pp. 700. At p. 45:
  • Simon (1900); Wanless (1981), Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist, 41(4), 199-212
  • Spartaeinae
  • 7.5-11.5mm long
  • rarely found in museums cos very well camouflaged
  • Indo-Malayan, 8 species known(?)
  • markedly flattened, (?)large posterior median eyes
  • closest relative Portia
• Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility - Marie Elisabeth Herberstein - p. 46-47
  • Instead of invading webs, Phaeacius is an ambush predator that lives on tree trunks.
  • With its markings, flattened body shape and unusual posture, it blends into bark.
  • Its preferred prey is other jumping spiders. As such prey has excellent vision, camouflage is essential to Phaeacius' strategy.
  • When prey close by and active, Phaeacius waits motionless until the prey is within range and then attacks with a sudden lunge.
  • (?) When hunting insects and non-salticid spiders, it ?
  • Against other jumping spiders, Phaeacius uses insinuation: moving in the flattened pose, it walks slowly, which compensates for the prey's excellent vision. Phaeacius uses insinuation when salticid prey is looking the wrong way and the background matches the markings of Phaeacius.

Species - if cited

• Phaeacius alabangensis Wijesinghe, 1991 — Philippines
• Phaeacius biramosus Wijesinghe, 1991 — Sumatra
• Phaeacius canalis Wanless, 1981 — Philippines
• Phaeacius fimbriatus Simon, 1900 — Nepal, Java
• Phaeacius lancearius (Thorell, 1895) — India, Myanmar
• Phaeacius leytensis Wijesinghe, 1991 — Philippines
• Phaeacius mainitensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
• Phaeacius malayensis Wanless, 1981 — Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra
• Phaeacius saxicola Wanless, 1981 — Nepal
• Phaeacius wanlessi Wijesinghe, 1991 — Nepal, Sri Lanka
• Phaeacius yixin Zhang & Li, 2005 — China
• Phaeacius yunnanensis Peng & Kim, 1998 — China