Holoplatys is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders).
Description Holoplatys have a long, flat, oval cephalothorax, which is truncated anteriorly, and a long, flat, oval abdomen. They are often found under the bark of trees, especially eucalyptus. They have a resemblance to Marpissa.Murphy & Murphy 2000: 274
Species Holoplatys apressus (Powell, 1873) – New Zealand Holoplatys bicolor Simon, 1901 – Queensland, Western Australia Holoplatys bicoloroides Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys borali Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys braemarensis Zabka, 1991 – Queensland Holoplatys bramptonensis Zabka, 1991 – Queensland Holoplatys canberra Zabka, 1991 – Australian Capital Territory Holoplatys carolinensis Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 – Caroline Islands Holoplatys chudalupensis Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys colemani Zabka, 1991 – Queensland, New South Wales Holoplatys complanata (L. Koch, 1879) – Queensland, Northern Territory, New Guinea Holoplatys complanatiformis Zabka, 1991 – Queensland, New South Wales Holoplatys daviesae Zabka, 1991 – Queensland, New South Wales Holoplatys dejongi Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys desertina Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia, South Australia Holoplatys digitatus Zhang et al., 2017 – South China and Thailand Holoplatys embolica Zabka, 1991 – Queensland Holoplatys fusca (Karsch, 1878) – Western Australia to Queensland Holoplatys grassalis Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys invenusta (L. Koch, 1879) – Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria Holoplatys jardinensis Zabka, 1991 – Queensland, New Guinea Holoplatys julimarina Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys kalgoorlie Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys kempensis Zabka, 1991 – Northern Territory Holoplatys lhotskyi Zabka, 1991 – Queensland, Tasmania Holoplatys mascordi Zabka, 1991 – New South Wales, South Australia Holoplatys meda Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys minuta Zabka, 1991 – Queensland Holoplatys oakensis Zabka, 1991 – Queensland Holoplatys panthera Zabka, 1991 – South Australia Holoplatys pedder Zabka, 1991 – Tasmania Holoplatys pemberton Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia Holoplatys planissima (L. Koch, 1879) – Western Australia to Queensland Holoplatys planissima occidentalis Thorell, 1890 – Sumatra Holoplatys queenslandica Zabka, 1991 – Queensland, New Guinea Holoplatys rainbowi Zabka, 1991 – Queensland Holoplatys semiplanata Zabka, 1991 – Eastern Australia, New Caledonia Holoplatys strzeleckii Zabka, 1991 – South Australia, Tasmania Holoplatys tasmanensis Zabka, 1991 – Tasmania Holoplatys windjanensis Zabka, 1991 – Western Australia
Footnotes
References (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
External links Chink Jumping Spider - Holoplatys sp. (photographs and description)