Holoplatys minuta

Fact Box Species: Holoplatys minuta (M Zabka) Family: Salticidae Body length: female: about 4 mm male: about 3.5 mm Habitat: this species may be found under loose bark or in leaf litter Toxicity: May at least produce local inflammation and pain so handle with caution

There is some uncertainty as to the species name shown on this page but it is used because the two pairs of curving white bands on the dorsal abdomen of this spider are present in the 1991 Zabka paper only on Holoplatys minuta. Unfortunately, Zabka makes no mention of the orange distal leg segments that the spider shown above has.

Known range: The only listed instance of this species being found was near Roma, Queensland.

Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Many other Holoplatys species.