Generic and family transfers, and numina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions Author W. Framenau, Volker text Evolutionary Systematics 2019 3 1 1 27 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454 2535-0730-3-1 C7DB2091FB5440E8BDC27C92F218D53F Araneus leai (Rainbow, 1894) Epeira leai Rainbow, 1894: 287-289, plate 10, fig. 1. Araneus leai (Rainbow). Rainbow 1911 : 188; Bonnet 1955 : 527. Aranea leai (Rainbow). Roewer 1942 : 829. Type material. Holotype of Epeira leai Rainbow, 1894: female, Bungendore [ 35°14'S , 149°127E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA] (whereabouts unknown). Remarks. The holotype female of Epeira leai is not present in the AM and must be considered lost. The original description suggests this species to belong to Neoscona , but the rudimentary description of the epigyne ( Rainbow 1894 , p. 289: "Epigyne a short blunt process") does not allow to associate this species with any known Neoscona from New South Wales. Therefore, I consider Epeira leai a nomen dubium.