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
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454
2535-0730-3-1
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Neoscona notanda (Rainbow, 1912)
comb. n.
Araneus notandus
Rainbow, 1912: 196, figs 7-9;
Bonnet 1955
: 554.
Aranea notanda
Rainbow.
Roewer 1942
: 830.
Type material.
Holotype of
Araneus notandus
Rainbow, 1912: 1 female, Blackall Range [
26°37'S
,
152°52'E
, Queensland, AUSTRALIA], C. J. Wild (QM W2122) (examined).
Remarks.
This species is closely related to
Neoscona inusta
comb. n. The epigyne scape of the holotype of
Araneus notandus
is short and spatula-shaped, but some variation, in particular a different course of the fertilisation duct that shines through the scape suggest it to be a different species. A series from Sabai Island (Queensland) in the QM contains five males of this species (in addition to 6 females and 10 immatures) that also confirm it as
Neoscona
based on the structure of the male pedipalp as reviewed in
Grasshoff (1986)
. I therefore propose its transfer to
Neoscona
,
Neoscona notanda
(Rainbow, 1912), comb. n.