Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae) Author Framenau, Volker W. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-3831 Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia & Department of Terrestrial Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Welshpool, Western Australia 6103, Australia & Zoological Museum Hamburg, Leibnitz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change (LIB), Centre for Taxonomy & Morphology, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany volker.framenau@murdoch.edu.au Author Baptista, Renner L. C. Laboratorio de Diversidade de Aracnideos, Universidade do Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, 21941 - 902, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author Oliveira, Francisca Samia M. Laboratorio de Diversidade de Aracnideos, Universidade do Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, 21941 - 902, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Author Castanheira, Pedro de S. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0623-1622 Harry Butler Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, Western Australia 6150, Australia & Laboratorio de Diversidade de Aracnideos, Universidade do Brasil / Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Av. Carlos Chagas Filho 373, 21941 - 902, Ilha do Fundao, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil text Evolutionary Systematics 2021 2021-11-02 5 2 275 334 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474 2535-0730-2-275 9AC22770F3004265A21F841EA364FFD5 671FAEEE86B25BE9A720A18193BC42B1 Hortophora viridis (Keyserling, 1865) comb. nov. Fig. 37A, B Epeira viridis Keyserling 1865 : 812-813, plate 18, figs 11, 12. Type material. Holotype of Epeira viridis Keyserling, 1865: Female from Upolu ( 13°54'S , 171°44'E , Samoa) (NHM 1890.7.1.4237). Examined. Remarks. Epeira viridis Keyserling, 1865 was synonymised with H. transmarina comb. nov. by Dondale (1966) . This synonymy is rejected here in addition to other synonymies proposed by the author, including that of H. transmarina comb. nov. with H. biapicata comb. nov. Dondale (1966) considered a female lodged in the ZMH as holotype of Epeira viridis Keyserling, 1865. This designation is here rejected as a female lodged in the NHM (NHM 1890.7.1.4237) much better matches the original description by Keyserling (1865) . This is also consistent with a comment by Rack (1961 , p. 25) who stated (from German) " It is not clear if this is Keyserling's type, as L. Koch 1871 , 84, also had specimens from Upolu ". Hortophora viridis comb. nov. is much unlike H. transmarina comb. nov., specifically based on the shape and colouration of the abdomen and details of the epigyne (Fig. 25A-C vs Fig. 37A, B ). The long epigyne is consistent with Hortophora gen. nov. as diagnosed here and therefore the species is transferred to the genus, Hortophora viridis comb. nov., pending an examination of males as part of a revision of Pacific Hortophora gen. nov. Figure 37. Hortophora viridis comb. nov., holotype female from Upolu (Samoa) (NHM 1890.7.1.4237). A. dorsal habitus; B. ventral habitus.