Generic and family transfers, and numina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions
Author
W. Framenau, Volker
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Evolutionary Systematics
2019
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454
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Cyclosa poweri (Rainbow, 1916)
comb. n.
Fig. 4C, D
Carepalxis poweri
Rainbow, 1916b: 61, fig. 4;
Bonnet 1956
, p. 954.
Type material.
Holotype of
Carepalxis poweri
Rainbow, 1916: 1 female, Narrabeen [
33°43'S
,
152°17'E
, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA], Chas. D. Power (AM KS8881) (examined).
Remarks.
An examination of the female holotype clearly indicated that
Carepalxis poweri
belongs to the genus
Cyclosa
, based on the distinctive shape of the carapace with its V-shaped constriction (Fig. 4C, D; (see also
Rainbow 1916b
; fig. 4). Similar to
C. lichensis
, the species resembles
C. mulmeinensis
or
C. vallata
and may be a junior synonym of either, pending a comprehensive revision of Australian
Cyclosa
. It is here transferred to
Cyclosa
to facilitate such a revision,
Cyclosa poweri
(Rainbow, 1916), comb. n.