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 urquharti (Roewer, 1942) Epeira similaris Rainbow, 1896a: 324, plate 18, fig. 3 (preoccupied by Epeira similaris Urquhart, 1891). Aranea urquharti Roewer, 1942: 835 (replacement name for Epeira similaris Rainbow, 1896). Araneus similaris (Rainbow). Bonnet 1955 : 599; Rainbow 1911 : 193. Types. Holotype of Epeira similaris Rainbow, 1896: female, New England district [no exact locality, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA] (whereabouts unknown). Remarks. The holotype female of Epeira similaris is not present at the AM and must be considered lost. The original species description ( Rainbow 1896a ) places this species in close affinity with Araneus fictus described in the same publication. For the same reasons as for that species (see above), I consider Epeira similaris a nomen dubium.