Neoscona floriata (Hogg, 1914) Hogg, 1914

W. Framenau, Volker, 2019, Generic and family transfers, and numina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (1), pp. 1-27 : 9-10

Neoscona floriata (Hogg, 1914) comb. n. Fig. 7 A–D

Araneus floriatus Hogg, 1914: 57. Hogg 1915: 446-448, figs 25, 25 a–d; Bonnet 1955: 504.

Aranea floricata Hogg. Roewer 1942: 828 (misspelled).

Type material.

Syntypes of Araneus floriatus Hogg, 1914: 1 female, 2 juveniles, neighbourhood of the Setakwa and Utakwa Rivers, [no exact locality given, West Papua, INDONESIA], 1912, Wollaston Expedition, H30 (BMNH 1921.3.24.37-38) (examined).

Remarks.

In his initial description Hogg (1914) listed two female and one male syntype of Araneus floriatus . Curiously, his later, more elaborate description ( Hogg 1915) omits the male and lists one mature female and one immature female. The vial here considered to contain the type material contains one female, one juvenile and a third spider (lacking an epigyne if female), but no male.

The epigyne of the female syntype (Figs 7C, D) conforms to the subgenus Afraranea sensu Grasshoff (1986). Hogg (1914) discusses similarities of this species with Araneus ferrugineus (Thorell, 1877) and Araneus pfeifferae (Thorell, 1877), both of which should therefore also be considered in a future revision of Oriental Neoscona . I have not been able to examine the types of these species, presumably housed in the MCSN.