Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942

Castanheira, Pedro De S., Didham, Raphael K., Vink, Cor J. & Framenau, Volker W., 2019, The scorpion-tailed orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae, Arachnura) in Australia and New Zealand, Zootaxa 4706 (1), pp. 147-170 : 165

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.6

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scientific name

Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942
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Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942

Epeira caudata Bradley, 1876: 147 , plate 1, figs 7, 7a (preoccupied by Epeira caudata Hentz, 1850 = Cyclosa turbinata ( Walckenaer, 1841)) View in CoL .

Arachnura caudata (Bradley) .- Simon, 1895: 777; Rainbow, 1909: 218; Rainbow, 1911: 179.

Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942: 752 (replacement name).

Type material: Holotype female of Epeira caudata Bradley, 1876 , Hall Sound (ca. 8°49’S, 16°34’ E, 1875, PAPUA NEW GUINEA). Considered lost (see Remarks below) (not examined). GoogleMaps

Remarks. Arachnura caudatella was repeatedly reported from Australia (e.g. Rainbow, 1909, 1911); however, no specimens are known from any collection examined for this study. The holotype female of the species was not found in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, where other types of Bradley (1876) were found (VWF unpublished data), nor at the Australian Museum, Sydney.

The original description casts doubt on the affinities of A. caudatella with Arachnura , where Simon (1895) placed the species. Bradley’s (1876) description and illustrations are not consistent with Arachnura and suggest A. caudatella to belong to the genus Eriovixia Archer, 1951 . However, the original description without illustration of the genitalia does not allow an accurate identification of A. caudatella and considering the potential diversity of Eriovixia in South-East Asia, we consider the species-group name a nomen dubium.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Arachnura

Loc

Arachnura caudatella Roewer, 1942

Castanheira, Pedro De S., Didham, Raphael K., Vink, Cor J. & Framenau, Volker W. 2019
2019
Loc

Arachnura caudatella

Roewer, C. F. 1942: 752
1942
Loc

Arachnura caudata (Bradley)

Rainbow, W. J. 1911: 179
Rainbow, W. J. 1909: 218
Simon, E. 1895: 777
1895
Loc

Epeira caudata

Bradley, H. H. B. 1876: 147
1876
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