Neoscona flavopunctata (L. Koch, 1871) L. Koch, 1871

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 : 8-9

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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454

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scientific name

Neoscona flavopunctata (L. Koch, 1871)
status

comb. n.

Neoscona flavopunctata (L. Koch, 1871) View in CoL comb. n. Fig. 6 A–D

Epeira flavopunctata L. Koch, 1871: 79-80, plate 5, figs 4, 4a; Hasselt 1882: 20.

Aranea flavopunctata (L. Koch). Roewer 1942: 828.

Araneus flavopunctulatus (L. Koch). Bonnet 1955: 503 (misspelled).

Type material.

Holotype of Epeira flavopunctata L. Koch, 1871: 1 male, "Viti Inseln" (= REPUBLIC OF FIJI) [no exact locality], Museum Godeffroy 3837 (ZMH Rack (1961) -catalog no. 238) (examined).

Remarks.

Somatic characters (Figs 6A, B) and pedipalp morphology (Figs 6C, D) of the male holotype of Epeira flavopunctata clearly identify this species as a Neoscona . Due to the shape of the median apophysis (lacking a median spine) this species belongs the subgenus Afraranea sensu Grasshoff (1986). Neoscona flavopunctata comb. n. was originally described from Fiji. Hasselt (1882) recorded it from Silago (Southern Leyte, Philippines).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Araneidae

Genus

Neoscona