Araneus leai (Rainbow, 1894)
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Epeira leai Rainbow, 1894: 287-289, plate 10, fig. 1.
Araneus leai (Rainbow). Rainbow 1911: 188; Bonnet 1955: 527.
Aranea leai (Rainbow). Roewer 1942: 829.
Type material.
Holotype of Epeira leai Rainbow, 1894: female, Bungendore [35°14'S, 149°127E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA] (whereabouts unknown).
Remarks.
The holotype female of Epeira leai is not present in the AM and must be considered lost. The original description suggests this species to belong to Neoscona , but the rudimentary description of the epigyne ( Rainbow 1894, p. 289: "Epigyne a short blunt process") does not allow to associate this species with any known Neoscona from New South Wales. Therefore, I consider Epeira leai a nomen dubium.
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