Araneus urquharti (Roewer, 1942)

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 : 17

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.