Cyclosa lichensis (Rainbow, 1916) Rainbow, 1916
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https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454 |
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Cyclosa lichensis (Rainbow, 1916) |
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comb. n. |
Cyclosa lichensis (Rainbow, 1916) View in CoL comb. n. Fig. 4A, B
Carepalxis lichensis Rainbow, 1916a: 115-116, plate 22, figs 40-42; Bonnet 1956: 954.
Type material.
Holotype of Carepalxis lichensis Rainbow, 1916: 1 female with three eggsacs, Gordonvale [17°05'S, 145°46'E, Queensland, AUSTRALIA], 30 May 1913; “forest” (Rainbow 1916: 114) (AM KS8882) (examined).
Remarks.
It appears that Rainbow (1916a) placed this species in Carepalxis based on the shape of the abdomen (Fig. 4A). An examination of the holotype female of Carepalxis lichensis , however, shows that this species belongs to the genus Cyclosa based on the distinct shape of the cephalothorax and genital morphology (Figs 4 A–B). It is closely related to C. mulmeinensis (Thorell, 1887) and C. vallata (Keyserling, 1886), both illustrated, for example, in Tanikawa (2007) and Chrysanthus (1961; 1971). It might be a junior synonym of either pending a detailed revision of the Australasian species of Cyclosa . Here, I propose the transfer of the species to Cyclosa , Cyclosa lichensis (Rainbow, 1916), comb. n.
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