Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Anepsion

Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2019-07-12
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014630]
  • Distribution: India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Japan, China to Indonesia (Sulawesi)
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany; subadult f (4179-117) of Anepsion japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019)
  • Holotype: Otemon-Gakuin University, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan; m of Anepsion japonicum Yaginuma, 1962 (Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019)
  • Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; 3m 5f (2009-031) (Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019)
Taxonomic references
Paraplectana picta Thorell, 1877b: 356 (Df).
Paraplectana maritata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877c: 32, pl. 7, f. 7 (Dmf).
Paraplectana picta Thorell, 1878b: 19 (Dm).
Paraplectana nigroanalis van Hasselt, 1882: 15, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df).
Anepsia maritata Simon, 1905c: 63.
Paraplectana japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 242, pl. 15, f. 424 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016870].
Anepsion maritatum Chrysanthus, 1961a: 465, f. 3-10 (mf).
Anepsium japonicum Yaginuma, 1962b: 134, f. 6-8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014628].
Anepsion maritatum Yaginuma & Wen, 1983: 196, f. 4A-B (f).
Anepsion japonicum Yaginuma, 1986a: 123, f. 65.1 (m).
Anepsion maritatum Song, 1987: 158, f. 118 (f).
Anepsion japonicum Yin et al., 1997d: 117, f. 42a-c (m).
Anepsion maritatum Yin et al., 1997d: 118, f. 43a-b (f).
Anepsion japonicum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134B-C, 146D (m).
Anepsion maritatum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134A, 146E (f).
Anepsion japonicum Tanikawa, 2007c: 55, f. 485 (m).
Anepsion japonicum Tanikawa, 2009: 433, f. 67 (m).
Cyrtarachne keralensis Sunil Jose, 2011: 322, f. 1a-g (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044212].
Anepsion japonicum Chotwong et al., 2013: 92, f. 5-7, 12-14 (Tj from Paraplectana, Sm, Df).
Anepsion maritatum Malamel et al., 2015b: 478, f. 1A-O, 2A-I (mf, S).
Anepsion maritatum Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019: 11, f. 1A-F (mf, S of A. japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)).
References

Bösenberg, W. & Strand, E. (1906). Japanische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 30: 93-422. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chotwong, W., Tanikawa, A., Ikeda, Y. & Miyashita, T. (2013). Two spider species of the genus Anepsion (Araneae: Araneidae) from Thailand, with a note on the synonymy of Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand 1906). Acta Arachnologica 62(2): 89-94. doi:10.2476/asjaa.62.89 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chrysanthus, P. (1961a). Die Gattung Anepsion Strand 1929 (Arach., Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 42: 463-477. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hasselt, A. W. M. van (1882). Araneae. In: Veth, P. J. (ed.) Midden-Sumatra 4A(11). Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877-1879. Brill, Leiden, pp. 1-56, pl. 1-5. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119451 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Malamel, J. J., Sankaran, P. M., Joseph, M. M. & Sebastian, P. A. (2015b). Cyrtarachne keralensis Jose, 2011 is a junior synonym of Anepsion maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877) (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 4039(3): 478-482. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4039.3.8 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1877c). On some new genera and species of Araneidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 19(109): 26-39, pl. 6-7. doi:10.1080/00222937708682093 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1905c). Arachnides de Java, recueillis par le Prof. K. Kraepelin en 1904. Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 22: 49-73. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1987). Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House, Beijing, 376 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sunil Jose, K. (2011). A new species of the genus Cyrtarachne (Araneae: Araneidae) from western Ghats, India. Munis Entomology and Zoology 6: 321-324. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (2007c). An identification guide to the Japanese spiders of the families Araneidae, Nephilidae and Tetragnathidae. Arachnological Society of Japan, 121 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (2009). Hersiliidae. Nephilidae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 149, 403-463. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. & Yamasaki, T. (2019). Anepsion japonicum (Bösenberg & Strand 1906) is a junior synonym of A. maritatum (O. Pickard-Cambridge 1877). Acta Arachnologica 68(1): 11-13. doi:10.2476/asjaa.68.11 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877b). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341-637. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1878b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 5-317. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1962b). Spiders from Osumi Peninsula, Mt. Takakuma and Mt. Kirishima, Kyushu, Japan. Miscellaneous Reports of the Research Institute for Natural Resources Tokyo 56-57: 129-136. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. & Wen, Z. G. (1983). Chinese and Japanese spiders (II). Faculty of Letters Revue, Otemon Gakuin University 17: 187-205. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F., Zhu, M. S., Xie, L. P., Peng, X. J. & Bao, Y. H. (1997d). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing, 460 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2019-07-12 Species distribution update Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019 n/a (Old value)
2019-07-12 New taxonomic reference entry Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019 n/a
2019-07-12 Species synonymy Tanikawa & Yamasaki, 2019 Anepsion japonicum synonymized with Anepsion maritatum
2015-12-23 New taxonomic reference entry Malamel et al., 2015b n/a
2015-12-23 Species distribution update Malamel et al., 2015b n/a (Old value)
2015-12-23 Species synonymy Malamel et al., 2015b Anepsion keralensis synonymized with Anepsion maritatum