Taxon details
Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2020-12-27
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014645]
- Distribution: India to Indonesia (Sulawesi) and Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
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- Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f (possibly in Paris) (Castanheira et al., 2019c)
- Holotype: ; f (depository unknown) of Arachnura digitata (Castanheira et al., 2019c)
Arachnura digitata Thorell, 1877b: 410 (Df).
Arachnura melanura Simon, 1895a: 776, f. 847 (f, S of Arachnura digitata).
Arachnura melanura Chrysanthus, 1961b: 203, f. 39-41, 68 (f).
Arachnura melanura Tanikawa, 1991a: 12, f. 1-6 (f, Dm).
Arachnura melanura Yin et al., 1997d: 122, f. 46a-d (f).
Arachnura melanura Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 236, f. 134F-G, 146J (f).
Arachnura melanura Tanikawa, 2007c: 42, f. 4-5, 425-427 (mf).
Arachnura melanura Tanikawa, 2009: 423, f. 15-16 (mf).
Arachnura melanura Yin et al., 2012: 594, f. 286a-d (f).
Arachnura melanura Castanheira et al., 2019c: 164, f. 9A-E (f).
Arachnura melanura Sen & Sureshan, 2020: 286, f. 1-5 (f).
Castanheira, P. de S., Didham, R. K., Vink, C. J. & Framenau, V. W. (2019c). The scorpion-tailed orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae, Arachnura) in Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 4706(1): 147-170. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.6 
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Chrysanthus, P. (1961b). Spiders from south New Guinea IV. Nova Guinea, Zoology 10: 195-214. -- Show included taxa
Sen, S. & Sureshan, P. M. (2020). Rediscovery of the scorpion tailed orb-weaver, Arachnura melanura Simon 1867 (Araneae: Araneidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120(3): 285-288. doi:10.26515/rzsi/v120/i3/2020/150690 -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1867). Sur trois araignées nouvelles. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée (2) 19: 15-24. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Tanikawa, A. (1991a). New record of Arachnura melanura Simon, 1867 (Araneae: Araneidae), from Japan, with the first description of the male. Acta Arachnologica 40(1): 11-15. doi:10.2476/asjaa.40.11 -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-27 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sen & Sureshan, 2020 | n/a |
| 2019-12-07 | New taxonomic reference entry | Castanheira et al., 2019c | n/a |
| 2019-12-07 | Species distribution update | Castanheira et al., 2019c | n/a (Old value) |