Taxon details


Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2023-06-13
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016031]
  • Distribution: India to Japan, Philippines and Indonesia
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Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Gasteracantha annulipes C. L. Koch, 1845, (1240)
Taxonomic references
Gasteracantha kuhlii C. L. Koch, 1837a: 20, f. 262 (Df).
Plectana acuminata Walckenaer, 1841: 159 (Df).
Gasteracantha annulipes C. L. Koch, 1844: 52, f. 876 (Df).
Plectana leucomelas Doleschall, 1859: 42, pl. 11, f. 8 (Df).
Gasteracantha annamita Simon, 1886a: 148 (Df).
Gasteracantha leucomelaena Thorell, 1887: 231 (Df).
Gasteracantha leucomelas Simon, 1904b: 282, pl. 16, f. 3 (f).
Gasteracantha leucomelas Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 239, pl. 3, f. 18, pl. 15, f. 395 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Dahl, 1914: 262.
Gasteracantha nabona Chamberlin, 1924a: 22 (Df).
Gasteracantha leucomelas Sherriffs, 1934: 87, f. 2 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Fox, 1938b: 365 (S).
Gasteracantha leucomelaena Saito, 1939: 10, f. 2(4) (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Nakatsudi, 1943a: 162, f. 11 (f).
Gasteracantha leucomelaena Saito, 1959: 112, f. 137a-d (f).
Gasteracantha leucomelaena Tikader, 1970: 40, f. 23a (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 34, f. 50-52 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Tikader, 1982a: 59, g. 119-122 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Hu, 1984: 114, f. 112.1-2 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Yaginuma, 1986a: 111, f. 58.4 (m).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Chikuni, 1989b: 83, f. 64 (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Feng, 1990: 83, f. 58.1-6 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Chen & Gao, 1990: 62, f. 75 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Chen & Zhang, 1991: 101, f. 95.1-4 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Zhao, 1993: 238, f. 111 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 559, f. 345a-f (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Zhao, 1995: 956, f. 450 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Yin et al., 1997d: 97, f. 26a-f (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 168G-H, M, S-T (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 204, f. 122A-F (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Namkung, 2002: 289, f. 19.50a-b (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Kim & Kim, 2002: 207, f. 46, 127, 240-241 (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Kim & Cho, 2002: 267, f. 655-660 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Namkung, 2003: 291, f. 19.50a-b (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Kim & Park, 2007: 119, f. 1a-d (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Shin, 2007: 160, f. 10A-I (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Tanikawa, 2007c: 52, f. 61-63, 471-472 (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Tanikawa, 2009: 429, f. 55-56 (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 225, f. 161A-F (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Yin et al., 2012: 582, f. 280a-f (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhli Sato, 2012: 68, unnumbered f. (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Kim & Lee, 2012b: 74, f. 53A-D, pl. 13 (mf).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Sen et al., 2015: 108, f. 622-626, pl. 21 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhlii Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 6, f. 7-12, 167 (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Tan et al., 2019a: 46, f. 1E, 8A-E (f).
Gasteracantha kuhli Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 38, f. 8A-D, 11J-L (f).
References

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

Chamberlin, R. V. (1924a). Descriptions of new American and Chinese spiders, with notes on other Chinese species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 63(13): 1-38. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, X. E. & Gao, J. C. (1990). The Sichuan farmland spiders in China. Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, Chengdu, 226 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Doleschall, L. (1859). Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5(5): 1-60, pl. 1-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Feng, Z. Q. (1990). Spiders of China in colour. Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House, 256 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Fox, I. (1938b). Notes on Chinese spiders chiefly of the family Argiopidae. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 28: 364-371. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (1984). The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests. Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 482 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. M. & Kim, J. P. (2002). A revisional study of family Araneidae Dahl, 1912 (Arachnida, Araneae) from Korea. Korean Arachnology 18: 171-266. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. & Cho, J. H. (2002). Spider: Natural Enemy & Resources. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB), 424 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, J. P. & Park, Y. C. (2007). Redescription of Gasteracantha kuhlii (C.L. Koch), 1838 from Vietnam (Araneae, Araneus [sic]). Korean Arachnology 23: 119-122. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, S. T. & Lee, S. Y. (2012b). Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Araneid spiders. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea 21(16): 1-146. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1837a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 105-119, pl. 106-118 (f. 246-252); Vierter Band, pp. 1-108, pl. 119-138 (f. 253-318). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1844). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Elfter Band, pp. 1-174, pl. 361-396 (f. 850-959). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Macharoenboon, K., Siriwut, W. & Jeratthitikul, E. (2021). A review of the taxonomy of spiny-backed orb-weaving spiders of the subfamily Gasteracanthinae (Araneae, Araneidae) in Thailand. ZooKeys 1032: 17-62. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1032.62001 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Nakatsudi, K. (1943a). Some Arachnida from Micronesia. Journal of Agricultural Science Tokyo Nogyo Daigaku 2: 147-180, pl. 12-14. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). On the araneid fauna (Araneae: Araneidae) of the tea estates of Dooars, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News 67(1): 1-67. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saitō, S. (1939). On the spiders from Tohoku (northernmost part of the main island), Japan. Saito Ho-On Kai Museum Research Bulletin 18(Zool. 6): 1-91. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saitō, S. (1959). The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sato, M. (2012). [New records of spiders from Akita Prefecture, Japan]. Kishidaia 101: 66-68. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sen, S., Dhali, D. C., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2015). Spiders (Araneae: Arachnida) of reserve forests of Dooars: Gorumara National Park, Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary and Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary. World Scientific News 20: 1-339. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherriffs, W. R. (1934). Hong-kong spiders. I. Hong-kong Naturalist 5: 85-90. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Shin, H. K. (2007). A systematic study of the araneid spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in Korea (1). Korean Arachnology 23: 127-171. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886a). Arachnides recueillis par M. A. Pavie (sous chef du service des postes au Cambodge) dans le royaume de Siam, au Cambodge et en Cochinchine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 40: 137-166. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1904b). Arachnides recueillis par M. A. Pavie en Indochine. In: Mission Pavie en Indochine 1879-1895. III. Recherches sur l'histoire naturells de l'Indochine Orientale. Paris, pp. 270-295. 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., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (2001). The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 510 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tan, J., Chan, Z. J., Ong, C. A. & Yong, H. S. (2019a). Phylogenetic relationships of Actinacantha Simon, Gasteracantha Sundevall, Macracantha Hasselt and Thelacantha Simon spiny orbweavers (Araneae: Araneidae) in Peninsular Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 67: 32-55. doi:10.26107/RBZ-2019-0003 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

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. & Biswas, B. (1981). Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 30: 1-149. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1982a). Part 1. Family Araneidae (= Argiopidae). Typical orb-weavers. In: The fauna of India. Spiders: Araneae. Vol. II. Zoological Survey of India, Calcutta, pp. 1-293. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. (1970). Spider fauna of Sikkim. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 64: 1-83. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. 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

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. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhao, J. Z. (1993). Spiders in the cotton fields in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 552 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhao, J. Z. (1995). Araneida. In: Natural enemies of cotton pests in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, pp. 762-1155. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Zhang, B. S. (2011). Spider Fauna of Henan: Arachnida: Araneae. Science Press, Beijing, 558 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2023-06-13 New taxonomic reference entry Zhao, 1995 n/a
2022-11-16 New taxonomic reference entry Tikader, 1970 n/a
2021-04-16 New taxonomic reference entry Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021 n/a
2019-03-14 New taxonomic reference entry Tan et al., 2019a n/a
2017-02-08 New taxonomic reference entry Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017 n/a
2015-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Sen et al., 2015 n/a
2015-03-31 New taxonomic reference entry Kim & Lee, 2012b n/a
2014-10-27 New taxonomic reference entry Sato, 2012 n/a