Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Hortophora

Hortophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2021-11-11
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015889]
  • Distribution: Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Norfolk Is.)
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Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material destroyed 1944; type material of Epeira producta (Renner, 1988b)
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; 8f 3j (Framenau et al., 2021b)
  • Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 4f 1j (Framenau et al., 2021b)
  • Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany; 1j of Epeira producta (Framenau et al., 2021b)
  • Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK; 1f 3j (1915.3.5.986–989) of Epeira producta (Framenau et al., 2021b)
Taxonomic references
Epeira transmarina Keyserling, 1865: 814, pl. 18, f. 15-16 (Df).
Epeira producta L. Koch, 1867b: 178 (Df).
Epeira producta L. Koch, 1871: 55, pl. 4, f. 5-7 (Dm, f).
Epeira transmarina Keyserling, 1886a: 139, pl. 11, f. 4 (m, S of Epeira producta).
Epeira producta Hogg, 1899: 139, pl. 13, f. 4, 4a (f).
Araneus productus Rainbow, 1909: 222.
Eriophora producta Archer, 1951a: 21 (T from Araneus).
Eriophora transmarina Archer, 1951a: 21 (T from Araneus).
Araneus productus Chrysanthus, 1960: 30, f. 34, 47, 64, 71 (mf).
Araneus transmarinus Main, 1964: 100, f. B-F (f).
Araneus transmarinus Dondale, 1966: 1164 (S of Eriophora capitalis, E. thyridota and E. viridis; all rejected by Framenau et al., 2021b).
Eriophora transmarina Davies, 1980b: 126, f. 1-8, pl. IB (mf).
Eriophora transmarina Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 24 (mf).
Hortophora transmarina Framenau et al., 2021b: 300, f. 1G, 2G, 24A-D, 25A-E (mf, T from Eriophora, S of Eriophora capitalis, E. thyridota and E. viridis removed, contra Dondale, 1966: 1164).
References

Archer, A. F. (1951a). Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. American Museum Novitates 1487: 1-52. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chrysanthus, P. (1960). Spiders from south New Guinea III. Nova Guinea, Zoology 3: 23-42. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Davies, V. T. (1980b). Two large Australian orb-weaving spiders, Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling 1865) and Eriophora biapicata (L. Koch 1871). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 20: 125-133. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Davies, V. T. (1988b). An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dondale, C. D. (1966). The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14(6): 1157-1192. doi:10.1071/ZO9661157 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Framenau, V. W., Baptista, R. L. C., Oliveira, F. S. M. & Castanheira, P. de S. (2021b). Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian garden orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 5(2): 275-334. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hogg, H. R. (1899). Notes on some spiders from the Upper Endeavour River, Queensland, with description of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (new ser.) 11: 137-147. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1865). Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 799-856, pl. 18-21. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1886a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Zweiter Theil [Lieferung 33-34]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 87-152, pl. 7-12. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1867b). Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 1-2]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1-104, pl. 1-8. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.121660 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Main, B. Y. (1964). Spiders of Australia: a guide to their identification with brief notes on the natural history of common forms. Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 124 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1909). Notes on the architecture, nesting habits and life histories of Australian Araneidae, based on specimens in the Australian Museum. Part VII. Entelegynae (continued). Records of the Australian Museum 7: 212-234. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Hortophora biapicata (L. Koch, 1871)
2021-11-11 Species synonymy Keyserling, 1886a Hortophora producta synonymized with Hortophora transmarina
2021-11-11 New taxonomic reference entry Framenau et al., 2021b n/a
2021-11-11 Species transferred to new genus Framenau et al., 2021b Species transferred from Eriophora to Hortophora
2021-11-11 Species distribution update Framenau et al., 2021b n/a (Old value)
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Eriophora capitalis (L. Koch, 1871)
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Eriophora capitalis (L. Koch, 1871)
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Eriophora capitalis (L. Koch, 1871)
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Eriophora thyridota (Thorell, 1870)
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Eriophora thyridota (Thorell, 1870)
2021-11-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Eriophora viridis (Keyserling, 1865)