Taxon details

Family: Araneidae / Genus: Araneus

Araneus agastus Rainbow, 1916

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: j
  • Last updated: 2019-04-23
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014667]
  • Distribution: Australia (Queensland)
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia; jf (KS6506) (Framenau, 2019)
Taxonomic references
Araneus agastus Rainbow, 1916a: 104, pl. 22, f. 20-21 (Df).
Araneus agastus Framenau, 2019: 17, f. 9A-B (nomen dubium).
References

Framenau, V. W. (2019). Generic and family transfers, and nomina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions. Evolutionary Systematics 3: 1-27. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.3.33454 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1916a). Arachnida from northern Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 11: 33-64, 79-119, pl. 14-16, 21-23. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2019-04-23 Taxon is nomen dubium Framenau, 2019 Araneus agastus Rainbow, 1916 declared a nomen dubium
2019-04-23 New taxonomic reference entry Framenau, 2019 n/a