Taxon details
Araneus metellus (Strand, 1907)
- Rank: Species
- Status: nomen dubium
- Described: j
- Last updated: 2025-01-02
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015022]
- Distribution: China
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- Holotype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany; type material destroyed 1944 (Renner, 1988b)
Araneus metellus Sherwood, 2024b: 191 (type lost, immature, unidentifiable, nomen dubium).
Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi:10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 
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Strand, E. (1907k). Süd- und ostasiatische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Görlitz 25: 107-215. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-02 | Taxon is nomen dubium | Sherwood, 2024b | Araneus metellus (Strand, 1907) declared a nomen dubium |
| 2025-01-02 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood, 2024b | n/a |