Taxon details


Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-11-16
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016027]
  • Distribution: Pakistan, India and China to Indonesia
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Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Zoologisches Institut Tübingen, Germany; type material destroyed 1945; f of Gasteracantha tjibodensis Strand, 1907
Taxonomic references
Gasteracantha hasseltii C. L. Koch, 1837a: 29, f. 267 (Df).
Gasteracantha horrens Thorell, 1859: 303 (Df).
Gasteracantha parvula Thorell, 1859: 303 (Dm).
Gasteracantha blackwalli Keyserling, 1864: 65, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df).
Gasteracantha helva Blackwall, 1864b: 42 (Df).
Gasteracantha hepatica L. Koch, 1871: 8, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df).
Gasteracantha helva O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 287, pl. 27, f. 15 (f).
Gasteracantha propinqua O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 288, pl. 27, f. 16 (Df).
Gasteracantha pictospina van Hasselt, 1882: 14, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (Df).
Actinacantha pictispina Simon, 1885a: 37.
Actinacantha propinqua Simon, 1886a: 147.
Plectana hasselti Thorell, 1887: 224.
Plectana blackwallii Thorell, 1890a: 68.
Gasteracantha hasselti Pocock, 1900a: 233.
Gasteracantha perakensis Simon, 1901k: 60 (Df).
Gasteracantha propinqua Simon, 1904b: 282, pl. 16, f. 5 (f).
Gasteracantha tjibodensis Strand, 1907m: 424 (Df).
Gasteracantha hasseltii Tikader, 1970: 41, f. 23b (f).
Gasteracantha hasseltii Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 33, f. 47-49 (f).
Gasteracantha hasseltii Tikader, 1982a: 63, f. 127-130 (f).
Gasteracantha hasselti Yin et al., 1997d: 96, f. 25a-f (mf).
Gasteracantha hasselti Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 168E-F, K-L, Q-R (mf).
Gasteracantha hasselti Yin et al., 2012: 581, f. 279a-f (mf).
Gasteracantha hasselti Sen et al., 2015: 108, f. 617-621, pl. 21 (f).
Gasteracantha hasselti Williams, 2017: 249, f. 1-7 (mf).
Gasteracantha hasselti Tan et al., 2019a: 45, f. 1F, 7A-E (f).
Macracantha hasselti Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 45, f. 9C-D, 12D-I (f, T from Gasteracantha).
Gasteracantha hasselti Akhtar & Summer, 2021: 842, f. 2-5, 6a-b (f).
References

Akhtar, N. & Summer, M. (2021). The first record and redescription of Gasteracantha hasselti C. L. Koch, 1837 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Pakistan. Munis Entomology and Zoology 16(2): 840-845. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Blackwall, J. (1864b). Descriptions of seven new species of East Indian spiders received from the Rev. O. P. Cambridge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 14(79): 36-45. doi:10.1080/00222936408681653 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hasselt, A. W. M. van (1882). Araneae. In: Veth, P. J. (ed.) Midden-Sumatra 4A(11). Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877-1879. Brill, Leiden, pp. 1-56, pl. 1-5. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119451 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1864). Beschreibungen neuer und wenig bekannter Arten aus der Familie Orbitelae Latr. oder Epeiridae Sund. Sitzungs-Berichte der naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Isis in Dresden 1863: 63-98, 119-154, pl. 1-7. 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, 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

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

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879c). On some new and little known species of Araneidea, with remarks on the genus Gasteracantha. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 47(2): 279-293, pl. 26-27. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1879.tb02656.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1900a). The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Arachnida. Taylor and Francis, London, 279 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48423 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

Simon, E. (1885a). Arachnides recueillis par M. Weyers à Sumatra. Premier envoi. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 29(C.R.): 30-39. 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. (1901k). On the Arachnida collected during the Skeat expedition to the Malay Peninsula. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 71(1): 45-84. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1901.tb08164.x 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

Strand, E. (1907m). Spinnen des Zoologischen Instituts in Tübingen. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 24: 391-468. 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

Thorell, T. (1859). Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 16: 299-304. 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

Thorell, T. (1890a). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. IV, 1. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 28: 5-421. 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

Williams, S. H. (2017). New faunistic records of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 and Macracantha Simon, 1864 species (Araneae: Araneidae) from Vietnam. Arthropoda Selecta 26(3): 249-252. doi:10.15298/arthsel.26.3.07 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

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-11-16 New taxonomic reference entry Tikader, 1970 n/a
2021-06-02 New taxonomic reference entry Akhtar & Summer, 2021 n/a
2021-06-02 Species distribution update Akhtar & Summer, 2021 n/a (Old value)
2021-04-16 New taxonomic reference entry Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021 n/a
2021-04-16 Species transferred to new genus Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021 Species transferred from Gasteracantha to Macracantha
2019-03-14 New taxonomic reference entry Tan et al., 2019a n/a
2017-10-01 New taxonomic reference entry Williams, 2017 n/a
2015-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Sen et al., 2015 n/a