Taxon details


Courtaraneus orientalis (Urquhart, 1887)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2022-05-28
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016734]
  • Distribution: New Zealand
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Taxonomic references
Epeira orientalis Urquhart, 1887: 79, pl. 7, f. 3 (Dm, Djf; m = Backobourkia heroine per Court & Forster, 1988: 98, rejected by Framenau et al., 2022: 139).
Epeira orientalis Urquhart, 1888: 114 (Df).
Neoscona orientalis Court & Forster, 1988: 98, f. 501-503 (f, removed from S of Araneus brouni).
Courtaraneus orientalis Framenau et al., 2022: 133, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-B, 6A-D (mf, T from Neoscona).
References

Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Framenau, V. W., Vink, C. J., McQuillan, B. N. & Simpson, A. H. (2022). A new genus for a large, endemic orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(2): 129-142. doi:10.1080/03014223.2021.1951309 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118, pl. 7-8. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Urquhart, A. T. (1888). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 20: 109-125, pl. 11. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2022-05-28 New taxonomic reference entry Framenau et al., 2022 n/a
2022-05-28 Species transferred to new genus Framenau et al., 2022 Species transferred from Neoscona to Courtaraneus