Taxon details


Neoscona vigilans (Blackwall, 1865)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-01-06
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016776]
  • Distribution: Africa, Asia (without Russia)
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Taxonomic references
Epeira hispida Doleschall, 1859: 33, pl. 2, f. 5 (Df; preoccupied by C. L. Koch, 1844).
Epeira vigilans Blackwall, 1865b: 342 (Df).
Epeira decens Thorell, 1877b: 379 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1866).
Epeira rumpfii Thorell, 1878b: 296 (D; preoccupied by Scopoli, 1763 sub Aranea).
Epeira rufo-femorata Simon, 1884n: 348, f. 6 (Df).
Epeira hispida lunifera Thorell, 1887: 180 (D).
Epeira hispida stragulata Thorell, 1887: 180 (D).
Araneus marshalli Pocock, 1898c: 207, pl. 8, f. 3 (Df).
Araneus spenceri Pocock, 1898c: 209, pl. 8, f. 4 (Df).
Araneus decens Simon, 1899a: 90.
Araneus rumpfi Pocock, 1900a: 228 (Df).
Aranea temeraria Tullgren, 1910: 165, pl. 4, f. 115 (Dm).
Araneus rumpfi Sherriffs, 1934: 88, f. 1, pl. 8, f. 3 (f, Dm).
Araneus alternidens Schenkel, 1936b: 107, f. 38 (Df).
Neoscona irritans Caporiacco, 1947c: 171, f. 28 (Dm).
Neoscona rumpfi Yaginuma, 1955a: 19, pl. I, f. 7 (Tmf from Araneus).
Afraranea rufofemorata Yaginuma & Archer, 1959: 37 (Tmf from Araneus).
Araneus rufofemoratus Chrysanthus, 1960: 33, f. 35-38, 43, 70 (mf).
Araneus rufofemoratus Lee, 1966: 39, f. 10a-d (f).
Araneus alternidens Yin, 1978: 2, f. 4A-D (f).
Aranea alternidens Song, 1980: 95, f. 41a-d (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Tikader & Bal, 1981: 18, f. 31-35 (mf).
Neoscona rumpfi Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 25, f. 28-30 (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Tikader, 1982a: 253, f. 501-505 (mf).
Araneus alternidens Hu, 1984: 88, f. 79 (f).
Neoscona vigilans Grasshoff, 1986: 95, f. 141-145 (Tf from Araneus, Sm).
Araneus alternidens Feng, 1990: 52, f. 27.1-4 (f).
Araneus alternidens Chen & Gao, 1990: 43, f. 44a-b (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 630, f. 398a-e, 399a-f (f).
Neoscona vigilans Yin et al., 1997d: 361, f. 257a-j (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Tanikawa, 1998b: 163, f. 91-92, 100-106 (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 301, f. 178E-G, 180A-B, 181K (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Hu, 2001: 465, f. 305.1-2 (f).
Neoscona rumpfi Gajbe, 2007: 529, f. 317-321 (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Tanikawa, 2007c: 72, f. 197-198, 602-605 (mf).
Neoscona rumpfi Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 238, f. 1F-G, 2C (f).
Neoscona vigilans Barrion-Dupo, 2008: 239, f. 1I, 2E (f).
Neoscona vigilans Tanikawa, 2009: 445, f. 181-184 (mf).
Neoscona vigilans Yin et al., 2012: 749, f. 373a-j (mf).
Neoscona rumpfi Sen et al., 2015: 126, f. 811-816, pl. 24 (f).
Neoscona vigilans Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 67, f. xxiv-xxix, 24-29 (f).
Neoscona vigilans Caleb, 2020b: 15718, f. 3G-I, 25C (f).
Neoscona vigilans Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 21, 7 f. (f).
Neoscona vigilans Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024: 423, f. 8A-H, 9A-D (mf).
References

Barrion, A. T. & Litsinger, J. A. (1995). Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia. CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 700 pp., 16 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A. (2008). Taxonomy of Philippine derby spider (Araneae: Araneidae). Asia Life Sciences 17: 231-248. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Basu, D., Roy, T. K. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2017). Neoscona Simon, 1864, the 'true orb weavers' in ricelands of Gangetic Delta, South 24-Parganas, West Bengal, India. Species 18(59): 62-76. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Blackwall, J. (1865b). Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the east of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(95): 336-352. doi:10.1080/00222936508679441 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caleb, J. T. D. (2020b). Spider (Arachnida: Araneae) fauna of the scrub jungle in the Madras Christian College campus, Chennai, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(7): 15711-15766. doi:10.11609/jott.5758.12.7.15711-15766 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Caporiacco, L. di (1947c). Arachnida Africae Orientalis, a dominibus Kittenberger, Kovács et Bornemisza lecta, in Museo Nationali Hungarico servata. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 40: 97-257. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, X. E. & Gao, J. C. (1990). The Sichuan farmland spiders in China. Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, Chengdu, 226 pp. 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

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022f). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 66 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326991 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Doleschall, L. (1859). Tweede Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5(5): 1-60, pl. 1-17. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Feng, Z. Q. (1990). Spiders of China in colour. Hunan Science and Technology Publishing House, 256 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gajbe, U. A. (2007). Araneae: Arachnida. In: Fauna of Madhya Pradesh (including Chhattisgarh), State Fauna Series. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata 15(1), 419-540. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Grasshoff, M. (1986). Die Radnetzspinnen-Gattung Neoscona in Afrika (Arachnida: Araneae). Annalen Zoologische Wetenschappen 250: 1-123. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (1984). The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests. Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 482 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (2001). Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jaffry, K. H., Butt, A. & Zahra, K. (2024). Orb-weavers (Araneae: Araneidae, Nephilidae) from the Margalla Hills National Park, Pakistan with comments on morphological variation in Neoscona mukerjei Tikader, 1980 and emasculation in Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793). Lahore Garrison University Journal of Life Sciences 7(4, 2023): 407-432. [publ. Jan. 7, 2024] doi:10.54692/lgujls.2023.0704305 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lee, C. L. (1966). [Spiders of Formosa (Taiwan)]. Taichung Junior Teachers College Publisher, 84 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pocock, R. I. (1898c). The Arachnida from the province of Natal, South Africa, contained in the collection of the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7) 2(9): 197-226, pl. 8. doi:10.1080/00222939808678036 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

Schenkel, E. (1936b). Schwedisch-chinesische wissenschaftliche Expedition nach den nordwestlichen Provinzen Chinas, unter Leitung von Dr. Sven Hedin und Prof. Sü Ping-chang. Araneae gesammelt vom schwedischen Arzt der Expedition Dr. David Hummel 1927–1930. Arkiv för Zoologi 29(A1): 1-314. 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

Sherriffs, W. R. (1934). Hong-kong spiders. I. Hong-kong Naturalist 5: 85-90. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1884n). Arachnides recueillis en Birmanie par M. le chevalier J. B. Comotto et appartenant au Musée civique d'histoire naturelle de Gènes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 20: 325-372. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1899a). Contribution à la faune de Sumatra. Arachnides recueillis par M. J. L. Weyers, à Sumatra. (Deuxiéme mémoire). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 43: 78-125. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (ed.) (1980). [Farm Spiders]. Science Press, Beijing, 247 pp. 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

Tanikawa, A. (1998b). A revision of the Japanese spiders of the genus Neoscona (Araneae: Araneidae). Acta Arachnologica 47: 133-168. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (2007c). An identification guide to the Japanese spiders of the families Araneidae, Nephilidae and Tetragnathidae. Arachnological Society of Japan, 121 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tanikawa, A. (2009). Hersiliidae. Nephilidae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 149, 403-463. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1877b). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341-637. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1878b). Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani. II. Ragni di Amboina raccolti Prof. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 13: 5-317. 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

Tikader, B. K. & Bal, A. (1981). Studies on some orb-weaving spiders of the genera Neoscona Simon and Araneus Clerck of the family Araneidae (=Argiopidae) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper 24: 1-60. 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. & 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

Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Sjöstedts Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition 20(6): 85-172, pl. 1-4. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1955a). On the Japanese spiders: genera Mangora, Neoscona, and Zilla. Acta Arachnologica 14: 15-24. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. & Archer, A. F. (1959). Genera of the araneine Argiopidae found in the Oriental region, and generally placed under the comprehensive genus, Araneus. 1. Acta Arachnologica 16: 34-41. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M. (1978). [A study on the general orb-weaver spiders and wolf-spiders (Araneae: Araneidae, Lycosidae) from rice fields]. Journal of Hunan Teachers College (nat. Sci. Ed.) 1978(10): 1-21. 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
2024-01-06 New taxonomic reference entry Jaffry, Butt & Zahra, 2024 n/a
2022-06-08 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f n/a
2020-05-18 New taxonomic reference entry Caleb, 2020b n/a
2017-09-22 New taxonomic reference entry Basu, Roy & Raychaudhuri, 2017 n/a
2015-12-10 New taxonomic reference entry Sen et al., 2015 n/a