Taxon details

Family: Tetragnathidae / Genus: Leucauge

Leucauge hortorum (Hentz, 1847)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2025-11-07
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050037]
  • Distribution: USA
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Epeira hortorum Hentz, 1847: 477, pl. 31, f. 19 (Df).
Argyroepeira hortorum Keyserling, 1893: 333, pl. 17, f. 246 (mf, S of Tetragnatha 5-lineata [rejected by Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2018: 193, see Leucauge quinquelineata]).
Leucauge hortorum Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2018: 192 (nomen dubium).
References

Ballesteros, J. A. & Hormiga, G. (2018). Species delimitation of the North American orchard-spider Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841) (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 183-197. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.002 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hentz, N. M. (1847). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 5(4): 443-479, pl. 23-24, 30-31. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. 4. Band. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 209-377, pl. 10-19. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2018-02-07 Taxon is nomen dubium Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2018 Leucauge hortorum (Hentz, 1847) declared a nomen dubium