World Spider Catalog

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Austracantha Dahl, 1914 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01448

type Gasteracantha minax Thorell, 1859; gender feminine

N.B.: described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833; elevated to genus by Emerit, 1974: 29.

In synonymy:

Austracantha flavomaculata (Keyserling, 1865) = Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859) (Dahl, 1914: 251, sub Gasteracantha)

Austracantha maculata (Karsch, 1878) = Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859) (Dahl, 1914: 251, sub Gasteracantha)

Austracantha minax (Thorell, 1859) | | Australia, Tasmania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015457 TYPE SPECIES

Gasteracantha minax Thorell, 1859: 303 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha flavomaculata Keyserling, 1865: 801, pl. 19, f. 8-9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065580]

Actinacantha maculata Karsch, 1878c: 800 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065581]

Gasteracantha (Isacantha) minax Keyserling, 1886a: 94, pl. 7, f. 4 (Dm)

Gasteracantha (Austracantha) minax Dahl, 1914: 251, f. 5 (f, S of Gasteracantha flavomaculata and G. maculata)

Gasteracantha minax Butler, 1933: 279, pl. 17, f. 9

Gasteracantha minax Mascord, 1966: 44, f. 1-5 (mf)

Gasteracantha minax Dondale, 1966: 1174, f. 4F-I (mf)

Gasteracantha minax Hickman, 1967: 68, f. 122-123 (mf)

Gasteracantha minax Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 31 (mf)

Austracantha minax astrigera (L. Koch, 1871) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015458

Gasteracantha astrigera L. Koch, 1871: 14, pl. 1, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha astrigera Dahl, 1914: 251

Gasteracantha minax astrigera Hogg, 1914b: 79 (reduced to subspecies)

Austracantha minax hermitis (Hogg, 1914) | | Australia (Montebello Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015459

Gasteracantha minax hermitis Hogg, 1914b: 80, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Austracantha minax leonhardii (Strand, 1913) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015460

Gasteracantha minax leonhardii Strand, 1913c: 609 (D) Original description

Austracantha minax leonhardii Nentwig et al., 2019: 36 (subspecies inquirenda)

Austracantha minax lugubris (L. Koch, 1871) | | Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015461

Gasteracantha lugubris L. Koch, 1871: 12, pl. 1, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha minax lugubris Hogg, 1914b: 79 (reduced to supspecies)