World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

In synonymy:

Eunesiotes Rainbow, 1899 = Poecilopachys Simon, 1895 (Simon, 1903a: 1003)

Gen. Poecilopachys Simon, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01545

type Epeira australasia Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Eunesiotes Rainbow, 1899b: 309 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06319] (type E. jenningsi Rainbow, 1899) by Simon, 1903a: 1003.

Transferred to other genera:

Poecilopachys bufo Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Cyrtarachne

In synonymy:

Poecilopachys bispinosa (Keyserling, 1865) = Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (Goodwin, 1961: 74)

Poecilopachys setosa (Keyserling, 1886, T from Cyrtarachne) = Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) (Goodwin, 1961: 74)

Poecilopachys australasia (Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833) | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales). Introduced to New Zealand, Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016935 TYPE SPECIES

Epeira australasia Griffith & Pidgeon, 1833: 538, pl. 3, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Epeira australasia Walckenaer, 1841: 503

Cyrtogaster bispinosa Keyserling, 1865: 802, pl. 19, f. 10-11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058003]

Cyrtarachne bispinosa L. Koch, 1871: 16

Cyrtarachne setosa Keyserling, 1886a: 98, pl. 7, f. 5 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058004]

Poecilopachys bispinosa Simon, 1895a: 880, f. 942 (f)

Epeira australasia Roewer, 1955c: 1478 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Poecilopachys australasia Goodwin, 1961: 74, f. 1a-b, 2a-c (Dm, f, T from Araneus, removed from nomen dubium, S of Cyrtarachne setosa and Poecilopachys bispinosa)

Poecilopachys australasia Davies, 1988b: 320, f. 39 (mf)

Poecilopachys jenningsi (Rainbow, 1899) | | Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016936

Eunesiotes jenningsi Rainbow, 1899b: 310, pl. 24, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Poecilopachys jenningsi Simon, 1903a: 1003

Poecilopachys minutissima Chrysanthus, 1971 | | Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016937

Poecilopachys minutissima Chrysanthus, 1971: 36, f. 69-70 (Dm) Original description

Poecilopachys speciosa (L. Koch, 1872) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016938

Cyrtarachne speciosa L. Koch, 1872a: 202, pl. 18, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Poecilopachys speciosa Simon, 1895a: 880

Poecilopachys verrucosa (L. Koch, 1871) | | New Guinea (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea), Australia (Queensland), Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016939

Cyrtarachne verrucosa L. Koch, 1871: 16, pl. 2, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Poecilopachys verrucosa Chrysanthus, 1961b: 209, f. 63-67 (f)