World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Macracantha Simon, 1864 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01506

type Aranea arcuata Fabricius, 1793; gender feminine

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

In synonymy:

Macracantha blackwalli (Keyserling, 1864) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 250, sub Gasteracantha)

Macracantha curvicauda (Vauthier, 1824) = Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) (Simon, 1886a: 147, sub Actinacantha)

Macracantha fabricii (Simon, 1899) = Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) (Dahl, 1914: 242, sub Gasteracantha)

Macracantha helva (Blackwall, 1864) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Thorell, 1887: 224, sub Plectana)

Macracantha hepatica (L. Koch, 1871) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Thorell, 1887: 224, sub Plectana)

Macracantha horrens (Thorell, 1859) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Thorell, 1887: 224, sub Plectana)

Macracantha parvula (Thorell, 1859) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 250, sub Gasteracantha)

Macracantha perakensis (Simon, 1901) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 250, sub Gasteracantha)

Macracantha pictospina (van Hasselt, 1882) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Thorell, 1887: 224, sub Plectana)

Macracantha propinqua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 250, sub Gasteracantha)

Macracantha tjibodensis (Strand, 1907) = Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 250, sub Gasteracantha)

Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) | | India, Sri Lanka, China, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016304 TYPE SPECIES

Aranea arcuata Fabricius, 1793: 425 (Df) Original description

Epeira curvicauda Vauthier, 1824: 261, pl. 18, f. 1-6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062769]

Gasteracantha arcuata C. L. Koch, 1837a: 34, f. 270 (f)

Plectana curvicauda Walckenaer, 1841: 175

Plectana arcuata Walckenaer, 1841: 177

Plectana arcuata Doleschall, 1859: 42, pl. 12, f. 3 (f)

Macracantha curvicauda Simon, 1864: 287

Macracantha arquata Simon, 1864: 287 (lapsus)

Gasteracantha curvicauda van Hasselt, 1882: 11

Gasteracantha beccarii van Hasselt, 1882: 11, pl. 4, f. 1 (j; misidentified per Roewer, 1942a: 939)

Actinacantha arcuata Simon, 1886a: 147 (S of Gasteracantha curvicauda)

Gasteracantha fabricii Simon, 1899a: 94 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062770]

Gasteracantha arcuata Simon, 1903h: 301 (Dm)

Gasteracantha arcuata Simon, 1904b: 282, pl. 16, f. 4 (f)

Gasteracantha (Macracantha) arcuata Dahl, 1914: 242, f. 1 (f, S of Gasteracantha fabricii)

Macracantha arcuata Emerit, 1974: 29, 120 (T from Gasteracantha)

Gasteracantha arcuata Tikader, 1982a: 69, f. 139-142 (f)

Gasteracantha arcuata Yin et al., 1997d: 94, f. 23a-c (f)

Gasteracantha arcuata Wang, 1998: 58, f. 1-4 (f)

Gasteracantha arcuata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 167N-P, 168A-B, O (f)

Macracantha arcuata Tan et al., 2019a: 47, f. 1G, 11A-E (f)

Macracantha arcuata Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 43, f. 9A-B, 12A-C (f)

Macracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) | | Pakistan, India and China to Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016027

Gasteracantha hasseltii C. L. Koch, 1837a: 29, f. 267 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha horrens Thorell, 1859: 303 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062771]

Gasteracantha parvula Thorell, 1859: 303 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062772]

Gasteracantha blackwalli Keyserling, 1864: 65, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062773]

Gasteracantha helva Blackwall, 1864b: 42 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062774]

Gasteracantha hepatica L. Koch, 1871: 8, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062775]

Gasteracantha helva O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 287, pl. 27, f. 15 (f)

Gasteracantha propinqua O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 288, pl. 27, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062776]

Gasteracantha pictospina van Hasselt, 1882: 14, pl. 1, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062777]

Actinacantha pictispina Simon, 1885a: 37

Actinacantha propinqua Simon, 1886a: 147

Plectana hasseltii Thorell, 1887: 224 (S of Gasteracantha helva, G.hepatica, G.horrensand G.pictospina)

Macracantha hasselti Thorell, 1887: (S

Plectana blackwallii Thorell, 1890a: 68

Gasteracantha hasselti Pocock, 1900a: 233

Gasteracantha perakensis Simon, 1901k: 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062778]

Gasteracantha propinqua Simon, 1904b: 282, pl. 16, f. 5 (f)

Gasteracantha tjibodensis Strand, 1907m: 424 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062779]

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) hasseltii Dahl, 1914: 250 (S of Gasteracantha blackwalli, G. parvula, G. perakensis, G. propinqua and G. tjibodensis)

Gasteracantha hasseltii Tikader, 1970: 41, f. 23b (f)

Actinacantha hasselti Emerit, 1974: 29

Gasteracantha hasseltii Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 33, f. 47-49 (f)

Gasteracantha hasseltii Tikader, 1982a: 63, f. 127-130 (f)

Gasteracantha hasselti Yin et al., 1997d: 96, f. 25a-f (mf)

Gasteracantha hasselti Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 168E-F, K-L, Q-R (mf)

Gasteracantha hasselti Yin et al., 2012: 581, f. 279a-f (mf)

Gasteracantha hasselti Sen et al., 2015: 108, f. 617-621, pl. 21 (f)

Gasteracantha hasselti Williams, 2017: 249, f. 1-7 (mf)

Gasteracantha hasselti Tan et al., 2019a: 45, f. 1F, 7A-E (f)

Macracantha hasselti Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 45, f. 9C-D, 12D-I (f, T from Gasteracantha)

Gasteracantha hasselti Akhtar & Summer, 2021: 842, f. 2-5, 6a-b (f)