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Genus: Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Gasteracantha fornicata (Fabricius, 1775)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016023

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

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Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 1 specimen of Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775 - (Zimsen, 1964)

Taxonomic References

Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775: 435 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha vittata L. Koch, 1871: 2, pl. 1, f. 1 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 280)

Gasteracantha bradleyi Thorell, 1881: 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065029]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) fornicata Dahl, 1914: 280 (S of Gasteracantha bradleyi)

Gasteracantha fornicata Saito, 1959: 112, f. 138 (S of Gasteracantha sauteri [regarded as valid by later authors])

References

Dahl, F. (1914). Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 7: 235-301. -- Show included taxa

Fabricius, J. C. (1775). Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis descriptionibus observationibus. Libraria Kortii, Flensbvrgi et Lipsiae [= Kortensche Buchhandlung, Flensburg & Leipzig], 832 pp. (Araneae, pp. 431-441). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.36510 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 1-2]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1-104, pl. 1-8. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Saitō, S. (1959). The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1881). Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1-720. -- Show included taxa

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