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Genus: Courtaraneus Framenau, Vink, McQuillan & Simpson, 2022 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Courtaraneus orientalis Urquhart, 1887

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Described:

Distribution: New Zealand

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Syntype: 1m jjf (presumed lost) - (Framenau et al., 2022)

Taxonomic References

Epeira orientalis Urquhart, 1887: 79, pl. 7, f. 3 (Dm, Djf; m = Backobourkia heroine per Court & Forster, 1988: 98, rejected by Framenau et al., 2022: 139) Original description

Epeira orientalis Urquhart, 1888: 114 (Df)

Neoscona orientalis Court & Forster, 1988: 98, f. 501-503 (f, removed from S of Araneus brouni)

Courtaraneus orientalis Framenau et al., 2022: 133, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-D, 4A-C, 5A-B, 6A-D (mf, T from Neoscona)

References

Court, D. J. & Forster, R. R. (1988). The spiders of New Zealand: Part VI. Family Araneidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 6: 68-124. -- Show included taxa

Framenau, V. W., Vink, C. J., McQuillan, B. N. & Simpson, A. H. (2022). A new genus for a large, endemic orb-weaving spider (Araneae, Araneidae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(2): 129-142. doi: 10.1080/03014223.2021.1951309 -- Show included taxa

Urquhart, A. T. (1887). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118, pl. 7-8. -- Show included taxa

Urquhart, A. T. (1888). On new species of Araneida. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 20: 109-125, pl. 11. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2022-05-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Framenau et al., 2022
2022-05-28	Species transferred to new genus	Framenau et al., 2022		Species transferred from Neoscona to Courtaraneus