Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876)

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Described:

Distribution: Spain, France, Italy, Romania, Balkans, Greece, Turkey, Russia (Caucasus), Iran


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Taxonomic References
Epeira byzanthina Pavesi, 1876b: 59 (Df) Original description
Epeira turcica Simon, 1879b: 36 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066884]
Epeira byzanthina Simon, 1885c: 328 (S of Epeira turcica)
Araneus byzanthinus Bonnet, 1955: 449
Neoscona byzantina Ledoux & Canard, 1981: 12, f. 28 (m, lapsus)
Neoscona byzanthina Ledoux, 2008a: 49, f. 5D-E, 6, 7A, 8A-C, 10A (mf, removed from S of Neoscona adianta [rejecting Roewer, 1942a: 780 and Grasshoff, 1986: 66], S of N. turcica confirmed)
Neoscona byzanthina Mora-Rubio, Morano & Pérez-Bote, 2019: 2, f. 1-2 (f)
Neoscona byzanthina Geci & Naumova, 2021: 2, f. 2A-I, 3A-I, 4A-C, 5A-C (mf)
Neoscona byzanthina Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a: 1, f. 1a-e, 2a-c (f)
References

Bonnet, P. (1955). Bibliographia araneorum. Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéologique jusqu'en 1939. Tome II. Systématique des araignées (Étude par ordre alphabétique) [1re partie: A-B]. Douladoure, Toulouse, pp. 1-918. -- Show included taxa

Geci, D. & Naumova, M. (2021). The spotted orb-weaver Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) – an enigmatic but common species on the Balkans (Araneae: Araneidae). Ecologia Balkanica, Special Edition 4: 1-9. -- Show included taxa

Ledoux, J.-C. & Canard, A. (1981). Initiation à l'étude systématique des araignées. Ledoux Domazan, 56 pp. -- Show included taxa

Ledoux, J.-C. (2008a). Réhabilitation de Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) espèce voisine de Neoscona adianta (Araneae, Araneidae). Revue Arachnologique 17: 49-53. -- Show included taxa

Mora-Rubio, C., Morano, E. & Pérez-Bote, J. L. (2019). First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Pavesi, 1876) (Araneae, Araneidae) from the Iberian Peninsula. Graellsia 75(2, e092): 1-3. doi: 10.3989/graellsia.2019.v75.237 -- Show included taxa

Pavesi, P. (1876b). Gli aracnidi Turchi. Atti della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali 19: 50-74. -- Show included taxa

Pintilioaie, A.-M. & Urák, I. (2022a). First record of Neoscona byzanthina (Araneae: Araneidae) in Romania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 63: 1-3. doi: 10.30963/aramit6301 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1879b). Liste d'arachnides de Constantinople et description d'une espèce nouvelle Epeira turcica. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (5) 9(Bull.): 36-37. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1885c). Études arachnologiques. 16e Mémoire. XXIII. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des arachnides de la Grèce. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 4(4, 1884): 305-356. [[published May 13, 1885]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2024-02-15 Species distribution update Zamani et al., 2024a Old value
2022-05-31 New taxonomic reference entry Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a
2022-05-31 Species distribution update Pintilioaie & Urák, 2022a Old value
2021-06-19 New taxonomic reference entry Geci & Naumova, 2021
2021-06-19 Species distribution update Geci & Naumova, 2021 Old value
2019-07-23 New taxonomic reference entry Mora-Rubio, Morano & Pérez-Bote, 2019
2019-07-23 Species distribution update Mora-Rubio, Morano & Pérez-Bote, 2019 Old value

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