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Genus: Uloborus Latreille, 1806 | Family: Uloboridae Thorell, 1869

Uloborus canus MacLeay, 1827

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006372

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Described: ?

Distribution: Australia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Macleay Museum University of Sydney (MMUS), Sydney, Australia lost (Helen Smith pers. comm.) -

Taxonomic References

Uloborus canus MacLeay, 1827: 468 (D) Original description

Uloborus canus Sherwood, 2024b: 202 (type lost, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)

References

MacLeay, W. S. (1827). Annulosa. Catalogue of Insects, collected by Captain King, R.N.. In: King, P. P. (ed.) Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia. Vol. II. John Murray, London, pp. 438-469. -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2024b). Studies on spider nomenclature – I: miscellaneous notes on unrecognisable species, new synonyms, and untenable subspecies (Araneae: Araneomorphae). The Indochina Entomologist 1(23): 189-235. doi: 10.70590/ice.2024.01.23 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-01-02	Taxon is nomen dubium	Sherwood, 2024b		Uloborus canus MacLeay, 1827 declared a nomen dubium
2025-01-02	New taxonomic reference entry	Sherwood, 2024b