World Spider Catalog

Genus: Leucauge White, 1841 | Family: Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866

Leucauge hortorum (Hentz, 1847)

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050037

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Described:

Distribution: USA

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Taxonomic References

Epeira hortorum Hentz, 1847: 477, pl. 31, f. 19 (Df)

Argyroepeira hortorum Keyserling, 1893: 333, pl. 17, f. 246 (mf, S of Tetragnatha 5-lineata [rejected by Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2018: 193, see Leucauge quinquelineata])

Leucauge hortorum Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2018: 192 (nomen dubium)

References

Ballesteros, J. A. & Hormiga, G. (2018). Species delimitation of the North American orchard-spider Leucauge venusta (Walckenaer, 1841) (Araneae, Tetragnathidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 121: 183-197. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.01.002 -- Show included taxa

Hentz, N. M. (1847). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 5(4): 443-479, pl. 23-24, 30-31. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1893). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. 4. Band. II. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, pp. 209-377, pl. 10-19. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2018-02-07	Taxon is nomen dubium	Ballesteros & Hormiga, 2018		Leucauge hortorum (Hentz, 1847) declared a nomen dubium