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Genus: Arachnura Vinson, 1863 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Arachnura higginsi L. Koch, 1872

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Described:

Distribution: Australia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK f (lost) - (Castanheira et al., 2019c)
Paratype: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Stuttgart (SMNS), Germany type material (cotype) destroyed 1944 - (Renner, 1988b)

Taxonomic References

Epeira higginsii L. Koch, 1872a: 120, pl. 11, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Arachnura higginsi Simon, 1895a: 776, f. 848

Arachnura feredayi Hickman, 1926: 182, pl. 15, f. 7 (Dm; misidentified per Castanheira et al., 2019c: 150)

Arachnura higginsi Butler, 1933: 279, pl. 17, f. 1

Arachnura feredayi Dondale, 1966: 1160, f. 1G-J (f; misidentified per Castanheira et al., 2019c: 150)

Arachnura higginsi Hickman, 1967: 60, f. 104-105 (f, Dm)

Arachnura higginsi Uyemura, 1976a: 13, f. 7 (f)

Arachnura higginsi Uyemura, 1976b: 23, f. 1.1, 3, 5, 2.3-5, 3.2, 4.2 (f)

Arachnura higginsii Davies, 1988b: 320, f. 41 (f, Dm)

Arachnura higginsii Castanheira et al., 2019c: 155, f. 1C, 5A-E, 6A-D, 7, 8A-D (mf)

References

Butler, L. S. G. (1933). The common and conspicuous spiders of Melbourne. Victoria Naturalist 49: 271-292. -- Show included taxa

Castanheira, P. de S., Didham, R. K., Vink, C. J. & Framenau, V. W. (2019c). The scorpion-tailed orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae, Arachnura) in Australia and New Zealand. Zootaxa 4706(1): 147-170. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4706.1.6 -- Show included taxa

Davies, V. T. (1988b). An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332. -- Show included taxa

Dondale, C. D. (1966). The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14(6): 1157-1192. doi: 10.1071/ZO9661157 -- Show included taxa

Hickman, V. V. (1926). Notes on Tasmanian Araneidae (with descriptions of a new species). Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1925: 171-186. -- Show included taxa

Hickman, V. V. (1967). Some common spiders of Tasmania. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, 112 pp. -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1872a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 3-7]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 105-368, pl. 8-28. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Uyemura, T. (1976a). On the tailed-spiders (Arachnura) from Formosa. Atypus 66: 3-14. -- Show included taxa

Uyemura, T. (1976b). On the tailed spiders (genus Arachnura) from north Borneo, Malaysia. Atypus 67: 23-28. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2019-12-07	New taxonomic reference entry	Castanheira et al., 2019c
2019-12-07	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2019-12-07	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value