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Genus: Leviana Framenau & Kuntner, 2022 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Leviana dimidiata L. Koch, 1871

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014842

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland to Victoria)

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Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 2f (1915.3.5.594–595) - (Framenau & Kuntner, 2022)
Syntype: Australian Museum, Sydney (AMS), Australia 2f (KS.6679) of Araneus sylvicola - (Framenau & Kuntner, 2022)
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 1f (A0001669 = Rack 1961-cat. 235) - (Framenau & Kuntner, 2022)

Taxonomic References

Epeira dimidiata L. Koch, 1871: 95, pl. 8, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Epeira sylvicola Rainbow, 1897b: 518, pl. 17, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015225]

Araneus sylvicola Rainbow, 1909: 222

Araneus dimidiatus Rainbow, 1911: 184

Araneus sylvicolus Rainbow, 1911: 194

Aranea dimidiata Roewer, 1942a: 827

Aranea sylvicola Roewer, 1942a: 834

Araneus silvicola Bonnet, 1955: 598

Leviana dimidiata Framenau & Kuntner, 2022: 108, f. 1C, 4A-B, 5A-C, 6A, 7A-D, 8A-F (Dm, f, T from Araneus, S of Araneus sylvicola)

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

Framenau, V. W. & Kuntner, M. (2022). The new Australian leaf-curling orb-weaving spider genus Leviana (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 6(2): 103-133. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.6.83573 -- Show included taxa

Koch, L. (1871). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 1-2]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1-104, pl. 1-8. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1897b). Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 8. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 22: 514-553. -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1909). Notes on the architecture, nesting habits and life histories of Australian Araneidae, based on specimens in the Australian Museum. Part VII. Entelegynae (continued). Records of the Australian Museum 7: 212-234. -- Show included taxa

Rainbow, W. J. (1911). A census of Australian Araneidae. Records of the Australian Museum 9(2): 107-319. doi: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.9.1911.928 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy Bremen, 1040 pp. -- 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	Comment
2022-07-14	Species synonymy	Framenau & Kuntner, 2022		Leviana sylvicola synonymized with Leviana dimidiata
2022-07-14	New taxonomic reference entry	Framenau & Kuntner, 2022
2022-07-14	Species transferred to new genus	Framenau & Kuntner, 2022		Species transferred from Araneus to Leviana
2022-07-14	First description of male	Framenau & Kuntner, 2022	Old value
2022-07-14	Species distribution update	Framenau & Kuntner, 2022	Old value