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Genus: Mangrovia Framenau & Castanheira, 2022 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Mangrovia albida (L. Koch, 1871)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014671

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK f (1915.3.5.65) - (Framenau & Castanheira, 2022b)
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001686 = Rack catalog 237) of Mangrovia fastidiosa - (Framenau & Castanheira, 2022b)
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) f (A0001715) -

Taxonomic References

Epeira albida L. Koch, 1871: 83, pl. 7, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Epeira fastidiosa Keyserling, 1887a: 183, pl. 16, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:014864]

Araneus albidus Rainbow, 1911: 181

Araneus fastidiosus Rainbow, 1916a: 101, pl. 21, f. 16-17 (Df)

Mangrovia albida Framenau & Castanheira, 2022b: 140, f. 1A-D, 2A-D, 3A-E, 4A (mf, T from Araneus, S of Araneus fastidiosus)

Mangrovia albida Ravallec, 2025: 17, f. 4A-E, 5A-C, 6 (f)

References

Framenau, V. W. & Castanheira, P. de S. (2022b). A new genus of Australian orb-weaving spider with extreme sexual size dimorphism (Araneae, Araneidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 98(1): 137-149. doi: 10.3897/zse.98.82649 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1887a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Zweiter Theil [Lieferung 35-36]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 153-232, pl. 12-20. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- 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. (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

Rainbow, W. J. (1916a). Arachnida from northern Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 11: 33-64, 79-119, pl. 14-16, 21-23. -- Show included taxa

Ravallec, Y. (2025). Mangrovia albida (L. Koch, 1871) espèce confirmée pour la faune de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Araneae, Araneidae). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 13: 17-23. -- 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
2025-05-30	New taxonomic reference entry	Ravallec, 2025
2025-05-30	Species distribution update	Ravallec, 2025	Old value
2022-05-10	Species synonymy	Framenau & Castanheira, 2022b		Mangrovia fastidiosa synonymized with Mangrovia albida
2022-05-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Framenau & Castanheira, 2022b
2022-05-10	Species transferred to new genus	Framenau & Castanheira, 2022b		Species transferred from Araneus to Mangrovia