Nomenclature of Nephilinae (Tetragnathidae) spiders and type depository information

 

By

Matjaz Kuntner

 

Last updated 10 December 2002

 

All classical nephiline names are listed in the table below, including those to be transferred to other (sub)families, and with the addition of some names possibly belonging in Nephilinae.  Names are organized by current genus-species combination alphabetically. Original species names in weak print are currently deemed invalid species. Bolded are type species of the genus.

 

Type information (given where known or inferred) concerns type specimen depositories. Please contact Matjaz Kuntner with any information on nephiline types (missing or incorrect in this list), or on nephiline nomenclature.

 

Museum abbreviations are as follows:

 

AM         Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia;

MCSNG Museo civico di storia naturale, Genova, Italy;

MHNG   Muséum d’histoire naturelle de la Ville de GenPve, Switzerland;

MNHN   Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris, France;

NHM      The Natural History Museum, London, UK;

NHMW  Naturhistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria;

NMB      Naturhistorisches Museum Basel, Switzerland;

NMP       Natal Museum, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa;

QM         Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Australia;

RMCA   Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium;

RNHL     Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie, Leiden, The Netherlands;

SMF       Senckenberg Naturmuseum, Frankfurt, Germany;

SMNH    Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden;

ZMB       Zoological Museum Berlin, Germany;

ZMH      Zoologisches Museum für Hamburg, Germany;

 

Other museums are not abbreviated.

 

Original genus

Original species

Original subspecies

Author

Current genus

Current species

Type info

Phonognatha

glabicera

 

Urq. ?

?

?

?

Nephila

sulphurea

 

Taczanowski, 1873

Alpaida

sulphurea

Warsaw?

Epeira

dimidiata

 

L. Koch, 1871

Araneus

dimidiatus

ZMH: hol f

Theridion

humile

 

L. Koch, 1867

Araneus

humilis

ZMH: HOL F MISSING, EXEMPLAR series of Epeira humilis from L. Koch, 1872 available*

Clitaetra

clathrata

 

Simon, 1907

Clitaetra

clathrata

MCSNG

Clitaetra

episinoides

 

Simon, 1888

Clitaetra

episinoides

MNHN

Clitaetra

n. sp.

 

Kuntner (unpublished)

Clitaetra

n. sp.

*

Clytaetra

Perroti

 

Simon, 1894

Clitaetra

perroti

MNHN

Clitaetra

simoni

 

Benoit, 1962

Clitaetra

simoni

RMCA

Clytaetra

Thisbe

 

Simon, 1903

Clitaetra

thisbe

MNHN

Deliochus

pulchra

 

Rainbow, 1916

Deliochus

pulcher

AM

Deliochus

pulchra

melania

Rainbow, 1916

Deliochus

pulcher melanius

AM

Meta

zelivira

 

Keyserling, 1887

Deliochus

zelivira

ZMH: 5 syntypes

Herennia

mollis

 

Thorell, 1887

Herennia

mollis

MCSNG?

Epeira

multipuncta

 

Doleschall, 1859

Herennia

ornatissima

NHMW?

Epeira

ornatissima

 

Doleschall, 1859

Herennia

ornatissima

NHMW?

Epeira

mammillaris

 

Stoliczka, 1869

Herennia

ornatissima

?

Herennia

papuana

 

Thorell, 1881

Herennia

papuana

MCSNG

Herennia

sampitana

 

Karsch, 1880

Herennia

sampitana

ZMB

Singafrotypa

goliath

 

Benoit, 1963

Neoscona

goliath

RMCA lost

Nephila

ornata

 

Blackwall, 1864

Nephila

antipodiana

Oxford?

Nephila

sarasinorum

 

Merian, 1911

Nephila

antipodiana

NMB: holotype f

Nephila

baeri

 

Simon, 1877

Nephila

antipodiana

?

Nephila

celebesiana

 

Strand, 1915

Nephila

antipodiana

SMF: 3 f syn

Nephila

holmerae

 

Thorell, 1881

Nephila

antipodiana

MCSNG?

Epeira

antipodiana

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

antipodiana

MNHN: 1 f syn

Nephila

clavata

 

L. Koch, 1878

Nephila

clavata

MNHN; also claimed in Vienna

Nephila

obnubila

 

Simon, 1906

Nephila

clavata

?

Nephila

limbata

 

Thorell, 1898

Nephila

clavata

MCSNG?

Nephila

clavata

cavaleriei

Schenkel, 1963

Nephila

clavata cavaleriei

MNHN?

Nephila

clavatoides

 

Schenkel, 1953

Nephila

clavatoides

MNHN?

Nephila

thomensis

 

Benoit, 1963

Nephila

clavipes

ZMH (f hol, 4 f par), paratypes in RMCA

Aranea

longimana

 

Fabricius, 1781

Nephila

clavipes

?

Aranea

spinimobilis

 

Linnaeus, 1767

Nephila

clavipes

?

Aranea

clavipes

 

Linnaeus, 1767

Nephila

clavipes

no type*

Nephila

concolor

 

McCook, 1894

Nephila

clavipes

?

Nephila

wilderi

 

McCook, 1894

Nephila

clavipes

?

Nephila

wistariana

 

McCook, 1894

Nephila

clavipes

?

Aranea

longimana

 

Olivier, 1789

Nephila

clavipes

?

Aranea

fasciculata

 

De Geer, 1778

Nephila

clavipes fasciculata

SMNH?

Epeira

vespucea

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

clavipes vespucea

?

Nephila

riverai

 

Brèthes, 1918

Nephila

clavipes vespucea

?

Epeira

janeira

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

clavipes vespucea

?

Nephila

comorana

 

Strand, 1916

Nephila

comorana

ZMB

Nephila

constricta

 

Karsch, 1879

Nephila

constricta

ZMB

Nephila

lucasi

 

Simon, 1887

Nephila

constricta

?

Nephila

baculigera

 

Thorell, 1899

Nephila

constricta

MCSNG?

Aranea

cornuta

 

Pallas, 1772

Nephila

cornuta

?

Nephila

eremiana

 

Hogg, 1896

Nephila

edulis

Melbourne, London, Paris syntypes

Meta

aerea

 

Hogg, 1896

Nephila

edulis

Melbourne: hol m

Nephila

meridionalis

 

Hogg, 1910

Nephila

edulis

Adelaide: hol f

Nephila

adelaidensis

 

Hogg, 1910

Nephila

edulis

Adelaide: syn f

Nephila

meridionalis

hermitis

Hogg, 1914

Nephila

edulis

NHM: 2 syn f

Nephila

imperatrix

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

edulis

ZMH (possible syn), Stuttgart: syntypes

Aranea

edulis

 

Labillardiere, 1799

Nephila

edulis

MNHN lost?*

Nephila

picta

 

Rainbow, 1896

Nephila

edulis

AM: hol f

?

?

 

Fabricius, 1798

Nephila

esuriens

?

Nephila

fenestrata

 

Thorell, 1859

Nephila

fenestrata

?

Nephila

fenestrata

fuelleborni

Dahl, 1912

Nephila

fenestrata fuelleborni

ZMB

Nephila

venusta

 

Blackwall, 1865

Nephila

fenestrata venusta

Oxford?

Nephila

dasycnemis

 

Gerstäcker, 1873

Nephila

fenestrata venusta

ZMB

Nephila

obsoleta

 

Gerstäcker, 1873

Nephila

fenestrata venusta

ZMB

Epeira

pilipes

 

Lucas, 1858

Nephila

fenestrata venusta

?

?

?

 

Koch in Simon, 1864

Nephila

fenestrina

?

Nephila

ardentipes

 

Butler, 1876

Nephila

inaurata

NHM

Epeira

nigra

 

Vinson, 1863

Nephila

inaurata

no type*?

Epeira

geniculata

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

inaurata

?

Epeira

inaurata

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

inaurata

?

Nephila

inaurata

seychellensis

Canard, 1975

Nephila

inaurata madagascariensis

MNHN

Nephila

argyrotoxa

 

Gerstäcker, 1873

Nephila

inaurata madagascariensis

ZMB

Nephila

cothurnata

 

Gerstäcker, 1873

Nephila

inaurata madagascariensis

ZMB

Epeira

madagascariensis

 

Vinson, 1863

Nephila

inaurata madagascariensis

no type*?

Epeira

kuhlii

 

Doleschall, 1859

Nephila

kuhlii

NHMW?

Epeira

imperialis

 

Doleschall, 1857

Nephila

laurinae

Leiden: 1 or more f; Not in Vienna???

Nephila

ambigua

 

Kulczynski, 1911

Nephila

laurinae

Warshaw?*

Nephila

nigritarsis

insulicola

Pocock, 1900

Nephila

laurinae

NHM: 2 syn f

Nephila

imperialis

novaemecklenburgiae

Strand, 1911

Nephila

laurinae

SMF: hol f

Nephila

laurinae

 

Thorell, 1881

Nephila

laurinae

MCSNG: 2 f syn

?

?

 

Walckenaer, 1841

Nephila

perplexa

?

Nephila

ornata

 

Adams, 1847

Nephila

pilipes

probably lost*

Nephila

fuscipes

 

C. L. Koch, 1839

Nephila

pilipes

no type?*

Nephila

maculata

lauterbachi

Dahl, 1912

Nephila

pilipes

ZMB: syn f

Epeira

penicillum

 

Doleschall, 1857

Nephila

pilipes

NHMW

Epeira

harpyia

 

Doleschall, 1859

Nephila

pilipes

NHMW?

Aranea

longipes

 

Fabricius, 1781

Nephila

pilipes

?

Aranea

pilipes

 

Fabricius, 1793

Nephila

pilipes

?

Aranea

maculata

 

Fabricius, 1793

Nephila

pilipes

female (Dahl 1912)

Nephila

pictithorax

 

Kulczynski, 1911

Nephila

pilipes

Warsaw: syn

Nephila

aurosa

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

pilipes

*lost from Mus. Godeffroy

Nephila

pecuniosa

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

pilipes

not in ZMH*

Nephila

procera

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

pilipes

ZMH: 2 syn j*

Nephila

sulphurosa

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

pilipes

ZMH: 4 syn j

Nephila

tenuipes

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

pilipes

ZMH: hol f

Meta

ornata

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

pilipes

ZMH: hol j

Nephila

maculata

flavornata

Merian, 1911

Nephila

pilipes

NMB: hol f

Nephila

submaculata

 

Strand, 1906

Nephila

pilipes

hol f destroyed in Wiesbaden*

Aranea

sebae

 

Walckenaer, 1802

Nephila

pilipes

MNHN?*

Epeira

chrysogaster

 

Walckenaer, 1805

Nephila

pilipes

MNHN?*

Epeira

caliginosa

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

pilipes

MNHN?*

Epeira

doreyana

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

pilipes

MNHN?*

Nephila

maculata

annulipes

Thorell, 1881

Nephila

pilipes annulipes

MCSNG: hol f

Epeira

hasseltii

 

Doleschall, 1859

Nephila

pilipes hasselti

NHMW?

Nephila

maculata

jalorensis

Simon, 1901

Nephila

pilipes jalorensis

Oxford: hol j

Nephila

maculata

malagassa

Strand, 1907

Nephila

pilipes malagassa

Stuttgart: hol f

Nephila

maculata

novaeguineae

Strand, 1906

Nephila

pilipes novaeguineae

hol f destroyed in Wiesbaden*

Nephila

maculata

piscatorum

Vis, 1911

Nephila

pilipes piscatorum

QM: hol f

Epeira

walckenaeri

 

Doleschall, 1857

Nephila

pilipes walckenaeri

NHMW

Nephila

insularis

 

Keyserling, 1887

Nephila

plumipes

ZMH: 9 syn f; NHM

Nephila

venosa

 

L. Koch, 1867

Nephila

plumipes

ZMH: hol f, 3 f par

Nephila

victorialis

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

plumipes

*lost from Mus. Godeffroy

Nephila

flagellans

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

plumipes

ZMH (5 syn), Stuttgart: juvenile syn*

Nephila

nigritarsis

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

plumipes

ZMH: 2 syn f

Aranea

plumipes

 

Latreille, 1804

Nephila

plumipes

MNHN lost?*

Nephila

cunninghamii

 

MacLeay, 1827*

Nephila

plumipes

MMSydney?

Nephila

fletcheri

 

Rainbow, 1895

Nephila

plumipes

AM lost*

Nephila

edwardsii

 

Rainbow, 1895

Nephila

plumipes

AM: 2 syn f

Nephila

ventricosa

 

Rainbow, 1895

Nephila

plumipes

AM: m+f syn

Nephila

ornata

 

Rainbow, 1896

Nephila

plumipes

AM lost*

Nephila

labillardierii

 

Thorell, 1875

Nephila

plumipes

SMNH: 2 f syn

Nephila

robusta

 

Tikader, 1962

Nephila

robusta

ZSI, Calcutta, #2566/18

?

?

 

Guerin in Duvernoy, 1851

Nephila

rocheti

?

Nephila

grayii

 

Blackwall, 1865

Nephila

senegalensis

Oxford?

Epeira

armillipes

 

Doumerc, 1864

Nephila

senegalensis

?

Epeira

aubryi

 

Lucas, 1858

Nephila

senegalensis

?

Nephila

senegalensis

calabarensis

Strand, 1908

Nephila

senegalensis

?

Epeira

senegalensis

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

senegalensis

?

Nephila

transvaalica

 

Pocock, 1892

Nephila

senegalensis annulata

NHM?

Nephila

senegalensis

windhukensis

Strand, 1906

Nephila

senegalensis annulata

?

Nephila

annulata

 

Thorell, 1859

Nephila

senegalensis annulata

?

Nephila

lineata

 

Thorell, 1859

Nephila

senegalensis annulata

?

Nephila

bragantina

 

Brito Capello, 1867

Nephila

senegalensis bragantina

?

Nephila

senegalensis

boehmi

Dahl, 1912

Nephila

senegalensis bragantina

ZMB

Nephila

senegalensis

hildebrandti

Dahl, 1912

Nephila

senegalensis hildebrandti

ZMB

Nephila

senegalensis

huebneri

Dahl, 1912

Nephila

senegalensis huebneri

ZMB

Nephila

keyserlingi

 

Blackwall, 1865

Nephila

senegalensis keyserlingi

Oxford?

Nephila

hymenaea

 

Gerstäcker, 1873

Nephila

senegalensis keyserlingi

ZMB

Nephila

senegalensis

nyikae

Pocock, 1898

Nephila

senegalensis nyikae

NHM?

Nephila

schweinfurthi

 

Simon, 1890

Nephila

senegalensis schweinfurthi

?

Nephila

dubia

 

Badcock, 1932

Nephila

sexpunctata

NHM: syn j

Nephila

chacoensis

 

Badcock, 1932

Nephila

sexpunctata

NHM: syn mf

Nephila

sexpunctata

 

Giebel, 1867

Nephila

sexpunctata

Martin-Luther Uni., Halle (Saale): f hol

Nephila

fontanae

 

Holmberg, 1876

Nephila

sexpunctata

?

Nephila

amoenula

 

Gerstaecker, 1873

Nephila

sumptuosa

ZMB

Nephila

sumptuosa

 

Gerstaecker, 1873

Nephila

sumptuosa

ZMB

Nephila

bennetti

 

O. P.-Cambridge, 1898

Nephila

sumptuosa

?

Nephila

prolixa

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephila

tetragnatoides

ZMH (6 syn), SMNH, Melbourne: syntypes. Suspected types in Vienna.

Epeira

durvilla

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

tetragnatoides

MNHN: syn f, juv

Epeira

tetragnatoides

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephila

tetragnatoides**

MNHN lost?*

Nephila

turneri

 

Blackwall, 1833

Nephila

turneri

Oxford?

Nephila

vittata

 

Keyserling, 1864

Nephila

turneri

NHM

Epeira

femoralis

 

Lucas, 1858

Nephila

turneri

?

Nephila

femoralis

carbonaria

Simon, 1903

Nephila

turneri

?

Nephila

femoralis

obscurascens

Strand, 1906

Nephila

turneri

?

Nephila

femoralis

fuscipes

Strand, 1906

Nephila

turneri

?

Nephila

dolabella

 

Thorell, 1899

Nephila

turneri

MCSNG?

Nephila

turneri

orientalis

Benoit, 1964

Nephila

turneri orientalis

no types designated

Nephila

piepersii

 

Thorell, 1877

Nephila

vitiana

?

Nephila

wallacei

 

Thorell, 1877

Nephila

vitiana

?

Epeira

vitiana

 

Walckenaer, 1847

Nephila

vitiana

MNHN lost?*

Nephila

instigans

 

Butler, 1876

Nephilengys

borbonica

NHM: hol f

Epeira

borbonica

 

Vinson, 1863

Nephilengys

borbonica

no type*?

Epeira

livida

 

Vinson, 1863

Nephilengys

borbonica livida

**

Aranea

cruentata

 

Fabricius, 1775**

Nephilengys

cruentata

NHM lost?*

Nephilengys

genualis

 

Gerstäcker, 1873

Nephilengys

cruentata

ZMB: hol f

Nephila

borbonica

mossambicensis

Karsch, 1878

Nephilengys

cruentata

ZMB: hol f

Nephila

cruentata

chiloangensis

Strand, 1918

Nephilengys

cruentata

RMCA lost*

Epeira

azzara

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephilengys

cruentata

lost*

Epeira

brasiliensis

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephilengys

cruentata

lost*

Epeira

diadela

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephilengys

cruentata

lost*

Nephila

hirta

 

Taczanowski, 1873

Nephilengys

hirta

Warsaw?

Nephilengys

kenmorei

 

Barrion & Litsinger, 1995

Nephilengys

kenmorei

Philippines

Epeira

malabarica*

 

Doleschall, 1857

Nephilengys

malabarensis

NHMW?

Epeira

rhodosternon

 

Doleschall, 1859

Nephilengys

malabarensis

NHMW?

Nephila

urna

 

Hasselt, 1882

Nephilengys

malabarensis

Leiden?

Nephilengys

rainbowi

 

Hogg, 1899

Nephilengys

malabarensis

NHM

Nephilengys

hofmanni

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephilengys

malabarensis

?

Nephilengys

schmeltzii

 

L. Koch, 1872

Nephilengys

malabarensis

?

Nephila

rivulata

 

O. P.-Cambridge, 1871

Nephilengys

malabarensis

?

Nephilengys

malabarensis

papuana

Thorell, 1881

Nephilengys

malabarensis

MCSNG

Nephilengys

malabarensis

annulipes

Thorell, 1889

Nephilengys

malabarensis

MCSNG?

Metepeira

andamanensis

 

Tikader, 1977

Nephilengys

malabarensis

Calcutta?

Epeira

anama

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephilengys

malabarensis

?

Epeira

malabarensis

 

Walckenaer, 1842

Nephilengys

malabarensis

?

Nephilengys

niahensis

 

Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989

Nephilengys

niahensis

MHNG

Perilla

cylindrogaster

 

Simon, 1909

Perilla

teres

MNHN

Perilla

teres

 

Thorell, 1895

Perilla

teres

NHM

Epeira

graeffii

 

Keyserling, 1865

Phonognatha

graeffei

NHM: f syn; ZMH missing syn*

Epeira

wagneri

 

Rainbow, 1896

Phonognatha

graeffei

AM: 2 f syn; MNHN "types"

Phonognatha

graeffei

neocaledonica

Berland, 1924

Phonognatha

graeffei neocaledonica

MNHN?

Phonognatha

guanga

 

Barrion & Litsinger, 1995

Phonognatha

guanga

Philippines

Phonognatha

joannae

 

Berland, 1924

Phonognatha

joannae

MNHN (cotypes)

Epeira

melania

 

L. Koch, 1871

Phonognatha

melania

ZMH: 2 f syn; ZMB (syn)

Epeira

melanopyga

 

L. Koch, 1871

Phonognatha

melanopyga

ZMH: hol f; ZMB (syn)

Singotypa

pallida

 

Dalmas, 1917

Phonognatha

pallida

MNHN?*

Phonognatha

vicitra

 

Sherriffs, 1927

Phonognatha

vicitra

NHM

Singotypa

acanthopus

 

Simon, 1907

Singafrotypa

acanthopus

MCSNG

Singafrotypa

mandela

 

Kuntner and Hormiga, 2002

Singafrotypa

mandela

NMP

Singafrotypa

okavango

 

Kuntner and Hormiga, 2002

Singafrotypa

okavango

NMP