Species Cryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886)

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• Theridion veruculatum Urquhart, A.T. 1886. On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184-205 [188].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, New Zealand, Auckland, Te Karaka.
• Theridion calyciferum Urquhart, A.T. 1886. On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184-205 [192, pl. 7, fig. 4].

  Type data:

   Holotype whereabouts unknown, New Zealand, Auckland, Te Karaka.
• Theridion nigrofolium Urquhart, A.T. 1888. On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 20: 109-125 [112].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ ♀, New Zealand, Port Waikato.
• Theridion extrilidum Keyserling, E. 1890. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 2 233-274 pp. [244, pl. 22, fig. 3].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH BM1890.7.1.6816 ♀, Australia, New South Wales.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bryant, E.B. 1933. Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum 4: 1-27 (synonymised Theridion nigrofolium)
• Smith, H.M., Vink, C.J., Fitzgerald, B.M. & Sirvid, P.J. 2012. Redescription and generic placement of the spider Cryptachaea gigantipes (Keyserling, 1890) (Araneae: Theridiidae) and notes on related synanthropic species in Australasia. Zootaxa 3507: 38–56 [50] (synonymised Theridion calyciferum and Theridion extrilidum)

Generic Combinations

• Achaearanea extrilida (Keyserling, 1890).
• Achaearanea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886). —
  Merrett, P. & Rowe, J.J. 1961. A New Zealand spider, Achaearanea veruculata (Urquhart), established in Scilly, and new records of other species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 89-96 [89, figs 1–7]
• Cryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886). —
  Yoshida, H. 2008. A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 57: 37-40 [39]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Lord Howe Is, New Zealand: Kermadec Islands, Wellington, Mid Canterbury

General References

Dondale, C.D. 1966. The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 1157-1192 [1158, figs 1A-F] (as Achaearanea veruculata)

Le Peru, B. 2011. The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 [434, fig. 655] (as Achaearanea veruculata)

Locket, G.H., Millidge, A.F. & Merrett, P. 1974. British Spiders, Volume III. London : Ray Society 315 pp. [53, figs 30, 31A-D] (as Achaearanea veruculata)

Paquin, P., Vink, C.J. & Dupérré, N. 2010. Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Lincoln : Manaaki Whenua Press vii +118 pp. [62, figs 34.7-8] (as Cryptachaea veruculata)

Roberts, M.J. 1985. The Spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Colchester : Harley Books Vol. 1 229 pp. [279, unnumbered fig.] (as Achaearanea veruculata)

Roberts, M.J. 1998. Spinnengids. Baarn : Tirion 397 pp. [293, unnumbered fig.] (as Achaearanea veruculata)

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