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Species Trichonephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804)
Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider
- Aranea plumipes Latreille, P.A. 1804. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des Crustacés et des Insectes. Paris : F. Dufart Vol. 7 144-305 pp. [275].
Type data:
Syntype(s) (not found in MNHP), South Sea Islands (as 'îles de la Mer du Sud'). - Nephila cunninghamii Macleay, W.S. 1827. Annulosa. Catalogue of insects collected by Captain King, R.N. pp. 438-469 in King, P.P. (ed.). Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed Between the Years 1818 and 1822 with an appendix containing various subjects relating to hydrography and natural history. London : John Murray Vol. 2 Appendix B 637 pp. [15 April 1826] [468].
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Syntype(s) Australia and neighbouring regions. - Nephila nigritarsis Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [152].
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Syntype(s) MGH Mus. Godeffroyi No. 7664 2♀, no data ('presumably from Rockhampton or Port Mackay, Queensland, Australia). - Nephila flagellans Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [153].
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Syntype(s) ZMH Mus. Godeffroy No. 7655 1 pen. ♂, 2 juvenile ♀, 1 juvenile, Qld, Port Mackay [21°09'S 149°11'E]; 2 juvenile ♀ (possibly in SMNS), NSW, Sydney [33°53'S 151°13'E]. - Nephila labillardierii Thorell, T. 1875. On some spiders from New-Caledonia, Madagascar and Réunion. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1875: 130-149 [130].
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Syntype(s) NHRM 137/724 2♀, New Caledonia, Vinson. - Nephila insularis Keyserling, E. 1887. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 153-232 pp. [215].
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Syntype(s) ZMH 9♀ 1 juvenile female, New Caledonia Île Loyauté (Loyalty Islands). - Nephila fletcheri Rainbow, W.J. 1895. Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 347-360 [347].
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Holotype AM ♀ (lost), NSW, New England District. - Nephila edwardsii Rainbow, W.J. 1895. Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 347-360 [349].
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Syntype(s) AM KS7828 2♀, NSW, Sydney [33°53'S 151°13'E]. - Nephila ventricosa Rainbow, W.J. 1895. Descriptions of some new Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 5. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 10: 347-360 [351].
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Syntype(s) AM KS7827 1♂ 1♀, NSW, Sydney [33°53'S 151°13'E]. - Nephila ornata Rainbow, W.J. 1896. Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 320-344 pls 18-20 [320] [junior primary homonym of Nephila ornata Adams, 1847, and Nephila ornata Blackwall, 1864; secondary homonym of Meta ornata L. Koch, 1872].
Type data:
Status unknown, AM (lost), NSW, Sydney [33°53'S 151°13'E]. - Nephila nigritarsis insulicola Pocock, R.I. 1900. Chilopoda, Diplopoda and Arachnida. In Andrews, C.W. (ed.) A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). London. 153-162 pp. [160].
- Nephila victorialis Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [150].
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Syntype(s) MNHP 111 1♀ (possible syntype), Qld, Rockhampton [23°22'S 150°32'E)]; NHRM 1♀, Qld, Port Mackay [21°09'S 149°11'E]. - Nephila venosa Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250 [183].
Type data:
Holotype MGH Mus. Godeffroy No. 2251 ♀, Qld, Brisbane [27°28'S 153°01'E].
Generic Combinations
- Trichonephila plumipes (Latreille, 1804). —
Kuntner, M., Hamilton, C.A., Cheng R.-C., Gregorič, M., Lupše, N., Lokovšek, T., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A.R., Agnarrson, I., Coddington, J.A. & Bond, J.E. 2019. Golden Orbweavers ignore biological rules: phylogenomic and comparative analyses unravel a complex evolution of sexual size dimorphism. Systematic Biology 68(4): 555-572 [557] (new combination)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Also in New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Solomon Is. etc.
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater
Distribution References
Common Name References
Harvey, M.S., Austin, A.D. & Adams, M. 2007. The systematics and biology of the spider genus Nephila (Araneae: Nephilidae) in the Australian Region). Invertebrate Systematics 21: 407-451 [434] (Humped Golden Orb-weaving Spider)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2024 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 02-May-2024 | MOVED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 20-Jun-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 17-Aug-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |