Species Nephila pilipes (Fabricius, 1793)
Giant Golden Orb-weaving Spider, Giant Wood-spider
Type data:
Status unknown, East Indies.- Nephila maculata piscatorum Vis, C.W. de 1911. A fisherman's spider. Annals of the Queensland Museum 10: 167-168 [167].
Type data:
Holotype QM W2120 ♀, Qld, Dunk Island [17°57'S 146°09'E]. - Aranea longipes Fabricius, J.C. 1781. Species insectorum, exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma auctorum, loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Hamburg et Kilonii : C. E. Bonn Vol. 1 viii + 552 pp. [Date published March 1781: Evenhuis 1997] [545] [junior homonym of Aranea longipes Fuesslin, 1775].
Type data:
Status unknown, Australasia ('Dom. Banks.').Type locality 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 [424]. - Aranea maculata Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica Emendata et Aucta. Secundum, Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, adjectis synonimis [sic], locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Hafniae : C.G. Proft Vol. 2 pp. 407-428. [425] [junior homonym of Aranea maculata Olivier, 1789].
Type data:
Status unknown, China.Type locality 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 [424]. Type data:
Status unknown, East Indies.Type data:
Status unknown, East Indies.- Epeira caliginosa Walckenaer, C.A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris Vol. 2 549 pp. [100].
Type data:
Status unknown, MNHN (not found), Guam [13°27'N 144°45'E]. - Epeira doreyana Walckenaer, C.A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris Vol. 2 549 pp. [100].
Type data:
Status unknown, Port de Dorey (=Teluk Doreh), West Papua, Indonesia [0°55'S 134°04'E]. - Nephila ornata Adams, A. 1847. Notes on the habits of certain exotic spiders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 20: 289-297 [291].
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Status unknown, Singapore [1°17'N 103°51'E]. - Epeira (Nephila) walckenaeri Doleschall, C.L. 1857. Bijdrage tot de Kenntis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 13: 339-434 [412].
Type data:
Syntype(s) numerous ♀ (in RMNH, NHMW), Ambon (as Amboina), Maluku, Indonesia [3°35'S 128°20'E]. - Epeira (Nephila) penicillum Doleschall, C.L. 1857. Bijdrage tot de Kenntis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië 13: 339-434 [413].
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Syntype(s) NHMW 1 juvenile ♀, Ambon (as Amboina), Maluku, Indonesia [3°35'S 128°20'E]. - Epeira (Nephila) hasseltii Doleschall, C.L. 1859. Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5: 1-60 [27].
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Syntype(s) RMNH 2♀, Bogor (as Buitenzorg), Java, Indonesia. - Epeira (Nephila) harpyia Doleschall, C.L. 1859. Tweede bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Indo-Neerlandicae 5: 1-60 [28].
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Syntype(s) 1 juvenile ♀, Bogor (as Buitenzorg), Java, Indonesia [6°36'S 106°48'E]. - Meta ornata Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [134].
Type data:
Holotype ZMH juvenile ♀, Qld, Port Mackay [21°09'S 149°11'E]. - Nephila pecuniosa Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [157].
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Syntype(s) several ♀ ('not in ZMH …; ZMB, BMNH'), Polillo (as 'Pallilo') Philippines [14°50'N 121°55'E]. - Nephila aurosa Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [160].
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Syntype(s) Qld, Port Mackay [21°09'S 149°11'E]. - Nephila procera Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [162].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMH Mus. Godeffroy No. 6500 2 juvenile ♀, Qld, Port Mackay [21°09'S 149°11'E]; SMNS 1 specimen, Indonesia, Maluku, Buru [3°30'S 126°30'E]. - Nephila sulphurosa Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [163].
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Syntype(s) ZMH Mus. Godeffroy No. 7207 4 juvenile ♀, Qld, Port Mackey [21°09'S 149°11'E]. - Nephila tenuipes Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [165].
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Holotype ZMH Mus. Godeffroyi No. 6087 ♀, Qld, Port Mackay [21°09'S 149°11'E]. - Nephila maculata annulipes Thorell, T. 1881. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, Genova 17: 1-727 [146] [as Nephila maculata var. annulipes].
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Holotype ♀ ('probably in MCG'), 'Korido ins. Midori' (West Papua, Korido), Beccari [0°50'S 135°35'E]. - Nephila maculata jalorensis Simon, E. 1901. On the Arachnida collected during the "Skeat Expedition" to the Malay Peninsula 1899-1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1901: 45-84 [58].
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Holotype subadult ♀ ('possible lodged in OUM'), Malaysia, Jalor, Bukit Besar [5°57'S 100°25'E]. - Nephila maculata novaeguineae Strand, E. 1906. Sumatra- und Neu-Guinea-Spinnen des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Wiesbaden. Jahrbuch des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau. Wiesbaden 59: 257-278 [261] [as Nephila maculata var. novae-guineae].
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Holotype ♀ (MWNH, destroyed during WWII), Papua New Guinea, Madang Province, Bogadjim [5°26'S 145°44'E]. - Nephila pictithorax Kulczynski, W. 1911. Spinnen aus Nord-Neu-Guinea. In, Nova Guinea. Resultats de l'expedition Scientifiqe neerlandaise a la Nouvelle Guinee en 1903 sous les auspices d'Arthur Wichmann. Leiden, Zool. 3(4). 423-518 pp. [469].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ♀ ('not in MZPW' (=IZW)), 'Sinum Humboldtii' (= Teluk Humboldt), West Papua, Indonesia [2°30'S 140°50'E]; IZW 1♀ 5 juveniles, Indonesia, West Papua, Moaif [2°21'S 140°03'E]. - Nephila maculata flavornata Merian, P. 1911. Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes. Beiträge zur Tiergeographie im Indoaustralischen Archipel. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 31: 165-354 [195] [as Nephila maculata var. flavornata].
Type data:
Holotype MHNB 600.I ♀, Macassar (=Ujung Pandang), Sulawesi, Indonesia [5°07'S 119°24'E]. - Nephila (Nephila) maculata lauterbachi Dahl, F. 1912. Seidenspinne und Spinnensiede. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 6: 1-90 [53] [as Nephila (Nephila) maculata var. lauterbachi].
Type data:
Syntype(s) ZMB 25148 1♀ 1 juvenile, Erima, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea [5°24'S 145°44'E]; ZMB 25149 1♀, ‘Holl. New Guinea’ (= West Papua, Indonesia). - Nephila submaculata Strand, E. 1906. Ueber einige Vogel-spinnen und afrikanische Spinnen des naturhistorischen Museums zu Wiesbaden. Jahrbuch des Vereins für Naturkunde im Herzogthum Nassau. Wiesbaden 59: 1-45 [30].
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Holotype ♀ (MWNH, destroyed during WWII), Cameroon. - Nephila maculata malagassa Strand, E. 1907. Vorläufige Diagnosen afrikanischer und südamerikanischer Spinnen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 31: 525-558 [533].
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Holotype SMNS ♀♀, Madagascar.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- 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 [422] (new synonymies: Epeira (Nephila) walckenaeri, E. (N.) hasseltii, N. maculata var. annulipes, N. maculata jalorensis, N. maculata var. novaeguineae, N. pictithorax, N. maculata var. flavornata, N. pictithorax, N. maculata var. flavornata, N. maculata piscatorum, and N. (N.) maculata var. lauterbachi)
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Victorian locality of Bacchus Marsh, 'undoubtedly mislabelled'; widespread in South-East Asia
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Arnhem (CA), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pine Creek (PCK), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater
Distribution References
General 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 [422] (review of species, full synonymy, extensive new records from Australia, New Guinea and other Pacific islands; description of male and female; remarks; type data)
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 [428] (Giant Golden Orb-weaving Spider)
Robinson, M.H. & Robinson, B. 1973. Ecology and behavior of the giant wood spider Nephila maculata (Fabr.) in New Guinea. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 149: 1-73 (Giant Wood-spider)
History of changes
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