Species Nephila antipodiana (Walckenaer, 1842)
- Epeira antipodiana Walckenaer, C.A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris Vol. 2 549 pp. [93].
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Syntype(s) MNHP 1♀, ‘Nouvelle Zealande’ (New Zealand). - Epeira (Nephila) imperialis 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, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia [3°35'S 128°20'E]. - Nephila ornata Blackwall, J. 1864. Description of seven new species of East-Indian spiders received from the Rev. O. P. Cambridge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 14: 36-45 [43].
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Holotype juvenile ♀, 'East Indies'. - Nephila baeri Simon, E. 1877. Etudes arachnologiques. 5e Memoire. IX. Arachnides recueillis aux îles Phillipines par MM G.A. Baer et Laglais. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 7(5): 53-96 [82].
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Syntype(s) MNHP 2♀, Manila, Philippines. - Nephila holmerae 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 [141].
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Holotype ♀ (probably in MCG), Thailand, Bankok. - Nephila laurinae 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 [142].
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Syntype(s) 2♀ (probably in MCG), Indonesia, Maluku, Halmahera, Ternate [0°45'N 127°25'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].
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Syntype(s) BMNH 1888.96 2♀, Christmas Island, above Flying Fish Cove. Type data:
Syntype(s) ♀ (not in IZW), Indonesia, West Papua, ‘Sinum Humboldtii’ (= Teluk Humboldt) [2°30'S 140°50'E]; IZW 4♂ 4♀, 6 juveniles, Indonesia, West Papua, Segaisar [3°05'S 133°46'E]; ♀ (not in IZW), Indonesia, West Papua, Pulau Mansinam (as Mansinam) [0°54'S 134°06'E].- Nephila imperialis novaemecklenburgiae Strand, E. 1911. Vorläufige Diagnosen neuer Spinnen, insbesondere aus der Südsee, des Senckenbergischen Museums. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 77(I,2): 202-207 [204].
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Holotype SMF 4995 ♀ (comment from Harvey et al. (2007)), Papua New Guinea, 'Käwieng' (= Kavieng) but Strand states 'Kamieng, Inseln bei Neu-Mecklenburg', New Ireland, New Ireland Province (as New Mecklenburg), [2°36'S 150°51'E]. - Nephila sarasinorum Merian, P. 1911. Die Spinnenfauna von Celebes. Beiträge zur Tiergeographie im Indoaustralischen Archipel. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik 31: 165-354 [198].
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Holotype MHNB 605 ♀, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Mapane [1°24'S 120°40'E]. - Nephila celebesiana Strand, E. 1915. Indoaustralische, papuanische und polynesische Spinnen des Senckenbergischen Museums, gesammelt von Dr E. Wolf, Dr J. Elbert u. a. 1915. In Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Hanseatischen Südsee-Expedition 1909. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 36(2): 179-274 [206].
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Syntype(s) SMF 4018 3♀, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Boeton (now Baubau) [5°28'S 122°38'E].
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
Widespread through South-East Asia. Not recorded from the Australian mainland, only from Christmas Island and Saibai Island (Qld) in the Torres Strait
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & 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 [436] (new synonymies, description based on Christmas Island female, remarks, new records)
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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