Genus Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872
Hermit Spiders
- Nephilengys Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(3) 105-368 pp. [143].
Type species:
Nephilengys schmeltzii L. Koch, 1872 by subsequent designation, see Bonnet, P. 1958. Bibliographia araneorum: Analyse méthodique de toute la littérature aranéoligique jusqu'en 1939. Toulouse : Les Frères Douladoure Vol. 2(4) 3027-4230 pp. [3064].
Excluded Taxa
- Misidentifications
Nephilidae: Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842) — Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135 [127]
Distribution
States
Northern Territory, Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Old World tropics, but one African species is found in S America (probably introduced). The single Australian species also occurs in New Guinea
IBRA
NT, Qld: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Pine Creek (PCK), Wet Tropics (WT)
Distribution References
General References
Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135 (taxonomy, biology, relationships)
Kuntner, M., Coddington J.A. & Hormiga, G. 2008. Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24: 147-217
Common Name References
Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135 [100] (Hermit Spiders)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 06-Mar-2023 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 28-Sep-2022 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 03-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 16-Jun-2022 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 22-Feb-2022 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 01-Jun-2021 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 06-May-2020 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 05-Feb-2020 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | Lyn Randall |
| 31-Jul-2019 | ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | |
| 15-Oct-2020 | ARANEOMORPHAE | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | Dr Federica Turco Jurgen Otto |
| 15-Oct-2020 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Oct-2020 | 06-Mar-2023 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |