Species Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881

Museums

Regional Maps

• Nephilengys malabarensis papuana 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 [156].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) NRMS 730 K ♀, New Guinea, Yule
  Comment: another syntype from Fly River, New Guinea and possibly another from Cape York may exist (Thorell, 1881: 157), possibly in MCG (Kuntner, 2007).
• Nephilengys rainbowi Hogg, H.R. 1899. Notes on some spiders from the Upper Endeavour River, Queensland, with description of two new species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria New series 11: 137-147 [141 pl 13 fig 1].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH 1924.III.I.260 DIIA ♀, Upper Endeavour River, QLD.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135 [128] (removed from synonymy of N. malabarensis)

 

Generic Combinations

• Nephilengys papuana Thorell, 1881. —
  Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135 [127-132 figs 26A-E, 27A-C, 28A-D, 29A-D, 30A-F, 31A-D, 32A-D] (raised to full species)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Also in New Guinea and surrounding islands

IBRA and IMCRA regions

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

Chrysanthus, P. 1959. Spiders from south New Guinea II. Nova Guinea 10: 197-206 [199 figs 4, 8, 28] (as Nephila malabarensis)

Chrysanthus, P. 1971. Further notes on the spiders of New Guinea I (Argyopidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen (Leiden) 113: 1-52 [42 figs 92-93] (as Nephila malabarensis; first illustration of male palp)

Davies, V.T. 1988. An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332 [296 fig 20] (as N. malabarensis)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Oct-2020		20-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		27-Jul-2011	ADDED