• PHONOGNATHINAE Simon, 1894.

History of changes

• Artiphex Kallal, R.J & Hormiga G. 2022. Artiphex nom. nov. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new replacement name for Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018, preoccupied by Artifex Silveira, 2008 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5175(3): 394 [394] [replacement name].
• Artifex Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [70] [junior homonym; preoccupied by Artifex Silveira, 2008 in Hymenoptera].

  Type species:

   Epeira melanopyga Koch, 1871 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Epeira melanopyga Koch, L. 1871. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. Nürnberg : Bauer & Raspe Vol. 1(1-2) 1-104 pp. [97].
• Araneus mastersii Bradley, H.B. 1876. The araneids of the Chevert Expedition. Part I. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1: 137-150 [146].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [71, Figs 10C, 39-42]

Generic Combinations

• Singotypa melanopyga (L. Koch, 1871). —
  Rainbow, W.J. 1916. Arachnida from Northern Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 11: 33-64, 79-119 [87 pl 21 fig 9] (described male)
• Phonognatha melanopyga (L. Koch, 1871). —
  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 [170 figs 11D, H-I]
• Artiphex melanopyga (Koch, 1871). —
  Kallal, R.J & Hormiga G. 2022. Artiphex nom. nov. (Araneae: Araneidae), a new replacement name for Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 2018, preoccupied by Artifex Silveira, 2008 (Hymenoptera: Vespidae). Zootaxa 5175(3): 394 [394] (new combination)
• Artifex melanopyga (Koch, 1871). —
  Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [70] (new combination)

Distribution

States

Queensland

IBRA

Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

History of changes

• Deliochus Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris Vol. 1 pp. 489-760. [749].

  Type species:

   Meta zelivira Keyserling, 1887 by original designation.

Introduction

Genus transferred to the Araneidae from the Tetragnathidae by Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga (2008)

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Jarrah Forest (JF), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Wet Tropics (WT) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE) ; NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Victorian Midlands (VM)

General References

Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [52]

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 [190]

History of changes

• Theridion humile Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 17: 173-250 [191].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMH MG22569 1♀, 1 juv, Brisbane, QLD.
• Araneus humilis Koch, 1872.
• Araneus favorabilis Rainbow, W.J. 1916. Arachnida from Northern Queensland. Records of the Australian Museum 11: 33-64, 79-119 [103].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM KS6518 ♀, Gordonvale, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Deliochus humilis (L. Koch, 1867).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic: Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [58, Figs 10B, 31-34]

History of changes

• Epeira idoneus Keyserling, E. 1887. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 153-232 pp. [177, plate 15, fig. 5].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMH ♀, Peak Downs, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Deliochus idoneus (Keyserling, 1887). —
  Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [64, Figs 35-38]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Western Australia

IBRA

NSW, Qld, Tas, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Sydney Basin (SB), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM)

History of changes

• Meta zelivira Keyserling, E. 1887. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 153-232 pp. [210].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 1♂, 1♀, 3 juv, Peak Downs, QLD.

Generic Combinations

• Deliochus zelivira (Keyserling, 1887). —
  Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris Vol. 1 pp. 489-760. [749]

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, Tas, Vic, WA: Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Jarrah Forest (JF), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian West (TWE), Warren (WAR)

General References

Kallal, R.J. & Hormiga, G. 2018. Systematics, phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian leaf-curling orb-weaving spiders (Araneae: Araneidae: Zygiellinae), with a comparative analysis of retreat evolution. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184: 1-87 [53, Figs 27-30]

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 [171 figs C-D]

History of changes

• Paraplectanoides Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [112].

History of changes

• Paraplectanoides crassipes Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg Vol. 2 87-152 pp. [112].

History of changes

• Paraplectana kochii Cambridge, O.P.- 1877. On some new genera and species of Araneidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4 19: 26-39 pls 6-7 [Jan. 1877] [35].

History of changes