Species Phonognatha graeffei (Keyserling, 1865)

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• Epeira graeffii Keyserling, E. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 799-856 [811].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) BMNH, Wollongong, NSW.
• Epeira wagneri Rainbow, W.J. 1896. Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 320-344 pls 18-20 [325].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Dondale, C.D. 1966. The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 1157-1192 [1171]

Generic Combinations

• Phonognatha graeffei Keyserling, 1865. —
  Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris Vol. 1 pp. 489-760. [748 figs 829-831]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Araneus graeffei L. Koch, 1871 [erroneous listing in previous version of AFD. Koch (1871) only cited Keyserling's species (Epeira graeffei)].

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)

General References

Davies, V.T. 1988. An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332 [288 fig 10]

Dondale, C.D. 1966. The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 1157-1192 [1171 figs 5A-G]

Hormiga, G., Eberhard, W.G. & Coddington, J.A. 1995. Web-construction behaviour in Australian Phonognatha and the phylogeny of nephiline and tetragnathid spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 313-364 [323 figs 5K, 8A-G]

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 [26, Figs 10A, 11–14]

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 11A-C, E-G]

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