Species Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1842)

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• Epeira pustulosa Walckenaer, C.A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris Vol. 2 549 pp. [132].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀ (considered lost), TAS.

  Secondary source:

   Framenau, V.W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Vink, C.J. 2022. Taxonomy and systematics of the new Australo-Pacific orb-weaving spider genus Socca (Araneae: Araneidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(4): 263-334 [284] (re-description).
• Epeira verrucosa Walckenaer, C.A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris Vol. 2 549 pp. [135].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (considered lost), NZ.
• Epeira corrugatum Urquhart, A.T. 1887. On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118 [72].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) several specimens (considered lost), Te Karaka & Otago, NZ [38°28’S, 177°52’E & 45°53’S, 170°30’E].
• Epeira pocillator Urquhart, A.T. 1887. On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118 [74].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) several specimens (considered lost), Auckland, NZ [36°50’S, 174°44’E].
• Epeira oblitera Urquhart, A.T. 1887. On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 19: 72-118 [77].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀ (considered lost), Whangarei Harbour, NZ [35°44’S, 174°20’E].
• Epeira mulleola Urquhart, A.T. 1888. On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 20: 109-125 [118].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) 2♀ (considered lost), Whangarei Harbour & Te Karaka , NZ [35°44’S, 174°20’E & 38°28’S, 177°52’E].
• Epeira helveoguttata Urquhart, A.T. 1888. On new species of Araneida. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 20: 109-125 [119] [as helveo-guttata].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ ♀, Tikitapu Bush, near Lake Tarawera, NZ [38°11’S, 176°20’E].
• Epeira ostribrunnea Urquhart, A.T. 1890. Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 22: 239-266 [243] [as ostri-brunnea].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ ♀, Waiorongomai Gorge, NZ [37°33’S, 175°45’E].
• Epeira atriapiata Urquhart, A.T. 1891. On new species of Araneae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 23: 128-189 [156] [as atri-apiata].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (considered lost), Hastwell, NZ [40°43’S, 175°42’E].
• Epeira simulata Urquhart, A.T. 1892. Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 24: 230-253 [242].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♀ (whereabouts unknown), Stewart Island, NZ [47°00’S, 167°51’E].
• Epeira leucisca Urquhart, A.T. 1892. Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 24: 230-253 [245].

  Type data:

   Holotype ♂ (considered lost), Hastwell, NZ [40°43’S, 175°42’E].
• Epeira blattea Urquhart, A.T. 1893. Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 25: 165-190 [179].

  Type data:

   Holotype CMNZ ♂, Ōhaupō, NZ [37°55’S, 175°18’E].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Framenau, V.W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Vink, C.J. 2022. Taxonomy and systematics of the new Australo-Pacific orb-weaving spider genus Socca (Araneae: Araneidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(4): 263-334 [282]

Generic Combinations

• Socca pustulosa (Walckenaer, 1842). —
  Framenau, V.W., Castanheira, P. de S. & Vink, C.J. 2022. Taxonomy and systematics of the new Australo-Pacific orb-weaving spider genus Socca (Araneae: Araneidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 49(4): 263-334 [282, Figure 1A–C, Figure 3A–E, Figure 5A, Figure 6A, Figure 7A–D, Figure 8A–F, Figures 9 and 10]

Distribution

States

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

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)

Other Regions

Lord Howe Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater

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