Araneus mitificus

Araneus mitificus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Araneus
Species: Araneus mitificus

Name

Araneus mitificus (Simon, 1886)

Type locality: Cambodia

Remarks: Japanese population of this species was considered a distinct species Bijoaraneus komachi by Tanikawa et al. (2021).

Synonyms

• Epeira mitifica Simon, 1886: 150
• Araneus mitificus: Simon, 1909: 109 [current name conbination]
• Araneus nawazi Dyal, 1935
• Bijoaraneus mitificus: Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petcharad, 2021: 98, figs. 2C, 5A–I [name combination]

References

• Simon, E.L. 1886. Arachnides recueillis par M. A. Pavie (sous chef du service des postes au Cambodge) dans le royaume de Siam, au Cambodge et en Cochinchine. Actes de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 40: 137–166. BHL Reference page. 
• Simon, E.L. 1909a. Etude sur les arachnides du Tonkin (1re partie). Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 42: 69–147. BHL Reference page. 
• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
• Tanikawa, A., Yamasaki, T., Petcharad, B. 2021. Two new genera of Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Arachnologica 70(2): 87–101. DOI: 10.2476/asjaa.70.87

Vernacular names

日本語: ビジョオニグモ [sensu lato]
한국어: 미녀왕거미

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