Macracantha arcuata

Macracantha arcuata

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: Gasteracanthinae
Tribus: Gasteracanthini
Genus: Macracantha
Species: Macracantha arcuata

Name

Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793)

• Authority for current placement: Simon, 1864: 287

Synonyms

• Araneae arcuata Fabricius, 1793: 425.
• Epeira curvicauda Vauthier 1824: 261, pl. 18, f. 1-6.
• Gasteracantha arcuata C. L. Koch 1837a: 34, f. 270.
• Plectana arcuata Walckenaer 1842: 177.
• Macracantha curvicauda Simon 1864: 287.
• Macracantha arquata Simon 1864: 287.
• Gasteracantha curvicauda Hasselt 1882: 11.
• Gasteracantha beccarii Hasselt 1882: 11, pl. 4, f. 1.
• Actinacantha arcuata Simon 1886a: 147.
• Gasteracantha fabricii Simon 1899a: 94.

Etymology

Greek: μακρὸς ἃκανθα κυρτός (makròs àcantha kyrtos, trans: Large convex thorn).

References

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae, viii + 519 pp. BHL Gallica. Reference page. 
• Vauthier, A.C. 1824. Description d'une nouvelle espèce d'Arachnides, du genre Epeira de M. Walckenaer. Annales des sciences naturelles 1: 261–264. BHL / translated 1825. Description of a new species of arachnides of the genus Epeira, of M. Walckenaer. The Zoological Journal 1: 224–226 BHL Reference page. 
• Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). 540 pp. Librairie encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. Gallica Reference page.  p. 287-8 [1].

Additional references

• Dahl, Karl Theodor Friedrich: Die Tierverbreitungsherde der Erde und die wellenartige Ausbreitung der Tier, Zoologischer Anzeiger, Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, Leipzig, 1920, vol. 51, p. 264[2].
• Macharoenboon, K., Siriwut, W. & Jeratthitikul, E. 2021. A review of the taxonomy of spiny-backed orb-weaving spiders of the subfamily Gasteracanthinae (Araneae, Araneidae) in Thailand. ZooKeys 1032: 17–62. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1032.62001 Reference page.  [as Macracantha arcuata p. 43–45]
• Molur, Sanjay & Daniel, B.A. & Siliwal, Manju: First record of Macracantha arcuata Fabricius, 1793 (Araneae: Araneidae) from Assam, India, Zoo's Print Journal Vol. 19(11), Coimbatore, November 2004, p 1696 [3].
• Siliwal, Manju & Molur, Sanjay: Some Some observations on the webs of Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) and Macracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) (Araneae: Araneidae), Zoo's Print Journal Vol. 21(1), Coimbatore, January 2006, p 2133-2134 [4].
• Platnick, Norman I.: World Spider Catalog, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, 2011 [5].

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Zangenartige Dornspinne
English: Long-horned orb-weaver spider

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