Hortophora biapicata

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

Hortophora biapicata (Koch, 1871)

Type locality: 64 km W of Westmar (ca. 27°59'S, 149°04'E, Queensland, Australia)

Holotype: of Epeira biapicata L. Koch, 1871: female ♀, “Neuholland” (= Australia; no precise locality data in original description) (SMNH) (lost in WW2)
Neotype: QM. male ♂. 09.I.1979. legit R.J. Raven, V.E. Davies. QM S361. (Neotype Epeira biapicata designated by Davies 1980)

Epeira biapicata Koch, 1871: 54 (original combination)
Hortophora biapicata (L. Koch): Framenau et al., 2021: 280
Epeira frosti Hogg, 1896
- Type locality: Stevenson River (27°06'S, 135°32'E, South Australia, Australia).
  - Holotype: NMV. female ♀. Horn Expedition (MV K-931).
Araneus biapicatifera Strand, 1907
- Type locality: Australien.
  - Holotype: MWNH. female ♀. MWNH 331

Koch, L.C.C. 1871. Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet. [Erster Theil]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1–104. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 . Reference page.

Framenau, V.W., Baptista, R.L.C., Oliveira, F.S.M. & Castanheira, P. de S. 2021a. Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian Garden Orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics 5: 275–334. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474. . Reference page.