Nephilengys malabarensis

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: Nephilinae
Genus: Nephilengys
Species: Nephilengys malabarensis

Name

Nephilengys malabarensis (Walckenaer, 1842)

Type locality: Malabar Coast, India

Holotype: MNHN. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Epeira malabarensis Walckenaer, 1842
• Nephilengys schmeltzii L. Koch, 1872
• Metepeira andamanensis Tikader, 1977
  • Type locality: Aerial Bay, P.W.D. workshop compound, Diglipur, North Andaman, India.
    • Holotype: ZSI. female ♀. 28.IV.1971. legit B.K. Tikader.
• Nephilengys niahensis Deeleman-Reinhold, 1989: 626
  • Type locality: Niah Cave, Sarawak, East Malaysia.
    • Holotype: MHNG. female ♀.

References

Primary references

• Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1–549. [103]

Additional references

• Deeleman-Reinhold, C.L. 1989. Spiders from Niah Cave, Sarawak, East Malaysia, collected by P. Strinati. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 96: 619–627. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.part.82051 Reference page. 
• Kuntner, M. 2007. A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95–135. [119, f. 22A-C, 23A-E, 24A-B] PDF
• Tikader, B.K. 1977. Studies on spider fauna of Andaman and Nicobar islands, Indian Ocean. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 72: 153-212. full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Vernacular names

日本語: マラバルジョロウグモモドキ