Hortophora is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by V. W. Framenau, R. L. C. Baptista and F. S. M. Oliveira in 2021.[2]
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| A, B. H. biapicata, female from Hovea, Western Australia; C. H. biapicata, female from Rivervale, Western Australia; D, E. H. tatianeae, female from East Ringwood, Victoria; F. H. tatianeae, holotype male (Ringwood East, Victoria); G. H. transmarina, female from Burbank, Queensland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Hortophora Framenau & Castanheira, 2021[1] |
| Type species | |
| Epeira biapicata L. Koch, 1871
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| Species | |
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13, see text | |
Species
editAs of November 2021[update] it contains thirteen species:[1]
- H. biapicata (L. Koch, 1871) – Australia
- H. capitalis (L. Koch, 1871) – New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji
- H. cucullus Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia)
- H. flavicoma (Simon, 1880) – New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Is.)
- H. lodicula (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
- H. megacantha Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. porongurup Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Western Australia)
- H. tatianeae Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
- H. transmarina (Keyserling, 1865) – Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Norfolk Is.)
- H. urbana (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
- H. viridis (Keyserling, 1865) – Samoa
- H. walesiana (Karsch, 1878) – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
- H. yesabah Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Hortophora Framenau & Castanheira, 2021". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Framenau, V. W.; Baptista, R. L. C.; Oliveira, F. S. M.; et al. (2021). "Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australasian garden orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae)". Evolutionary Systematics. 5 (2): 275–334. doi:10.3897/evolsyst.5.72474.
Further reading
edit- Davies, V. T. (1988). "An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 25: 273–332.
- Davies, V. T. (1980). "Two large Australian orb-weaving spiders, Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling 1865) and Eriophora biapicata (L. Koch 1871)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 20: 125–133.
- Dondale, C. D. (1966). "The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14 (6): 1157–1192. doi:10.1071/ZO9661157.
- Chrysanthus, P. (1960). "Spiders from south New Guinea III". Nova Guinea, Zoology. 3: 23–42.
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