Tropical Garden Orb-weaver Hortophora transmarina (Keyserling, 1865)
Fauna Portal species: 6696
Hortophora transmarina male, dorsal (WAM T67957)
Image: Framenau et al. (2021; fig. 24A)
Fauna Portal Image No. 2458Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2021): Males of H. transmarina are, due to the ventral colour pattern and similar body-size, most similar to H. biapicata . However, they differ from those of H. biapicata by the absence of coxal hooks ventrally on the second leg. Females of H. transmarina are most similar to H. biapicata ; however, H. transmarina can be identified by the much larger baso-lateral flaps, best observed in posterior view.
Linnean Type
Syntypes: Based on original description an unknown number of females, New South Wales (no exact locality), Dr Graeffe leg., Museum Godeffroy (today largely in ZMH). Here assumed to be: 8 females, 3 juveniles in the ZMH without locality data and a label: “e Mus. God.; det. Keys.” and a second label handwritten by E. v. Keyserling “Epeira transmarina Keys. = producta L.K.” (ZMH) (2 females in this series are B. heroine and 1 female is H. biapicata ). Examined. 4 mature females, 1 juvenile, Godeffroy collection (labelled with Schmeltz (1866, 1869)-catalog species no. “2286” for Epeira producta (NHM).
Australia
- New South Wales
- Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Neighbouring Countries
- Papua New Guinea
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Publications
(2021): Taxonomic revision of the new spider genus Hortophora, the Australian garden orb-weavers (Araneae, Araneidae). Evolutionary Systematics. 5: 275 - 334