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Species Phonognatha graeffei (Keyserling, 1865)

  • Epeira graeffii Keyserling, E. 1865. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Orbitelae Latr. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 15: 799-856 [811].
  • Epeira wagneri Rainbow, W.J. 1896. Descriptions of some New Araneidae of New South Wales. No. 6. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 21: 320-344 pls 18-20 [325].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

  • Dondale, C.D. 1966. The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 1157-1192 [1171]

 

Generic Combinations

  • Phonognatha graeffei Simon, 1894. — Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris Vol. 1 pp. 489-760 [748 figs 829-831].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

  • Araneus graeffei L. Koch, 1871 [erroneous listing in previous version of AFD. Koch (1871) only cited Keyserling's species (Epeira graeffei).]

 

General References

Davies, V.T. 1988. An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 25: 273-332 [288 fig 10]

Dondale, C.D. 1966. The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory. Australian Journal of Zoology 14: 1157-1192 [1171 figs 5A-G]

Hormiga, G., Eberhard, W.G. & Coddington, J.A. 1995. Web-construction behaviour in Australian Phonognatha and the phylogeny of nephiline and tetragnathid spiders (Araneae: Tetragnathidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 43: 313-364 [323 figs 5K, 8A-G]

Kuntner, M., Coddington J.A. & Hormiga, G. 2008. Phylogeny of extant nephilid orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Nephilidae): testing morphological and ethological homologies. Cladistics 24: 147-217 [170 figs 11A-C, E-G]