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]

Hortophora
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 Edit this classification
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
Species

13, see text

Species

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As of November 2021 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

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.

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