Abba transversa (Rainbow, 1912)
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Castanheira, Pedro de S., Framenau, Volker W. (2023): Abba, a new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Australia. Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1): 73-81, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Araneidae
- genus
- Araneus
- species
- Araneus transversus
description
Figs 1 A-D, 2 A-B, 3, 4 A-E, 5
diagnosis
Diagnosis. As for the genus, which is monotypic.
distribution
Distribution. We examined museum material from northern to south-eastern Queensland and southern New South Wales (Fig. 5). There are records from Victoria on iNaturalist (https: // www. inaturalist. org / taxa / 533368 - Araneus-transversus; accessed 22 July 2022) that may represent this species, but without examination of genitalia an identification cannot be ascertained; these records may represent a second congeneric species.
materials_examined
Other material examined. Australia: New South Wales: 2 males, Jamberoo Mountain, 34 ° 40 ' S, 150 ° 43 ' E (AM KS. 54091, KS. 53307). Queensland: 1 female, 5 juv., Chelsea Road Bushland Reserve, 27 ° 28 ' 58 " S, 153 ° 11 ' 15 " E (QM S 77272); 1 male, 1 female, 1 juv., Gold Creek Reservoir, Brookfield, 27 ° 27 ' 53 " S, 152 ° 52 ' 32 " E (QM S 88101); 1 juv., J. C. Trotter Reserve, Burbank, 27 ° 33 ' 08 " S, 153 ° 10 ' 31 " E (WAM T 84345); 1 male, Lamington National Park, 28 ° 12 ' S, 153 ° 10 ' E (QM S 29181); 1 male, Spear Creek near Mt Molloy, 16 ° 42 ' S, 145 ° 24 ' E (QM S 88102); 2 males, Topaz, Hughes Road, 17 ° 26 ' S, 145 ° 42 ' E (QM S 59680).
Name
- Homonyms
- Abba transversa (Rainbow, 1912)