Molinaranea magellanica

Molinaranea magellanica is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) endemic to Chile, Argentina, the Juan Fernández Islands and the Falkland Islands.[1] It is also known as the Falklands green spider.[2][3] It is the largest endemic spider known to exist in the Falklands.[2]

Molinaranea magellanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Molinaranea
Species:
M. magellanica
Binomial name
Molinaranea magellanica
(Walckenaer, 1847)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Epeira magellanica Walckenaer, 1847
  • Epeira chilensis Nicolet, 1849
  • Epeira cinaberina Nicolet, 1849
  • Epeira flaviventris Nicolet, 1849
  • Epeira quadripunctata Nicolet, 1849 (preoccupied)
  • Epeira obliterata Nicolet, 1849
  • Epeira affinis Nicolet, 1849 (preoccupied)
  • Epeira naevia Nicolet, 1849
  • Epeira dorsalis Nicolet, 1849 (preoccupied)
  • Epeira quadrimaculata Nicolet, 1849 (preoccupied)
  • Araneus flaviventris (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Araneus patagonicus Tullgren, 1901
  • Araneus chilensis (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Araneus cinnaberinus (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Araneus quadrimaculatus (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Araneus vallentini Hogg, 1913
  • Araneus globiger Hogg, 1913
  • Eriophora wagenknechti Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Molinaranea molinai Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Aranea affinitata Roewer, 1942 (replacement name for Epeira affinis)
  • Aranea dorsatula Roewer, 1942 (replacement name for Epeira dorsalis)
  • Aranea quadrimaculosa Roewer, 1942 (replacement name for Epeira quadrimaculata)
  • Aranea quadripunctatula Roewer, 1942 (replacement name for Epeira quadripunctata)
  • Araneus cinnabarinus (Nicolet, 1849) (orth. var.)
  • Parawixia affinitata (Roewer, 1942)
  • Parawixia cinnaberina (Nicolet, 1849) (orth. var.)
  • Parawixia dosatula (Roewer, 1942)
  • Parawixia wagenknechti (Mello-Leitão, 1940)
  • Parawixia flaviventris (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Parawixia obliterata (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Parawixia naevia (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Metepeira chilensis (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Molinaranea chilensis (Nicolet, 1849)
  • Molinaranea patagonica (Tullgren, 1901)
  • Molinaranea cinaberina (Nicolet, 1849)

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1847 by Charles Athanase Walckenaer as Epeira magellanica. It has been described under a large number of synonyms in nine genera. Nine names used by Hercule Nicolet in 1849, including Epeira cinaberina, are now considered to be synonyms.[1]

References
  1. "Taxon details Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-01-08
  2. "Invertebrates". Falkland Islands Tourist Board. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
  3. Hince, Bernadette (2000). The Antarctic dictionary: a complete guide to Antarctic English. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-9577471-1-X.
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