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TETRAGNATHIDAE RECORDED FROM MADAGASCAR

By V. D. Roth, D. Silva Davila, D. Ubick, and C. E. Griswold

(complete synonymies and references at Platnick, N. I. 2003.
The world spider catalog, version 3.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at:
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html)




TETRAGNATHIDAE Menge, 1866

Clitaetra Simon, 1889
mf episinoides Simon, 1889 *....................Madagascar, Comoro Is.
  C. e. Simon, 1889b: 226 (Df).
  C. e. Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 330, f. 9D-E (m).

f perroti Simon, 1894....................Madagascar
  C. p. Simon, 1894a: 756 (Df).

Diphya Nicolet, 1849
mf pumila Simon, 1889....................Madagascar
  D. p. Simon, 1889b: 226 (Dm).
  D. p. Simon, 1894a: 740, f. 823-824 (m).
  D. p. Tanikawa, 1995b: 103, f. 19 (f).

Leucauge White, 1841
f lechei Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  L. l. Strand, 1908f: 465 (Df).

f tetragnathella Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  L. t. Strand, 1907d: 730 (Df).

mf undulata (Vinson, 1863)....................Ethiopia, East Africa, Madagascar, Rodriguez
  Epeira u. Vinson, 1863: 207, 313, pl. 5, f. 3 (Dmf).
  Argyroepeira festiva Kulczyn'ski, 1901a: 20, pl. 1, f. 19-20, pl. 2, f. 28 (mf, misidentified).

Nephila
Leach, 1815
mf inaurata madagascariensis (Vinson, 1863)....................South Africa to Seychelles
  Epeira m. Vinson, 1863: 191, 311, pl. 7, f. 1 (Df).
  N. i. m. Schult & Sellenschlo, 1983: 222, f. 6, 13-14 (mf).
  N. i. m. Schmidt & Jocqué, 1986: 209, f. 4-5 (f).

f pilipes malagassa (Strand, 1907)....................Madagascar
  N. maculata m. Strand, 1907a: 533 (Df).

mf senegalensis bragantina Brito Capello, 1886....................Central Africa, NW Madagascar
  N. b. Brito Capello, 1867: 11, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df).
  N. s. boehmi Dahl, 1912a: 69, 72 (Dmf).
  N. s. b. Benoit, 1962b: 227 (S).

f senegalensis hildebrandti Dahl, 1912....................Madagascar
  N. s. h. Dahl, 1912a: 69, 72 (Df).

Nephilengys L. Koch, 1872
mf borbonica livida (Vinson, 1863)....................Madagascar, Comoro Is., Seychelles
  Epeira l. Vinson, 1863: 175, 310, pl. 14, f. 1 (Df).
  N. b. l. Schmidt & Jocqué, 1986: 209, f. 7-9 (mf).

mf cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)....................Tropical Africa & America
  Aranea c. Fabricius, 1775: 439 (Df).
  N. c. Saaristo, 1978: 120, f. 211-223 (mf).
  N. c. Hormiga, Eberhard & Coddington, 1995: 323, f. 5E-F, 12A-E (m).

Orsinome Thorell, 1890
mf vorkampiana Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  O. v. Strand, 1907d: 730 (Dmf).
  O. v. Strand, 1907o: 39 (Dmf).

Pachygnatha Sundevall, 1823
m longipes Simon, 1894....................Madagascar
  P. l. Simon, 1894a: 717 (Dm).
  P. l. Bosmans & Bosselaers, 1994: 329, f. 28-32 (m).

Tetragnatha Latreille, 1804
mf protensa Walckenaer, 1842....................Madagascar to Australia, New Caledonia, Palau
  T. p. Walckenaer, 1842: 209 (Df).
  T. p. Vinson, 1863: 250, 316, pl. 12, f. 4 (f, Dm).
  T. conica Keyserling, 1887a: 222, pl. 20, f. 4 (Dm).


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