Description of a new Gibbaranea (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Western Mediterranean

Description of a new Gibbaranea (Araneae: Araneidae) from the Western Mediterranean

A new humped orb-weaver, Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov., is described from specimens collected in Majorca, Spain. The new species is most closely related to two other western Palaearctic species, Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) and Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989. Araneus dromed...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lissner, Jørgen, Bosmans, Robert
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Arachnologische Gesellschaft (ARAGES) 2016-09-01
Series:Arachnologische Mitteilungen
Subjects:
Algeria
Araneinae
humped orb-weaver
Iberian Peninsula
Majorca
new synonymy
Portugal
Spain
taxonomy
Tunisia
Online Access: http://www.arages.de/aramit/pdf/Heft_52/AM52_25_30.pdf
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Summary:A new humped orb-weaver, Gibbaranea bruuni Lissner spec. nov., is described from specimens collected in Majorca, Spain. The new species is most closely related to two other western Palaearctic species, Gibbaranea gibbosa (Walckenaer, 1802) and Gibbaranea occidentalis Wunderlich, 1989. Araneus dromedarius cuculliger Simon, 1909 (= Gibbaranea bituberculata cuculliger) is synonymized with Gibbaranea bituberculata (Walckenaer, 1802), syn. nov.
ISSN:1018-4171
2199-7233

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