Molinaranea magellanica
Species of spider
Molinaranea magellanica
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Class:
Arachnida
Order:
Araneae
Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
Family:
Araneidae
Genus:
Molinaranea
Species:
M. magellanica
Binomial name
Molinaranea magellanica
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)
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]
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
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