''Hortophora'' is a
genus of South Pacific
orb-weaver spiders first described by V. W. Framenau, R. L. C. Baptista and F. S. M. Oliveira in 2021.
Species
it contains thirteen species:
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H. biapicata''
(L. Koch, 1871) – Australia
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H. capitalis''
(L. Koch, 1871) – New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji
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H. cucullus''
Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia)
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H. flavicoma''
( Simon, 1880) – New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Is.)
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H. lodicula''
(Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk:
* Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist
* Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist
* Hermann ...
, 1887) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
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H. megacantha''
Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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H. porongurup''
Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Western Australia)
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H. tatianeae''
Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
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H. transmarina''
(Keyserling, 1865) – Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Norfolk Is.)
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H. urbana''
(Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
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H. viridis''
(Keyserling, 1865) – Samoa
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H. walesiana''
( Karsch, 1878) – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
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H. yesabah''
Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
See also
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List of Araneidae species: G–M
References
Further reading
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Araneidae genera
Spiders of Oceania
Taxa named by Volker W. Framenau
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