DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15144692
title: Table 1 in Abba, a new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Australia

description: Table 1. Australian genera in the family Araneidae, number of described species in Australia and subfamily placement.
GenusNo. of species in AustraliaSubfamily placement (after Scharff et al. 2020)CommentsAcroaspis Karsch, 18785backobourkiinesAnepsion Strand, 19293sister to gasteracanthines without statistical supportArachnura Vinson, 18632argiopinesrevised in Castanheira et al. (2019)Araneus Clerck, 175833 (+ 1 subspecies)classical Araneinae Clerck, 1757 not statistically supportedall Australian species misplaced in Araneus based on somatic and genitalic morphologyArgiope Audouin, 182617argiopinesrevised in Levi (1983); see also Abel et al. (2020)Artifex Kallal & Hormiga, 20181Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (= Zygiellinae Wunderlich, 2004)revised in Kallal and Hormiga (2018)Austracantha Dahl, 19141 (+ 4 subspecies)gasteracanthinesBackobourkia Framenau, Dupérré, Blackledge & Vink, 20104backobourkiinesrevised in Framenau et al. (2010b)Bijoaraneus Tanikawa, Yamasaki & Petchard, 20211in unsupported clade with EriovixiaCarepalxis L. Koch, 18725backobourkiinesCelaenia Thorell, 18687mastophorinesCyclosa Menge, 186612in unsupported clade with Leviana and Dolophones sister to gasteracanthines + AnepsionCyrtarachne Thorell, 18684 (+ 1 subspecies)cyrtarachninesCyrtobill Framenau & Scharff, 20091argiopinesmonotypic (Framenau and Scharff 2009)Cyrtophora Simon, 186414argiopinesDeliochus Simon, 18944 (+ 1 subspecies)Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (= Zygiellinae Wunderlich, 2004)revised by Kallal and Hormiga (2018); 1 species and 1 subspecies likely Tetragnathidae Menge, 1866Dolophones Walckenaer, 183717in unsupported clade with Leviana and Cyclosa sister to gasteracanthines + AnepsionEriovixia Archer, 19511in unsupported clade with BijoaraneusGasteracantha Sundevall, 18335gasteracanthinesGea C.L. Koch, 18432argiopineslikely junior synonym of Argiope; revised in Levi (1983)Herennia Thorell, 18771Nephilinae Simon, 1894revised in Kuntner (2005)Hortophora Framenau & Castanheira, 202110backobourkiinesrevised in Framenau et al. (2021a)Larinia Simon, 18747paraphyleticrevised in Framenau and Scharff (2008) and Framenau and Castanheira (2022b)Lariniophora Framenau, 20111backobourkiinesmonotypic (Framenau 2011b)Leviana Framenau & Kuntner, 20225in unsupported clade with Cyclosa and Dolophones sister to gasteracanthines + Anepsionrevised in Framenau and Kuntner (2022); has putative synapomorphies of backobourkiinesMangrovia Framenau & Castanheira, 20222not included in Scharff et al. (2020)revised in Framenau and Castanheira (2022a)Micropoltys Kulczyński, 19112not included in Scharff et al. (2020)revised in Smith and Levi (2010)Nemoscolus Simon, 18951argiopinesphylogenetic placement by Kallal and Hormiga (2020)Neoscona Simon, 18646in unsupported clade with NGEN04 and Agalenatea Archer, 1951Nephila Leach, 18151Nephilinae Simon, 1894revised in Harvey et al. (2007)Nephilengys L. Koch, 18721Nephilinae Simon, 1894revised in Kuntner (2007)Novakiella Court & Forster, 19932backobourkiinesrevised in Framenau et al. (2021b)Novaranea Court & Forster, 19881zealaraneinesspecies described in Framenau (2011a)Ordgarius Keyserling, 18863 (+ 1 subspecies)mastophorinesParaplectanoides Keyserling, 18862sister to Nephilinae Simon, 1894Parawixia F.O. Pickard-Cambridge, 19041backobourkiinesP. dehaani (Doleschall, 1859) misplaced in Parawixia (Scharff et al. 2020)Phonognatha Simon, 18943Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (= Zygiellinae Wunderlich, 2004)revised in Kallal and Hormiga (2018)Plebs Joseph & Framenau, 20127backobourkiinesrevised in Joseph and Framenau (2012)Poecilopachys Simon, 18953cyrtarachninesPoltys C.L. Koch, 18438in unsupported clade with Bijoaraneus, Eriovixa and othersrevised in Smith (2006)Quokkaraneus Castanheira & Framenau, 20221basal in ARA-clademonotypic (Castanheira and Framenau 2022); has putative synapomorphies of backobourkiinesSalsa Framenau & Castanheira, 20225backobourkiinesrevised in Framenau and Castanheira (2022)Socca Framenau, Castanheira & Vink, 202212backobourkiinesrevised in Framenau et al. (2022a)Telaprocera Harmer & Framenau, 20082placement unsupportedrevised in Harmer and Framenau (2008)Thelacantha Hasselt, 18821gasteracanthinesTrichonephila Dahl, 19113Nephilinae Simon, 1894revised in Harvey et al. (2007)Total:230 (+ 8 subspecies)
description: Published as part of Castanheira, Pedro de S. & Framenau, Volker W., 2023, Abba, a new monotypic genus of orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Australia, pp. 73 in Evolutionary Systematics 7 (1) on page 73, DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.7.98015