Molinaranea magellanica

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; (Walckenaer, 1847)
Synonyms
	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

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Taxon details Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-01-08
^ ^a ^b "Invertebrates". Falkland Islands Tourist Board. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ Hince, Bernadette (2000). The Antarctic dictionary: a complete guide to Antarctic English. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-9577471-1-X.

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[WSC_s4821-1] "Taxon details Molinaranea magellanica (Walckenaer, 1847)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2021-01-08

[Tourist-2] "Invertebrates". Falkland Islands Tourist Board. Retrieved 19 September 2010.

[Hince2000-3] Hince, Bernadette (2000). The Antarctic dictionary: a complete guide to Antarctic English. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. ISBN 0-9577471-1-X.

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