Araneus leai (Rainbow, 1894)

Epeira leai Rainbow, 1894: 287-289, plate 10, fig. 1.

Araneus leai (Rainbow). Rainbow 1911: 188; Bonnet 1955: 527.

Aranea leai (Rainbow). Roewer 1942: 829.

Type material.

Holotype of Epeira leai Rainbow, 1894: female, Bungendore [35°14'S, 149°127E, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA] (whereabouts unknown).

Remarks.

The holotype female of Epeira leai is not present in the AM and must be considered lost. The original description suggests this species to belong to Neoscona, but the rudimentary description of the epigyne (Rainbow 1894, p. 289: "Epigyne a short blunt process") does not allow to associate this species with any known Neoscona from New South Wales. Therefore, I consider Epeira leai a nomen dubium.