Araneus urquharti (Roewer, 1942)

Epeira similaris Rainbow, 1896a: 324, plate 18, fig. 3 (preoccupied by Epeira similaris Urquhart, 1891).

Aranea urquharti Roewer, 1942: 835 (replacement name for Epeira similaris Rainbow, 1896).

Araneus similaris (Rainbow). Bonnet 1955: 599; Rainbow 1911: 193.

Types.

Holotype of Epeira similaris Rainbow, 1896: female, New England district [no exact locality, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA] (whereabouts unknown).

Remarks.

The holotype female of Epeira similaris is not present at the AM and must be considered lost. The original species description (Rainbow 1896a) places this species in close affinity with Araneus fictus described in the same publication. For the same reasons as for that species (see above), I consider Epeira similaris a nomen dubium.