Neoscona notanda (Rainbow, 1912) Rainbow, 1912

W. Framenau, Volker, 2019, Generic and family transfers, and numina dubia for orb-weaving spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) in the Australasian, Oriental and Pacific regions, Evolutionary Systematics 3 (1), pp. 1-27 : 13

Neoscona notanda (Rainbow, 1912) comb. n.

Araneus notandus Rainbow, 1912: 196, figs 7-9; Bonnet 1955: 554.

Aranea notanda Rainbow. Roewer 1942: 830.

Type material.

Holotype of Araneus notandus Rainbow, 1912: 1 female, Blackall Range [26°37'S, 152°52'E, Queensland, AUSTRALIA], C. J. Wild (QM W2122) (examined).

Remarks.

This species is closely related to Neoscona inusta comb. n. The epigyne scape of the holotype of Araneus notandus is short and spatula-shaped, but some variation, in particular a different course of the fertilisation duct that shines through the scape suggest it to be a different species. A series from Sabai Island (Queensland) in the QM contains five males of this species (in addition to 6 females and 10 immatures) that also confirm it as Neoscona based on the structure of the male pedipalp as reviewed in Grasshoff (1986). I therefore propose its transfer to Neoscona , Neoscona notanda (Rainbow, 1912), comb. n.