Neoscona flavopunctata (L. Koch, 1871) L. Koch, 1871

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Neoscona flavopunctata (L. Koch, 1871) comb. n. Fig. 6 A–D

Epeira flavopunctata L. Koch, 1871: 79-80, plate 5, figs 4, 4a; Hasselt 1882: 20.

Aranea flavopunctata (L. Koch). Roewer 1942: 828.

Araneus flavopunctulatus (L. Koch). Bonnet 1955: 503 (misspelled).

Type material.

Holotype of Epeira flavopunctata L. Koch, 1871: 1 male, "Viti Inseln" (= REPUBLIC OF FIJI) [no exact locality], Museum Godeffroy 3837 (ZMH Rack (1961) -catalog no. 238) (examined).

Remarks.

Somatic characters (Figs 6A, B) and pedipalp morphology (Figs 6C, D) of the male holotype of Epeira flavopunctata clearly identify this species as a Neoscona . Due to the shape of the median apophysis (lacking a median spine) this species belongs the subgenus Afraranea sensu Grasshoff (1986). Neoscona flavopunctata comb. n. was originally described from Fiji. Hasselt (1882) recorded it from Silago (Southern Leyte, Philippines).