Image of Nephila pilipes (Fabricius 1793)

Description:

大木林蜘蛛 Golden orb-web spider （學名：Nephila pilipes），又稱斑絡新婦 Nephila pilipes or Nephila maculata ?? 斑絡新婦 (大木林蜘蛛) 曾經以為 Nephila maculata or Nephila pilipes 是兩個不同品種，更誤解一個是斑絡新婦， 另一個是大木林蜘蛛，近日認真比對翻查，才知原來Nephila maculata是異名，Nephila pilipes是建議正名。 不只是在下，好多人都曾被這種顏色多變的品種誤導產生許多異名，在iNat中有網友提供一份澳洲的分析報告，有興趣的可下載留存。 N. pilipes has a large number of color forms, which were thought to be separate species until relatively recent morphological and genetic analysis. Paper: Harvey, M. S., Austin, A. D. & Adams, M. (2007). The systematics and biology of the spider genus Nephila (Araneae: Nephilidae) in the Australasian region. Invertebrate Systematics, 21:407-451. http://www.arachne.org.au/_dbase_upl/NephilidaeHarvey.pdf