Hortophora

Hortophora
A, B. H. biapicata, female from Hovea, Western Australia; C. H. biapicata, female from Rivervale, Western Australia; D, E. H. tatianeae, female from East Ringwood, Victoria; F. H. tatianeae, holotype male (Ringwood East, Victoria); G. H. transmarina, female from Burbank, Queensland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Hortophora Framenau & Castanheira, 2021
Type species
Epeira biapicata L. Koch, 1871
Species
13, see text

Hortophora is a genus of South Pacific orb-weaver spiders first described by V. W. Framenau, R. L. C. Baptista and F. S. M. Oliveira in 2021.

Species

As of November 2021 it contains thirteen species:

• H. biapicata (L. Koch, 1871) – Australia
• H. capitalis (L. Koch, 1871) – New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Fiji
• H. cucullus Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia)
• H. flavicoma (Simon, 1880) – New Caledonia (incl. Loyalty Is.)
• H. lodicula (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
• H. megacantha Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• H. porongurup Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Western Australia)
• H. tatianeae Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (South Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania)
• H. transmarina (Keyserling, 1865) – Papua New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Norfolk Is.)
• H. urbana (Keyserling, 1887) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria)
• H. viridis (Keyserling, 1865) – Samoa
• H. walesiana (Karsch, 1878) – Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales)
• H. yesabah Framenau & Castanheira, 2021 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

Further reading

• Davies, V. T. (1988). "An illustrated guide to the genera of orb-weaving spiders in Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 25: 273–332.

• Davies, V. T. (1980). "Two large Australian orb-weaving spiders, Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling 1865) and Eriophora biapicata (L. Koch 1871)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 20: 125–133.

• Dondale, C. D. (1966). "The spider fauna (Araneida) of deciduous orchards in the Australian Capital Territory". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14 (6): 1157–1192. doi:10.1071/ZO9661157.

• Chrysanthus, P. (1960). "Spiders from south New Guinea III". Nova Guinea, Zoology. 3: 23–42.