A revision of the Japanese spiders of the genus Neoscona (Araneae: Araneidae)

Abstract

Japanese spiders of the genus Neoscona are revised. Following eleven species are recognized to be occurring in Japan: Neoscona theisi (Walckenaer, 1841), N. adianta (Walckenaer, 1802), W. amamiensis sp. nov., N. nautica (L. Koch, 1875), N. subpullata (Bösenberg et Strand, 1906), N. mellotteei (Simon, 1895), N. scylloides (Bosenberg et Strand, 1906), N. scylla (Karsch, 1879), N. minoriscylla Yin et al., 1990, W. punctigera (Doleschall, 1857) and N. vigilans (Blackwall, 1865).