MEGATHYRIDIDAE Dall, 1870

Coan, Eugene V., Pacaud, Jean-Michel & Kabat, Alan R., 2024, Gérard-Paul Deshayes (1796 - 1875) and his taxa, Geodiversitas 46 (16), pp. 553-930 : 809-810

Family MEGATHYRIDIDAE Dall, 1870

NOTE

Argiope Eudes-Delonghamps, 1842 , non Audouin, 1827 [ Arachnida], was renamed Megathiris d’Orbigny, 1847 . Cistella J. E. Gray, 1853 , non Gistl, 1848 [ Coleoptera ], was renamed Argyrotheca Dall, 1900 .

baudoni , Argiope – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 88, pl. 87, figs 6-10; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 154. — Type locality: Mouchy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Argyrotheca baudoni (Deshayes, 1858) (Pacaud 2015a: 77, pl. 3, fig. 9).

cornuta , Argiope –Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 88, pl. 87, figs 19- 22; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 155-156. — Type locality: Chaussy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). Argyrotheca cornuta (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 132) . — Current status: synonym of Argyotheca digitata (Defrance, 1828) [ Terebratula ] (Pacaud 2015a: 78).

decemcostata, Argiope – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 87, pl. 86, figs 26-30; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 156-157, non ( Roemer, 1841) [ Terebratula ]. — Type locality: Chaussy. — Type age: Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Argyrotheca deshayesi (Schlönbach, 1866) [ Argiope ], replacement name (Pacaud 2015a: 78, pl. 3, fig. 11).

plombea, Terebratula – Deshayes, 1844-RegAnim: pl. 134, fig. 2, 2a-c. [in pl. expl. as plombia; in pl. caption as plumbia]. — Type locality: none given. — Type age: Recent. — Current status: probable synonym of Magellania flavescens (Lamarck, 1819) [ Terebratula ] (C. C. Emig, pers. comm., January 12, 2023).

puncticulata , Terebratula – Deshayes, 1858-DescrCoqFoss: 87, pl. 86, figs 5-9; 1861-DescrCoqFoss: 147-148. — Type localities: Mouchy, Liancourt & Parnes.— Type age:Eocene (Lutetian). — Current status: Argyrotheca puncticulata (Deshayes, 1858) ( Le Renard & Pacaud 1995: 132; Pacaud 2015a: 78, pl. 3, figs 4-5).