Nephila maculata (Fabricius)

Biswas, B. & Majumder, S. C., 1995, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna Of Meghalaya, State Fauna Series 4 Fauna of Meghalaya Part 2, Zoological Survey Of India, pp. 93-128 : 97

9. Nephila maculata (Fabricius)

1793. Aranea maculata Fabricius, Ent. Syst. , 2: 425.

1982. Nephila maculata: Tikader, Fauna of India, Spiders: Araneae , 2 (1): 97.

Specimen examined: 2 ♀, Sonapahar, Khasi Hill, Shillong , Meghalaya, 27.xi.1977, coll. K. R. Rao ; 3 ♀ Norgpol forest, Khasi Hill, Shillong , Meghalaya, 6. viii.1966, coll. Mathur & party ; 5 ♀, Elephant falls, Khasi Hill , Meghalaya, 12.vii.1990, coll. S. K. Chanda .

Distribution: India Shillong, Meghalaya (New record); Tamil-Nadu; Karnataka; M.P.; U.P.; Assam, Sikkim; West Bengal; Maharashtra; Gujarat; Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Burma, Sri Lanka, China, Australia, Malaysia, Japan, New Guinea.