6 

THE COMITY OF SPIDERS 

2. Evident errors of transcription, a 

lapsus calami 

or a typographical 

error should be corrected, 

e

.

g

. 

Micromata 

to 

Micrommata

,

and 

comta 

to 

compta

.

3. Panzer (1793) named a species 

Araneus cinerea

,

but this was 

preoccupied by Fabricius (1777), so the specific name of the former 

sinks for ever. These species are now known respectively as 

Cicurina 

cicurea 

Fabr., and 

Arctosa cinerea 

Fabr. 

4. Species now included in the genus 

Coelotes 

should be transferred 

to 

Amaurobius

;

species in the genus 

Amaurobius 

should be transferred 

to 

Ciniflo

.

Coelotes 

Blackwall 1841 is a synonym of 

Cavator 

Blackwall 1840, 

and 

Cavator 

a synonym of 

Amaurobius 

C. L. Koch, 1836. C. L. 

Koch's paper ( Deutsch. Ins.  (Panzer), H. 151) was published on 

October 1st, 1836, and appeared before his book (`Ueber Ar. Syst.,' I, 

1837). In the former 

roscidus 

and 

tigrinus 

are alone attached to 

Amaurobius

.

Though congeneric with 

tigrinus 

the identity of 

roscidus 

is uncertain, so 

tigrinus 

must be selected as the type. 

Tigrinus 

is a 

synonym of 

atropos 

Walck. so 

atropos 

Walck. becomes the type of 

Amaurobius

.

5.  

Pardosa

 lugubris 

Walck. is the type of 

Lycosa

;  

Lycosa

tarentula 

Fabr. must therefore be transferred to another genus. 

Lycosa 

was founded by Latreille in 1804, and the wording restricts 

the species available for type selection to those listed by Walckenaer 

under his  Chasseuses . This excludes 

tarentula 

Fabr., so Latreille 

could not select it as type in 1810. 

6.

 Aranea 

(Linnaeus, 1758) must take the place of 

Araneus 

(Clerck, 

1757). 

In the compilation of the records which follow I have aimed at 

completeness. Notwithstanding this, there may be omissions from the 

published records, but before adding what at first sight appear to be 

obvious oversights I feel bound to sound a note of caution. A few 

examples will show what I mean: