Argiope aemula

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Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Argiopinae
Genus: Argiope
Species: Argiope aemula
Subspecies: A. a. nigripes

[edit] Name

Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1842)

Type locality: Celebes

Holotype ♀: Lost

[edit] Synonyms

• Epeira aemula Walckenaer, 1842
• Metargiope ornatus lineatus Marapao, 1965

[edit] References

• Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549. [118; D♀]
• Levi, H. W. 1983. The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 150: 247-338. [273, f. 9-10, 29-35]
• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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