Argiope aemula

♀ Argiope aemula

♂ Argiope aemula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda 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

Name

Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1842)

Type locality: Celebes

Holotype ♀: Lost

Synonyms

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

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]

Vernacular names

日本語: ナガマルコガネグモ
中文（繁體）: 長圓金蛛

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