Argiope amoena

♀ Argiope amoena

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Argiopinae
Genus: Argiope
Species: Argiope amoena

Name

Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878

Type locality: Japan

Holotype ♀: BMNH

Synonyms

• Argiope davidi Schenkel, 1963
• Coganargiope amoena — Kishida, 1936

References

• Koch, L. 1878. Japanesische Arachniden und Myriapoden. Verhandlungen der Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 27: 735–798. [735; 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. [280, f. 67-72]

Vernacular names

日本語: コガネグモ
한국어: 호랑거미

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