Argiope aemula

♀ Argiope aemula

♂ Argiope aemula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: 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 aemula

Name

Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1842)

Type locality: Celebes

Holotype ♀: Lost

Synonyms

• Epeira aemula Walckenaer, 1842 (original combination)
• Argiope aemula Walckenaer - Thorell, 1877: 364
• Epeira striata Doleschall, 1857: 415
  • Type locality: Indonesia, Java
    • Syntypes: RMNH. 2 females ♀.
• Argiope aemula nigripes Thorell, 1877: 364
  • Type locality: Kondari [Kendari], Celebes.
    • Holotype: MCSNG. female ♀.
• Argiope trivittata Karsch, 1892: 280
  • Type locality: Ceylon [Sri Lanka]
    • Holotype: ZMB. female ♀.
• Metargiope ornatus lineatus Marapao, 1965
  • Type locality: Tipolo, Mandawe, Cebu, Philippines.
    • Holotype: USC. female ♀

References

Primary references

• Walckenaer, C.A. 1841. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris 2(for 1837), 1–549. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Doleschall, L. 1857. Bijdrage tot de Kenntis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch-Indië 13: 339–434. BHL. Reference page. 
• Karsch, F. 1892: Arachniden von Ceylon und von Minikoy gesammelt von den Herren Doctoren P. und F. Sarasin. Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift 36: 267-310. Reference page. 
• 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 150(5): 247–338. BHL Reference page. 
• Marapao, B.P. 1965. Three species of spiders of the subfamily Argiopidae [sic] from Cebu. Junior Philippine Scientist 2: 43-55. Reference page. 
• Thorell, T.T.T. 1877. Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 10: 341–637. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• 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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