Argiope argentata

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Argiopinae
Genus: Argiope
Species:

Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)

• Aranea argentata Fabricius, 1775
• Argiope carinata L. Koch, 1871
• Argyopes hirtus Taczanowski, 1879
• Argiope waughi Simon, 1896
• Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916
• Gea panamensis Chamberlin, 1917
• Argiope cuyunii Hingston, 1932
• Argiope filiargentata Hingston, 1932
• Argiope filinfracta Hingston, 1932
• Aranea gracilenta Roewer, 1942 (replacement name)
• Argiope indistincta Mello-Leitão, 1944: 328 (synonymized by Levi, 1968: 346)
  • Type locality: José C. Pac.
    • Holotype: MLP. male ♂. legit Rosas Costa, Type no. 15.945.

• Fabricius, J. C. 1775. Systema entomologiae, sistens insectorum classes, ordines, genera, species, adiectis, synonymis, locis descriptionibus observationibus. Flensburg and Lipsiae, 832 pp. (Araneae, pp. 431-441). [433]

• Levi, H.W. 1968. The spider genera Gea and Argiope in America (Araneae: Araneidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 136: 319-352. Reference page. 
• Mello-Leitão, C.F. de 1944. Algumas aranhas da região amazônica. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro (N.S., Zool.) 25: 1–12. Reference page. 

• Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

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