Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)

Maelfait, Jean-Pierre, Desender, Konjev, Hendrickx, Frederik, Dekoninck, Wouter, Berthet, Mado, Bouckaert, Katia, Caudron, Julien & Leclercq, Marylise, 2023, Updated checklist, origin, distribution, literature and genital drawings of the spiders of the Galápagos Islands, Belgian Journal of Entomology 142, pp. 1-188 : 4

Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)

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DISTRIBUTION: from USA to Argentina.

GALÁPAGOS DISTRIBUTION: Baltra, Bartolomé, Daphne, Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Gardner nr Española, Genovesa, Isabela (Cerro Aul, Sierra Negra, V. Alcedo, V. Darwin, V. Wolf) , Marchena, Pinta, Pinzón , RÁbida, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa FÉ, Santiago, Seymour Norte.

REFERENCES: BAERT (2013c), BAERT & MAELFAIT (1986b), BAERT & MAELFAIT (1986c), BAERT & MAELFAIT (2000b), BAERT et al. (1989a), BAERT et al. (1989b), BAERT et al. (1990), BAERT et al. (1991), BAERT et al. (2008b), BANKS (1902), BANKS (1924), BANKS (1930), DESENDER et al. (1999), LEVI (1968), LEVI (2004), LUBIN (1975), ROTH & CRAIG (1970), SNODGRASS (1902.

Figures

Fig. 4. Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775). A-B, left male palp. A, retrolateral view. B, ventral view. C, female epigynum, ventral view. © M. Leclercq.