World Spider Catalog

Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: family name and authorship as per ICZN, 2009 Opinion 2224, after application by Kluge, 2007; Arkyinae L. Koch, 1872 (genera Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 and Demadiana Strand, 1929) elevated to Arkyidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; monophyly of Araneidae stated by Kallal et al., 2018: 138; Nephilinae Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0111] elevated to family and relimited by Kuntner, 2006: 24, re-synonymized with Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (Simon, 1894a: 746 as Phonognatheae), the valid name for Zygiellinae Simon, 1929 sensu Wunderlich, 2004f, elevated to family by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563, not accepted by Scharff et al., 2020 and Kallal et al., 2020, and confirmed as family by Kuntner et al., 2023: 969-970 along with the separation of Paraplectanoididae Kuntner, Coddington, Agnarsson & Bond, 2023 (with the single genus Paraplectanoides Keyserling, 1886); Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimitidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15, re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards).

In synonymy:

Austrargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)

Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Levi, 1983: 258)

Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)

Coganargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)

Miranda C. L. Koch, 1835 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Thorell, 1873: 518)

Gen. Argiope Audouin, 1826 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01443

N.B.: the original spelling Argyope suppressed by ICZN, 1975: Opinion 1038; considered a senior synonym of Miranda C. L. Koch, 1835: 128 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05539] (type M. transalpina C. L. Koch, 1835 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)) by Thorell, 1873: 518; considered a senior synonym of Austrargiope Kishida, 1936a: 17 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05231] (type Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867 = A. trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)), Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936a: 20 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05232] (type Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871), Coganargiope Kishida, 1936a: 18 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05233] (type Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878) and Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878)) by Yaginuma, 1959c: 21 and of Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05235] (type B. platycephala Caporiacco, 1947 = A. trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)) by Levi, 1983: 258; Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) instead synonymized with Nephila Leach, 1815 by Jäger, 2012c: 315 (by transfer of the type species) after Levi, 1983: 262), now in Trichonephila Dahl, 1911.

Transferred to other genera:

Argiope aequior Chamberlin, 1924 -- see Oxyopes

Argiope aurea Saito, 1934 -- see Eriophora

Argiope curvipes Keyserling, 1886 -- see Gea

Argiope lalita Sherriffs, 1928 -- see Neogea

Argiope lepida Thorell, 1898 -- see Acusilas

Argiope leucopicta Urquhart, 1890 -- see Cyrtophora

Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Trichonephila

Argiope marxi McCook, 1894 -- see Cyrtophora

Argiope phrygiatus (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Araneus

Argiope sachalinensis Saito, 1934 -- see Plebs

Argiope thai Levi, 1983 -- see Cyrtophora

Argiope viabilior Chamberlin, 1924 -- see Oxyopes

In synonymy:

Argiope abalosi Mello-Leitão, 1942 = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 340)

Argiope abramovi Logunov & Jäger, 2015 = Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 (Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 22)

Argiope acuminata Franganillo, 1920 = Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 (Jäger, 2012c: 286)

Argiope aemula nigripes Thorell, 1877 = Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 273)

Argiope aetherea annulipes Thorell, 1881 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope aetherea confusa Kulczyński, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti Doleschall, 1859 (Levi, 1983: 277)

Argiope aetherea coniuncta Kulczyński, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti Doleschall, 1859 (Levi, 1983: 278)

Argiope aetherea deusta Thorell, 1881 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Chrysanthus, 1958a: 238)

Argiope aetherea keyensis Strand, 1911 = Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881 (Jäger, 2012c: 308)

Argiope aetherea melanopalpis Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope aetherea tangana Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310)

Argiope anasuja fletcheri Hirst, 1911 = Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 (Grasshoff, 1980: 390)

Argiope arcuata Simon, 1884 = Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 (Levi, 1983: 284)

Argiope avara Thorell, 1859 = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 340)

Argiope avara angulicosta Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310)

Argiope avara ocelligera Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310)

Argiope avara tristipes Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310)

Argiope banana Strand, 1920 = Argiope australis Walckenaer, 1805 (Bjørn, 1997: 209)

Argiope barbipoda Strand, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti Doleschall, 1859 (Levi, 1983: 277)

Argiope boetonica Strand, 1915 = Argiope pictula Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 309)

Argiope browni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope bruennichi africana Strand, 1906 = Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 (Bjørn, 1997: 214)

Argiope bruennichi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910 = Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 (Jäger, 2012c: 286)

Argiope bruennichi orientalis Strand, 1907 = Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 (Levi, 1983: 282)

Argiope carinata L. Koch, 1871 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1983: 251)

Argiope celebesiana Merian, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti Doleschall, 1859 (Levi, 1983: 278)

Argiope clathrata C. L. Koch, 1839 = Argiope australis Walckenaer, 1805 (Bjørn, 1997: 209)

Argiope concinna Thorell, 1881 = Argiope reinwardti Doleschall, 1859 (Levi, 1983: 276)

Argiope cuspidata Thorell, 1859 = Argiope flavipalpis Lucas, 1858 (Edmunds, 1982: 287)

Argiope cuyunii Hingston, 1932 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 346)

Argiope davidi Schenkel, 1963 = Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878 (Levi, 1983: 280)

Argiope dubiosa (Strand, 1911, T from Gea) = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Levi, 1983: 317)

Argiope extensa Rainbow, 1897 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 284)

Argiope filiargentata Hingston, 1932 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 346)

Argiope filinfracta Hingston, 1932 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 346)

Argiope friederici Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope gracilenta (Roewer, 1942, T from Singa) = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1991a: 177)

Argiope gracilis Rainbow, 1897 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285)

Argiope gracillima Roewer, 1942 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285)

Argiope haynesi Hogg, 1914 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285)

Argiope hirta Taczanowski, 1879 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 345)

Argiope indistincta Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 346)

Argiope kalimpongensis Sinha, 1952 = Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897 (Levi, 1983: 279)

Argiope leopardina Pocock, 1898 = Argiope bougainvilla Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 1983: 312)

Argiope leopardina clavifemur Strand, 1914 = Argiope bougainvilla Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 1983: 312)

Argiope lihirica Strand, 1913 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310)

Argiope lobata retracta Franganillo, 1918 = Argiope lobata Pallas, 1772 (Jäger, 2012c: 288)

Argiope lugubris L. Koch, 1872 = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Levi, 1983: 317)

Argiope lunata Bradley, 1876 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope maerens Kulczyński, 1911 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1961 = Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907 (Levi, 1983: 294)

Argiope multifasciata Thorell, 1893 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 284)

Argiope nigripes Simon, 1890 = Argiope australis Walckenaer, 1805 (Bjørn, 1997: 209)

Argiope nigrovittata Thorell, 1859 = Argiope australis Walckenaer, 1805 (Bjørn, 1997: 209)

Argiope novaepommeraniae Strand, 1915 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 314)

Argiope obscuripes Strand, 1906 = Argiope sector Forsskål, 1776 (Bjørn, 1997: 224)

Argiope ohsumiensis Yaginuma, 1967 = Argiope ocula Fox, 1938 (Levi, 1983: 272)

Argiope ornata lineata (Marapao, 1965) = Argiope aemula Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 273)

Argiope ornata turricula (Marapao, 1965) = Argiope catenulata Doleschall, 1859 (Levi, 1983: 274)

Argiope pallida Rainbow, 1897 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285)

Argiope panamensis (Chamberlin, 1917, T from Gea) = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Bryant, 1940: 333)

Argiope papuana Workman, 1900 = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Jäger, 2012c: 313)

Argiope plagiata Karsch, 1892 = Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 (Levi, 1983: 293)

Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867 = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Chrysanthus, 1972: 156)

Argiope platycephala (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Brachygea) = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Levi, 1983: 286)

Argiope pradhani Sinha, 1952 = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Levi, 1983: 286)

Argiope principalis L. Koch, 1871 = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Chrysanthus, 1958a: 237)

Argiope pumila Thorell, 1890 = Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877 (Levi, 1983: 292)

Argiope reticulata (Kishida, 1936) = Argiope appensa Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 308)

Argiope rotunda (Hogg, 1915, T from Gea) = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 314)

Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968 = Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916 (Jäger, 2012c: 299)

Argiope schoenigi Marapao, 1965 = Argiope appensa Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 308)

Argiope seminola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 340)

Argiope shillongensis Sinha, 1951 = Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 (Levi, 1983: 298)

Argiope sikkimensis Tikader, 1970 = Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897 (Tikader, 1982a: 125, sub Argiope kalimpongensis)

Argiope stenogastra Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Argiope trifasciata Forsskål, 1775 (Levi, 1968a: 340)

Argiope suavissima Gerstaecker, 1873 = Argiope australis Walckenaer, 1805 (Bjørn, 1997: 209)

Argiope transalpina (C. L. Koch, 1835, T from Nephila) = Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 (Thorell, 1873: 518)

Argiope udjirica Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Chrysanthus, 1958a: 240)

Argiope undulata Thorell, 1887 = Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881 (Levi, 1983: 304)

Argiope vanicorensis Simon, 1897 = Argiope bougainvilla Walckenaer, 1847 (Levi, 1983: 312)

Argiope verecunda Thorell, 1878 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope waughi Simon, 1896 = Argiope argentata Fabricius, 1775 (Archer, 1963: 18, sub Argiope hirta)

Argiope wogeonicola Strand, 1913 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 314)

Argiope wolfi Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea Walckenaer, 1841 (Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope zabonica (Chamberlin, 1924) = Argiope bruennichi Scopoli, 1772 (Levi, 1983: 282)

Nomina dubia:

Argiope elegans Thorell, 1859: 299 (f, South Africa) -- Bjørn, 1997: 206

Argiope gibberosa Caporiacco, 1947c: 158 (j, Kenya, Tanzania) -- Bjørn, 1997: 206

Argiope gracilis (Blackwall, 1866: 464, j, Tropical Africa, originally in Argyopes) -- Bjørn, 1997: 206

Argiope manicata Thorell, 1859: 300 (j, China) -- Levi, 1983: 262

Nomen nudum:

Argiope argentata nigra Franganillo, 1926a: 52 (Cuba) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054691] -- Franganillo, 1926a: 52, no description

Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841) | | India to Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015339

Epeira aemula Walckenaer, 1841: 118 (Df) Original description

Epeira striata Doleschall, 1857: 415 (Df)

Epeira striata Doleschall, 1859: 30, pl. 9, f. 2 (f)

Argiope aemula Thorell, 1877b: 364 (Dm)

Argiope aemula nigripes Thorell, 1877b: 364 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015340]

Argiope aemula Thorell, 1887: 164 (Dm)

Argiope trivittata Karsch, 1892: 280, pl. 10, f. 6 (Df)

Metargiope ornatus lineatus Marapao, 1965: 46, pl. 2, f. 1-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060826]

Argiope aemula Shimojana, 1967: 18, f. 11 (f)

Argiope aemula Tikader, 1970: 29, f. 17b (f)

Argiope aemula Chrysanthus, 1971: 9, f. 1-3 (f)

Argiope aemula Yin, 1978: 4, f. 9A-C (f)

Argiope aemula Song, 1980: 100, f. 46a-c (f)

Argiope aemula Tikader, 1982a: 119, f. 223-226 (f)

Argiope aemula Levi, 1983: 273, f. 9-10, 29-35 (mf, S of Argiope aemula nigripes and A. ornata lineata)

Argiope ornata lineata Brignoli, 1983c: 242

Argiope aemula Hu, 1984: 101, f. 97.1-3 (f)

Argiope aemula Yaginuma, 1986a: 114, f. 59.6 (m)

Argiope aemula Chikuni, 1989b: 78, f. 46 (mf)

Argiope aemule Feng, 1990: 62, f. 37.1-4 (f)

Argiope aemula Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 575, f. 356a-d, 357a-f (mf)

Argiope aemula Yin et al., 1997d: 69, f. 3a-g (mf)

Argiope aemula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 150R-S, 151A, 152L, 153F (mf)

Argiope aemula Gajbe, 2007: 512, f. 269-272 (f)

Argiope aemula Tanikawa, 2007c: 45, f. 24-25, 439-440 (mf)

Argiope aemula Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 28-29 (mf)

Argiope aemula Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 206, f. 144A-E (mf)

Argiope aemula Yin et al., 2012: 566, f. 270a-g (mf)

Argiope aemula Jäger, 2012c: 281, f. 3-7 (m)

Argiope aemula Sen et al., 2015: 111, f. 642-646, pl. 21 (m)

Argiope aemula Ade & Dixit, 2016: 729, f. 1a-f (f)

Argiope aemula Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 8, f. 18-22, 169 (f)

Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) | | China to Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015341

Epeira aetherea Walckenaer, 1841: 112 (Df) Original description

Argiope regalis L. Koch, 1871: 36, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df)

Argiope variabilis Bradley, 1876a: 141, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df)

Argiope lunata Bradley, 1876a: 143, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060818]

Argiope brownii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877a: 284 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060794]

Argiope verecunda Thorell, 1878b: 35 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060849]

Argiope aetherea deusta Thorell, 1881: 68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060781]

Argiope aetherea annulipes Thorell, 1881: 68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015342]

Argiope verecunda Pocock, 1897c: 599, pl. 35, f. 6

Argiope aetherea Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 198, pl. 12, f. 296 (f)

Argiope aetherea melanopalpis Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060783]

Argiope friedericii Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060807]

Argiope wolfi Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060852]

Argiope maerens Kulczyński, 1911c: 473, pl. 20, f. 45 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060819]

Argiope udjirica Strand, 1911d: 142, pl. 5, f. 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060846]

Argiope wogeonicola Strand, 1913d: 116 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060851]

Gea rotunda Hogg, 1915a: 444, f. 24 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060838]

Argiope aetherea deusta Strand, 1915d: 211, pl. 13, f. 15, pl. 17, f. 61 (f)

Argiope novae-pommeraniae Strand, 1915d: 212, pl. 16, f. 51 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060823]

Argiope wolfi Strand, 1915d: 212, pl. 16, f. 55 (f)

Argiope wogeonicola Strand, 1915d: 213, pl. 16, f. 56, pl. 17, f. 58 (f)

Argiope friedericii Strand, 1915d: 214, pl. 17, f. 62 (f)

Argiope udjirica Roewer, 1938: 33, f. 22 (f)

Argiope aetherea Chrysanthus, 1958a: 237, f. 7-12, 20, 24 (mf, S of Argiope aetherea deusta and A. udjirica)

Argiope aetherea Main, 1964: 102, f. D-E (f)

Argiope aetherea Chrysanthus, 1971: 10 (S of Argiope boetonica; rejected, see Argiope pictula)

Argiope aetherea Levi, 1983: 313, f. 5-6, 297-309 (mf, S of Argiope aetherea annulipes, A. aetherea melanopalpis, A. browni, A. friederici, A. lunata, A. maerens, A. novaepommeraniae, A. verecunda, A. wogeonicola, A. wolfi and Gea rotunda, S of Argiope aetherea tangana, A. avara angulicosta, A. avara ocelligera, A. avara tristipes and A. lihirica rejected by Jäger, 2012c: 310, see Argiope brunnescentia; S of Argiope aetherea keyensis rejected by Jäger, 2012c: 308, see Argiope modesta)

Argiope aetherea Jäger, 2012c: 312, f. 155-156 (m)

Argiope aetheroides Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng & Chen, 1989 | | China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015343

Argiope aetherea Yaginuma, 1986a: 114, f. 59.5 (f, misidentified)

Argiope aetheroides Yin et al., 1989: 61, f. 1A-E (Df) Original description

Argiope aetheroides Tanikawa, 1994a: 34, f. 1-7 (f, Dm)

Argiope aetheroides Yin & Bao, 1995a: 127, f. 1-3 (m)

Argiope aetheroides Yin et al., 1997d: 80, f. 13a-i (mf)

Argiope aetheroides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 151B-D, 152M, 153G (mf)

Argiope aetheroides Tanikawa, 2007c: 45, f. 26, 441-443 (mf)

Argiope aetheroides Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 30-31 (mf)

Argiope aetheroides Yin et al., 2012: 567, f. 271a-i (mf)

Argiope aetheroides Jäger, 2012c: 304, f. 108-110 (m)

Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932 | | Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan? urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015344

Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932a: 182, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Argiope anhgeri Bakhvalov, 1974: 108, f. 11 (f)

Argiope ahngeri Tiunov & Esyunin, 2014: 1316, f. 1.1-11, 2.1-2 (f, Dm)

Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878 | | China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan. Introduced to Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015345

Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878c: 735, pl. 15, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Argiope amoena Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 199, pl. 4, f. 19, pl. 12, f. 290 (f, Dm)

Argiope amoena Strand, 1918: 95, pl. 2, f. 37 (f)

Coganargiope amoena Kishida, 1936a: 18 (T from Argiope)

Coganargiope amoena Nakatsudi, 1942a: 304, f. 3-4 (f)

Argiope davidi Schenkel, 1963: 136, f. 80a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060803]

Argiope amoena Hikichi, 1977: 154, f. 39 (f)

Argiope amoena Yin, 1978: 3, f. 7A-C (f)

Argiope amoena Song, 1980: 98, f. 44a-c (f)

Argiope amoena Wang, 1981: 99, f. 40A-C (f)

Argiope amoena Levi, 1983: 280, f. 67-72 (mf, S of Argiope davidi)

Argiope amoena Hu, 1984: 102, f. 98.4-5 (f)

Argiope amoena Yaginuma, 1986a: 113, f. 59.1 (m)

Argiope amoena Chikuni, 1989b: 79, f. 48 (mf)

Argiope amoena Feng, 1990: 64, f. 39.1-5 (mf)

Argiope amoena Chen & Gao, 1990: 49, f. 55a-b (mf)

Argiope amoena Chen & Zhang, 1991: 83, f. 73.1-4 (mf)

Argiope amoena Yin et al., 1997d: 72, f. 6a-f (mf)

Argiope amoena Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 151E-F, 152N, 153H (mf)

Argiope amoena Hu, 2001: 431, f. 277.1-4 (mf)

Argiope amoena Namkung, 2002: 271, f. 19.33a-b (mf)

Argiope amoena Kim & Kim, 2002: 191, f. 23, 101, 194-195 (mf)

Argiope amoena Kim & Cho, 2002: 254, f. 595-600 (m)

Argiope amoena Namkung, 2003: 273, f. 19.33a-b (mf)

Argiope amoena Shin, 2007: 152, f. 6A-E (mf)

Argiope amoena Tanikawa, 2007c: 46, f. 27-29, 444-445 (mf)

Argiope amoena Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 32-33 (mf)

Argiope amoena Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 207, f. 145A-F (mf)

Argiope amoena Yin et al., 2012: 569, f. 272a-f (mf)

Argiope amoena Kim & Lee, 2012b: 43, f. 28A-D, pl. 7 (mf)

Argiope amoena Jäger, 2012c: 285, f. 34-35 (m)

Argiope amoena Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 46, 5 f. (mf)

Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 | | Seychelles, Maldives, Iran, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Australia (Cocos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015346

Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887: 162 (D) Original description

Argiope plagiata Karsch, 1892: 279, pl. 10, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060831]

Argiope plagiata Strand, 1907k: 167, f. 5 (f)

Argiope anasuja fletcheri Hirst, 1911: 385, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060785]

Argiope anasuja Gravely, 1921a: 412, f. 3a (f)

Argiope anasuja Grasshoff, 1980: 389 (S of Argiope anasuja fletcheri)

Argiope anasuja Tikader, 1982a: 127, f. 239-242 (f)

Argiope anasuja Levi, 1983: 293, f. 167-172 (Dm, f, S of Argiope plagiata)

Argiope anasuja Saaristo, 2010: 48, f. 4.66-71 (mf)

Argiope anasuja Jäger, 2012c: 299, f. 84-87 (mf)

Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997 | | DR Congo, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015347

Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997: 230, f. 79 (Dm) Original description

Argiope anomalopalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 29, 1 unnumbered f. (m)

Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Taiwan to New Guinea. Introduced to Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015348

Epeira appensa Walckenaer, 1841: 111 (Df) Original description

Epeira crenulata Doleschall, 1857: 414 (Df)

Epeira crenulata Doleschall, 1859: pl. 3, f. 7 (f)

Argiope chrysorrhoea L. Koch, 1871: 38, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df)

Argiope crenulata Thorell, 1878b: 30 (Dm)

Coganargiope reticulata Kishida, 1936a: 27, f. 6-11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060837]

Argiope crenulata Roewer, 1938: 33, f. 23 (f)

Coganargiope reticulata Nakatsudi, 1943a: 154, f. 5a-b, pl. XXII, f. 1-2 (mf)

Argiope schoenigi Marapao, 1965: 44, pl. 1, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060839]

Argiope appensa Chrysanthus, 1971: 10, f. 4-8 (mf)

Argiope appensa Levi, 1983: 308, f. 271-278 (mf, S of Argiope boetonica, A. reticulata and A. schoenigi; S of A. boetonica rejected, see Argiope pictula)

Argiope appensa Jäger, 2012c: 309, f. 147-151 (mf)

Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) | | USA to Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015349

Aranea argentata Fabricius, 1775: 433 (D) Original description

Aranea mammeata De Geer, 1778: 318, pl. 39, f. 5 (D)

Aranea mammata Olivier, 1789: 202

Aranea argentata Olivier, 1789: 234

Epeira mammata Walckenaer, 1805: 56

Argyopes argentatus C. L. Koch, 1838: 38, f. 360 (Df)

Argyopes fenestrinus C. L. Koch, 1838: 39, f. 361 (Df)

Epeira argentata Walckenaer, 1841: 115, pl. 18, f. 3 (f)

Epeira amictoria Walckenaer, 1841: 119 (Df)

Plectana sloanii Walckenaer, 1841: 200 (Df)

Epeira gracilis Keyserling, 1865: 826, pl. 19, f. 29-30 (Dm; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1805, see Micrathena gracilis)

Argiope carinata L. Koch, 1871: 29, pl. 2, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060797]

Argyopes maronicus Taczanowski, 1873: 261 (Df)

Argyopes subtilis Taczanowski, 1873: 261 (Df)

Acrosoma sloanii Butler, 1873b: 428

Argyopes hirtus Taczanowski, 1879: 103, pl. 1, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060811]

Epeira gracilis Keyserling, 1893: 235, pl. 11, f. 175 (m)

Argiope argentata McCook, 1894: 220, pl. 16, f. 1-2 (mf)

Argiope argentata Simon, 1895a: 764, f. 840 (f)

Argiope waughi Simon, 1896e: 105 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060850]

Argiope argentata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 450, pl. 42, f. 25-26 (mf)

Araneus gracilis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 294

Micrathena sloanei Petrunkevitch, 1911: 378

Gea panamensis Chamberlin, 1917: 243, pl. 19, f. 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060829]

Argiope argentata Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 241, f. 90-92 (mf)

Argiope argyrea Badcock, 1932: 19, f. 13 (Df)

Argiope cuyunii Hingston, 1932: 373 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060802]

Argiope filiargentata Hingston, 1932: 372 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060805]

Argiope filinfracta Hingston, 1932: 373 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060806]

Micrathena sloani Mello-Leitão, 1932a: 77

Argiope argentata Bryant, 1940: 333 (S of Gea panamensis)

Singa gracilis Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 259 (T from Araneus)

Aranea gracilenta Roewer, 1942a: 843 (replacement name for Epeira gracilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060808]

Argiope indistincta Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 328, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060812]

Argiope argentata Abalos & Báez, 1963: 201, f. 12-15, 26-27 (mf)

Argiope hirta Archer, 1963: 18 (S of Argiope waughi)

Argiope argentata Abalos, 1967: 273, f. 12G-H, J (f)

Argiope argentata Levi, 1968a: 345, f. 42, 73, 112-136 (mf, S of Argiope cuyunii, A. filiargentata, A. filinfracta, A. hirta, A. indistincta and A. maronica, S of A. submaronica rejected by Jäger, 2012c: 298, see Argiope submaronica)

Argiope argentata Levi, 1983: 251 (S of Argiope carinata)

Argiope argentata Levi, 1991a: 177 (S of Argiope gracilenta and A. gracilis Keyserling)

Argiope argentata Lopez, 1993: 12, f. 12-13 (m)

Argiope argentata Agnarsson, 2004: 607, f. 92A (m)

Argiope argentata Levi, 2004: 58, f. 16-17, 36-45 (mf)

Argiope argentata Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 176, f. 17A (m)

Argiope argentata Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 846, f. 133B, 137A, C, E, 140A, F (mf)

Argiope argentata Taucare-Ríos, 2012a: 43, f. 1-3 (mf)

Argiope argentata Jäger, 2012c: 296, f. 73-79 (mf)

Argiope argentata Agnarsson et al., 2016: 35, f. 4j-l, 4o-p (mf)

Argiope argentata Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 159, f. 13A, 18E (mf)

Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833 | | Canada to Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015350

Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833a: 86, pl. 5, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Nephila vestita C. L. Koch, 1838: 35, f. 358 (Df)

Epeira aurantia Lucas, 1840: 421

Epeira cophinaria Walckenaer, 1841: 109 (Df)

Epeira ambitoria Walckenaer, 1841: 112 (Df)

Epeira riparia Hentz, 1847: 468, pl. 30, f. 5 (Df)

Epeira sutrix Hentz, 1847: 478, pl. 31, f. 23 (Df)

Argiope riparia McCook, 1882: 256

Argiope riparia Emerton, 1884: 329, pl. 34, f. 19, pl. 38, f. 13-14, 19 (f, Dm)

Argiope riparia multiconcha Treat, 1887: 1122 (Df)

Argiope cophinaria Marx, 1890a: 541

Argiope personata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 110, pl. 14, f. 14 (Df)

Argiope cophinaria McCook, 1894: 217, pl. 15, f. 1-6, pl. 16, f. 1, 5-6 (mf)

Argiope aurantia Simon, 1895a: 765, f. 843 (m)

Argiope godmani O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 236, pl. 37, f. 8 (Df)

Argiope riparia Emerton, 1902: 194, f. 448-454 (f, Dm)

Miranda cophinaria F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 452, pl. 43, f. 4-5 (f, Dm)

Argiope aurantia Kaston, 1948: 221, f. 696, 717-721 (mf)

Argiope aurantia Cloudsley-Thompson, 1956: 74, f. 1B (f)

Argiope aurantia Levi, 1968a: 338, f. 43-57 (mf)

Argiope aurantia Breene et al., 1993: 101, f. 147A-C (mf)

Argiope aurantia Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 45, f. 296-298 (mf)

Argiope aurantia Dondale et al., 2003: 155, f. 323-328 (mf)

Argiope aurantia Levi, 2004: 52, f. 9-15 (mf)

Argiope aurantia Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2010: 77, f. 1B (f)

Argiope aurantia Jäger, 2012c: 287, f. 42-43 (m)

Argiope aurantia Lemay & Paquin, 2022: 15, f. 1a-c, 3a-d (mf)

Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898 | | DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015351

Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898g: 512, pl. 41, f. 6, pl. 42, f. 11 (Df) Original description

Argiope aurocincta Bjørn, 1997: 207, f. 6-10, 15-19 (f)

Argiope aurocincta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 30, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 30: 6 unnumbered f. (f)

Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) | | Cape Verde Is., Senegal, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015352

Epeira australis Walckenaer, 1805: 56 (D) Original description

Argyopes clathratus C. L. Koch, 1838: 40, f. 362 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060799]

Epeira australis Walckenaer, 1841: 116 (Df)

Argiope laeta Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df)

Argiope nigrovittata Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060822]

Argyopes caudatus Blackwall, 1865b: 346 (Df)

Argiope sericea zairensis Brito Capello, 1866: 80 (Df)

Argiope clathrata Thorell, 1868b: 30

Argiope nigrovittata Thorell, 1868b: 31

Argiope suavissima Gerstaecker, 1873: 495, pl. 18, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060845]

Argiope nigripes Simon, 1890a: 101 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060821]

Argiope suavissima Tullgren, 1910: 156, pl. 4, f. 91 (f)

Argiope nigrovittata Tullgren, 1910: 156, pl. 4, f. 92 (f)

Argiope banana Strand, 1920: 110 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060791]

Argiope suavissima Lessert, 1930: 629, f. 10a (f)

Argiope australis Bjørn, 1997: 209, f. 1, 11-12, 20-33 (Dm, f, S of Argiope banana, A. clathrata, A. nigripes, A. nigrovittata and A. suavissima, Walckenaer's 1805 citation of a pre-Linnean discussion of this species regarded as a valid indication)

Argiope australis Jäger, 2012c: 290, f. 49-53 (mf)

Argiope australis Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jones, 2022: 19, f. 1-10 (mf)

Argiope australis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 31, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 31: 3 unnumbered f., p. 32: 6 unnumbered f., p. 33: 5 unnumbered f. (mf)

Argiope beibeng Mi & Wang, 2024 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061401

Argiope beibeng Mi & Wang in Mi, Zhang & Wang, 2024: 4, f. 1A-K, 2A-D, 3A-E (Dmf) Original description

Argiope bivittigera Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045278

Argiope doleschallii bivittigera Strand, 1911d: 141 (Df) Original description

Argiope bivittigera Jäger, 2012c: 283, f. 10-14, ph. 1-5 (removed f from S of A. reinwardti, contra Levi, 1983: 276, Dm)

Argiope blanda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 | | USA to Costa Rica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015353

Argiope blanda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 267, pl. 37, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Argiope blanda F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 451, pl. 43, f. 1 (m)

Argiope blanda Levi, 1968a: 348, f. 137-153 (m, Df)

Argiope blanda Levi, 2004: 60, f. 46-54 (mf)

Argiope blanda Jäger, 2012c: 298, f. 80-82 (m)

Argiope boesenbergi Levi, 1983 | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015354

Argiope boesenbergi Levi, 1983: 279, f. 61-66 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope boesenbergi Yaginuma, 1986a: 113, f. 59.2 (m)

Argiope boesenbergi Hu & Li, 1987b: 265, f. 11.1-5 (f)

Argiope perforata Wang, 1988: 101, f. 1-3 (m; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28)

Argiope boesenbergi Chikuni, 1989b: 79, f. 49 (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Feng, 1990: 63, f. 38.1-6 (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Chen & Gao, 1990: 50, f. 56a-c (f)

Argiope boesenbergi Namkung, Im & Kim, 1994: 69, f. 7-14 (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Yin et al., 1997d: 73, f. 7a-f (f)

Argiope perforata Yin et al., 1997d: 78, f. 11g-i (m only; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28)

Argiope boesenbergi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151G-I (f)

Argiope perforata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 153B, M (m only; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28)

Argiope boesenbergi Hu, 2001: 432, f. 278.1-2 (f)

Argiope boesenbergi Namkung, 2002: 272, f. 19.34a-c (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Kim & Kim, 2002: 192, f. 24-25, 102-103, 196-200 (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Namkung, 2003: 274, f. 19.34a-c (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Shin, 2007: 154, f. 7A-G (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Tanikawa, 2007c: 46, f. 30-31, 446-447 (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 34-35 (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Yin et al., 2012: 571, f. 273a-f (f)

Argiope perforata Yin et al., 2012: 578, f. 278g-i (m only; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28)

Argiope boesenbergi Kim & Lee, 2012b: 45, f. 29A-C (mf)

Argiope boesenbergi Jäger, 2012c: 285, f. 33 (m)

Argiope boesenbergi Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 47, 4 f. (mf)

Argiope bougainvilla (Walckenaer, 1847) | | New Guinea to Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015355

Epeira bougainvilla Walckenaer, 1847a: 473 (Df) Original description

Argiope bougainvilla L. Koch, 1871: 42

Argiope vanicorensis Simon, 1898b: 272 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060848]

Argiope leopardina Pocock, 1898b: 461, pl. 19, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060814]

Argiope leopardina clavifemur Strand, 1915d: 216 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060815]

Argiope bougainvilla Levi, 1983: 312, f. 286-291 (f, Dm, S of Argiope leopardina, A. leopardina clavifemur and A. vanicorensis)

Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) | | Europe, Turkey, Israel, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus, Iran, Central Asia to China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015356

Aranea brünnichii Scopoli, 1772: 125 (D) Original description

Argiope bruennichi Shin, 2007: 156, f. 8A-K (mf)

Aranea speciosa Pallas, 1773: 732 (D)

Argiope bruennichi Tanikawa, 2007c: 45, f. 19-23, 437-438 (mf)

Aranea senoculata Lepechin, 1774: 316, pl. 16, f. 1 (misidentified)

Argiope bruennichi Kim, Ki & Park, 2008: 182, f. 5A-D (mf)

Aranea fasciata Fabricius, 1775: 433 (D)

Argiope bruennichi Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 26-27 (mf)

Aranea zebra Sulzer, 1776: 254, pl. 29, f. 15 (Df)

Argiope bruennichi Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2010: 77, f. 1A (f)

Aranea formosa Cyrillus, 1787: 7, pl. 9 (Df)

Argiope bruennichi Di Pompeo et al., 2011: 206, f. 3, 6a-b (f)

Aranea pulchra Razoumowsky, 1787: 372 (D)

Argiope bruennichi Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 208, f. 146A-E (mf)

Aranea caspia Gmelin, 1789: 2959 (D)

Argiope bruennichi Yin et al., 2012: 572, f. 274a-f (mf)

Aranea fasciata Olivier, 1789: 198

Argiope bruennichi Kim & Lee, 2012b: 46, f. 30A-C, pl. 5-6 (mf)

Aranea phragmitis Rossi, 1790: 128, pl. 3, f. 13, pl. 9, f. 5 (D)

Argiope bruennichi Jäger, 2012c: 286, f. 37-41 (mf, S of Argiope acuminata and A. bruennichi nigrofasciata)

Segestria pulchra Risso, 1826: 160 (D)

Argiope bruennichi Vöcking, Uhl & Michalik, 2013: 2, f. 1A-F (f)

Argiope fasciata Audouin, 1826: 329 (Df)

Argiope bruennichi Tiunov & Esyunin, 2014: 1319, f. 3.1-11 (mf)

Miranda transalpina C. L. Koch, 1835: 128, pl. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054681]

Argiope bruennichi Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 50, 6 f. (mf)

Epeira speciosa Krynicki, 1837: 76

Argiope bruennichi Zhan et al., 2019: 9, f. 3F (f)

Nephila transalpina C. L. Koch, 1838: vol. 5: 33, f. 356-357 (Dm, f)

Argiope bruennichi Kosyan, 2022: 64, f. 1a-b (f)

Epeira speciosa Eichwald, 1841: 241, pl. 37, f. 5 (Df)

Argiope bruennichi Morano, 2023: 84, f. 32-35 (mf)

Epeira fasciata Walckenaer, 1841: 104 (Dmf)

Epeira fasciata var. A. Walckenaer, 1841: 105 (f)

Nephila fasciata C. L. Koch, 1844: 159, f. 954 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Thorell, 1873: 518 (S of Miranda/Nephila transalpina)

Argiope bruennichi Simon, 1874a: 31 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 117, pl. 4, f. 40 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Becker, 1896: (2): 5, pl. 1, f. 2 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Bösenberg, 1901: 20, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf)

Argiope brünnichii africana Strand, 1906b: 618 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060795]

Argiope bruennichi orientalis Strand, 1907m: 416 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060796]

Argiope bruennuchi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910: 7, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015357]

Argiope acuminata Franganillo, 1920: 138 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015338]

Miranda zabonica Chamberlin, 1924a: 17, pl. 4, f. 34 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060853]

Argiope brünnichii Spassky, 1925: 15, f. 49 (m)

Argiope bruennichi Kolosváry, 1931: 1075, pl. 30, f. 6-9 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Wiehle, 1931: 14, f. 4b, 5a, 11-17 (Dmf)

Argiope bruennichi Drensky, 1943: 222, f. 3 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Bristowe, 1945: 829, f. 1-3 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Locket & Millidge, 1953: 168, f. 112A-C (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Cloudsley-Thompson, 1956: 74, f. 1A (f)

Argiope brünnichi Saito, 1959: 100, f. 117a-f (f)

Argiope bruennichi Crome & Crome, 1961a: 444, f. 37-42 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Crome & Crome, 1961b: 190, f. 22-26 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Azheganova, 1968: 70, f. 141-143 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Levi, 1968a: 334, f. 39-41 (m)

Argiope bruennichi Tystshenko, 1971: 190, f. 550 (m)

Argiope bruennichi Miller, 1971: 201, pl. XXXVII, f. 16 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Loksa, 1972: 110, f. 100B, 101A-B (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Bakhvalov, 1974: 108, f. 12-14 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Yin, 1978: 3, f. 6A-C (f)

Argiope bruennichi Paik & Namkung, 1979: 42, f. 23 (m)

Argiope bruennichi Song, 1980: 97, f. 43a-c (f)

Argiope bruennichi Wang, 1981: 98, f. 39A-C (f)

Argiope bruennichi Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1982: 50, f. III.21, 25 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Levi, 1983: 282, f. 81-86 (mf, S of Argiope bruennichi orientalis and A. zabonica)

Argiope bruennichi Hu, 1984: 103, f. 99.1-2 (f)

Argiope bruennichi Roberts, 1985: 222, f. 100c (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Zhu & Shi, 1985: 76, f. 63a-c (f)

Argiope bruennichi Yaginuma, 1986a: 114, f. 69.4 (m)

Argiope bruennichii Zhang, 1987: 75, f. 59.1-4 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Song, 1988: 130, f. 9A-C (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1989: 225, f. LXIX.21, 25 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Hu & Wu, 1989: 98, f. 73.1-3 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Chikuni, 1989b: 78, f. 47 (mf)

Argiope bruennichii Feng, 1990: 65, f. 40.1-5 (mf)

Argiope bruennichii Chen & Gao, 1990: 50, f. 57a-b (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Chen & Zhang, 1991: 82, f. 72.1-4 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 80, f. 177 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Zhao, 1993: 234, f. 108a-c (f)

Argiope bruennichi Roberts, 1995: 338, f. (mf)

Argiope bruennichii Zhao, 1995: 952, f. 447a-c (f)

Argiope bruennichi Mcheidze, 1997: 252, f. 543-547 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Bjørn, 1997: 214, f. 37-42 (mf, S of Argiope bruennichi africana)

Argiope bruennichi Yin et al., 1997d: 75, f. 8a-f (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Roberts, 1998: 350, f. (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Levy, 1998a: 358, f. 179-187 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151J-K, 152O (mf)

Argiope bruennichii Hu, 2001: 433, f. 279.1-3 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 199, f. 119A-F (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Namkung, 2002: 274, f. 19.36a-b (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Kim & Kim, 2002: 193, f. 26, 104, 201-202 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Kim & Cho, 2002: 254, f. 601-606 (m)

Argiope bruennichi Namkung, 2003: 276, f. 19.36a-b (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Almquist, 2005: 155, f. 164a-d (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Mirshamsi & Darvish, 2005: 6, f. 6, 7a-b, 8, 9a-c, 10 (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Nessler, Uhl & Schneider, 2007: 2337, f. 1a-g (mf)

Argiope bruennichi Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2007: 400, f. 1A-G, 2A-F, 3A-B, 4A-F (mf)

Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 | | New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015358

Argiope avara brunnescentia Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) Original description

Argiope avara angulicosta Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060788]

Argiope avara ocelligera Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060789]

Argiope avara tristipes Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060790]

Argiope aetherea tangana Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060784]

Argiope lihirica Strand, 1913d: 116 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060816]

Argiope lihirica Strand, 1915d: 215, pl. 13, f. 14, pl. 16, f. 52 (f)

Argiope brunnescentia Levi, 1983: 310, f. 279-285 (mf, elevated from subspecies, S of Argiope squallica, revalidated by Jäger, 2012c: 311)

Argiope brunnescentia Jäger, 2012c: 310, f. 152 (m, S of Argiope aetherea tangana, A. avara angulicosta, A. avara ocelligera, A. avara tristipes and A. lihirica, all removed from S of Argiope aetherea, contra Levi, 1983: 313)

Argiope buehleri Schenkel, 1944 | | Timor urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015359

Argiope bühleri Schenkel, 1944: 184, f. 7a-c (Df) Original description

Argiope buehleri Levi, 1983: 276, f. 42-46 (f)

Argiope bullocki Rainbow, 1908 | | Australia (New South Wales) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015360

Argiope bullockii Rainbow, 1908: 46, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Argiope bullocki Levi, 1983: 288, f. 120-123 (f)

Argiope butchko LeQuier & Agnarsson, 2016 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048809

Argiope butchko LeQuier & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2016: 35, f. 4a-i, 4m-n (Dmf) Original description

Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897 | | India, Myanmar, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015361

Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897b: 7 (Df) Original description

Argiope kalimpongensis Sinha, 1952: 77, f. 3a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060813]

Argiope sikkimensis Tikader, 1970: 28, f. 18a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060843]

Argiope kalimpongensis Tikader, 1982a: 125, f. 235-238 (f, S of Argiope sikkimensis)

Argiope caesarea Levi, 1983: 279, f. 56-60 (f, S of Argiope kalimpongensis)

Argiope caesarea Yin et al., 1989: 62, f. 2A-C (f)

Argiope caesares Yin et al., 1997d: 71, f. 5a-f (f)

Argiope caesarea Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151L-N, 153I (f)

Argiope caesarea Mi, Zhang & Wang, 2024: 11, f. 4A-J, 5A-D, 6A-E (Dm, f)

Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983 | | New Caledonia, Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015362

Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983: 302, f. 217-221 (Df) Original description

Argiope cameloides Zhu & Song, 1994 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015363

Argiope macrochoera Yin et al., 1989: 63, f. 3A-C (f; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17)

Argiope cameloides Zhu & Song in Zhu et al., 1994: 33, f. 8A-C (Dm) Original description

Argiope cameloides Yin et al., 1997d: 82, f. 14a-c (m)

Argiope macrochoera Yin et al., 1997d: 68, f. 2a-f (f; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17)

Argiope cameloides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 152P, 153J (m)

Argiope macrochoera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151Q-S, 153L (f; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17)

Argiope cameloides Jäger, 2012c: 307, f. 123-125 (m)

Argiope cameloides Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 3A-D (m, Df)

Argiope carvalhoi (Mello-Leitão, 1944) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050273

Mecynogea carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1944a: 8 (Df) Original description

Manogea porracea Levi, 1997: 234 (T from Mecynogea, S? with Manogea porracea, S rejected by Martins & Santos, 2018: 443)

Argiope carvalhoi Martins & Santos, 2018: 443, f. 20A-B, 21A-F (f, T from Manogea, removed from S of Manogea porracea, contra Levi, 1997: 234)

Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859) | | India to Philippines, New Guinea, Australia (Northern Territory) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015364

Epeira catenulata Doleschall, 1859: 30, pl. 9, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Argiope opulenta Thorell, 1859: 299 (Df)

Epeira stellata Stoliczka, 1869: 234, pl. 18, f. 6 (Df)

Argiope pelewensis Keyserling, 1886a: 136, pl. 11, f. 2 (Df)

Argiope catenulata Simon, 1895a: 858 (S of Pronous chelifer = Argiope chelifera; rejected by Levi, 1983: 326, see Gea spinipes)

Argiope catenulata Kolosváry, 1931: 1071, pl. 30, f. 5 (f)

Argiope catenulata Chrysanthus, 1958a: 240, f. 13-18, 22 (mf)

Metargiope ornatus turricula Marapao, 1965: 47, pl. 3, f. 5-11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060827]

Argiope catenulata Yin, 1978: 4, f. 10A-C (f)

Argiope catenulata Song, 1980: 101, f. 47a-c (f)

Argiope catenulata Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 35, f. 56-58 (f)

Argiope catenulata Tikader, 1982a: 121, f. 227-230 (f)

Argiope catenulata Levi, 1983: 274, f. 36-41 (mf, S of Argiope ornata turricula)

Argiope ornata turricula Brignoli, 1983c: 243

Argiope catenulata Hu, 1984: 103, f. 98.1-3 (f)

Argiope catenulata Feng, 1990: 66, f. 41.1-6 (mf)

Argiope catenulata Amalin, Barrion & Rueda, 1992: 37, f. 1a-e, 2a-c (mf)

Argiope catenulata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 570, f. 353a-e, 354a-c (mf)

Argiope catenulata Yin et al., 1997d: 70, f. 4a-h (mf)

Argiope catenulata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151O-P, 152Q, 153K (mf)

Argiope catenulata Yin et al., 2012: 574, f. 275a-h (mf)

Argiope catenulata Jäger, 2012c: 282, f. 8-9 (mf)

Argiope catenulata Brown & Henderson, 2019: 98, f. 2-5 (m habitus, f)

Argiope chloreides Chrysanthus, 1961 | | China, Laos, Malaysia (peninsula), Indonesia (New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051566

Argiope chloreides Chrysanthus, 1961b: 197, f. 5-8 (Df) Original description

Argiope chloreis Levi, 1983: 292, f. 141-143, 146-147 (f; misidentified and S with Argiope chloreis rejected per Tan et al., 2019b: 49)

Argiope chloreis Jäger, 2012c: 296, f. 69-72 (f; misidentified per Tan et al., 2019b: 49)

Argiope chloreides Tan et al., 2019b: 49, f. 25-41 (Dm, f, removed from S of Argiope chloreis)

Argiope chloreides Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 21, f. 4A-B (m)

Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877 | | Malaysia (peninsula, Borneo), Indonesia (Sumatra, Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015365

Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877b: 368 (Df) Original description

Argiope pumila Thorell, 1890a: 99 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060836]

Argiope pumila Chrysanthus, 1961b: 197, f. 10-11 (f)

Argiope chloreis Levi, 1983: 292, f. 144-145, 148-151 (f, S of Argiope chloreides and A. pumila; partly misidentified and S of Argiope chloreides rejected per Tan et al., 2019b: 49)

Argiope chloreis Tan et al., 2019b: 47, f. 3-24 (f)

Argiope comorica Bjørn, 1997 | | Comoros, Mayotte urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015366

Argiope comorica Bjørn, 1997: 229, f. 74-78 (Df) Original description

Argiope coquereli (Vinson, 1863) | | Tanzania (Zanzibar), Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015367

Epeira coquerelii Vinson, 1863: 201, 312, pl. 8, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Argiope coquereli Karsch, 1879a: 339

Argiope coquereli Bjørn, 1997: 217, f. 43-48 (f, f. m)

Argiope coquereli Jäger, 2012c: 292, f. 61, ph. 25-27 (f, f. m)

Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009 | | Thailand, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042865

Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 36, f. 38-51 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2011b: 25, f. 53-56 (f)

Argiope dang Jäger, 2012c: 306, f. 121-122 (m)

Argiope dang Chotwong & Tanikawa, 2013: 2, f. 3, 9-10 (f)

Argiope dietrichae Levi, 1983 | | Australia (Western Australia, Northern Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015368

Argiope dietrichae Levi, 1983: 290, f. 136-140 (Df) Original description

Argiope doboensis Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia, New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015369

Argiope doboensis Strand, 1911d: 144, pl. 4, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Argiope ocyaloides Chrysanthus, 1971: 14, f. 13-16 (f, misidentified)

Argiope doboensis Levi, 1983: 290, f. 1-2, 130-135 (mf)

Argiope doleschalli Thorell, 1873 | | Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045279

Epeira trifasciata Doleschall, 1857: 416, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df, preoccupied)

Argiope doleschallii Thorell, 1873: 520 (replacement name) Original description

Argiope doleschalli Jäger, 2012c: 284, f. 29-31, ph. 15-18 (removed f from S of A. reinwardti, Dm)

Argiope ericae Levi, 2004 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040009

Argiope ericae Levi, 2004: 62, f. 64-73 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858) | | Africa, Yemen urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015371

Epeira flavipalpis Lucas, 1858: 427 (Df) Original description

Argiope cuspidata Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060801]

Argiope flavipalpis Brito Capello, 1866: 83, pl. 2, f. 2 (Df)

Argiope pechuelii Karsch, 1879a: 340 (Df)

Argiope flavipalpis Thorell, 1899: 39 (Dm)

Argiope pechueli preussi Strand, 1906h: 53 (Df)

Argiope cuspidata Lessert, 1930: 630, f. 10 (f)

Argiope flavipalpis Caporiacco, 1941b: 72, f. 24a-b (m)

Argiope flavipalpis Edmunds, 1982: 287, f. 5-21 (mf, S of Argiope cuspidata)

Argiope flavipalpis Bjørn, 1997: 218, f. 49-53 (mf)

Argiope flavipalpis Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 207, f. 587-588 (f)

Argiope flavipalpis Jäger, 2012c: 292, f. 62-64, ph. 28-33 (m)

Argiope flavipalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 34, 8 unnumbered f. (f)

Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015372

Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 95, f. 93-97 (Df) Original description

Argiope florida Levi, 1968a: 344, f. 92-111 (f, Dm)

Argiope florida Levi, 2004: 56, f. 27-35 (mf)

Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907 | | Indonesia (Moluccas, New Guinea), Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015373

Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907k: 171, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Argiope mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1961b: 195, f. 1-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060820]

Argiope halmaherensis Levi, 1983: 294, f. 173-177 (f, S of Argiope mindiptanensis)

Argiope hinderlichi Jäger, 2012 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045281

Argiope hinderlichi Jäger, 2012c: 301, f. 89-92, ph. 38-45 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope hoiseni Tan, 2018 | | Malaysia (Peninsula) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050468

Argiope hoiseni Tan, 2018: 133, f. 1-12 (Df) Original description

Argiope intricata Simon, 1877 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015374

Argiope intricata Simon, 1877b: 75 (Df) Original description

Argiope intricata Levi, 1983: 304, f. 233-237 (f)

Argiope jinghongensis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994 | | China, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015375

Argiope jinghongensis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994: 105, f. 6-9 (Dm) Original description

Argiope jinghongensis Yin et al., 1997d: 82, f. 15a-d (m)

Argiope jinghongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 152R (m)

Argiope jinghongensis Jäger, 2012c: 302, f. 93-107 (m, Df)

Argiope kaingang Corronca & Rodríguez-Artigas, 2015 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048067

Argiope kaingang Corronca & Rodríguez Artigas, 2015: 148, f. 1a-f (Df) Original description

Argiope katherina Levi, 1983 | | Northern Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015376

Argiope katherina Levi, 1983: 300, f. 211-216 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878 | | Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Lord Howe Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015377

Argiope aetherea Keyserling, 1865: 803, pl. 19, f. 1, 2 (f, misidentified)

Argiope keyserlingii Karsch, 1878c: 789 (Df) Original description

Argiope keyserlingi Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 199, pl. 11, f. 230 (Df)

Argiope keyserlingi Levi, 1983: 296, f. 194-199 (f, Dm)

Argiope keyserlingi Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 33 (mf)

Argiope kochi Levi, 1983 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015378

Argiope kochi Levi, 1983: 298, f. 200-204 (Df, possible m-f. 193) Original description

Argiope legionis Motta & Levi, 2009 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042501

Argiope legionis Motta & Levi, 2009: 334, f. 1-10 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997 | | Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015379

Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997: 232, f. 13b, 86-92 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope levii Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 35, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 35: 5 unnumbered f. (f)

Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) | | Southern Europe to Central Asia and China, northern Africa, Tanzania, South Africa, Middle East, Pakistan, India, Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015380

Aranea lobata Pallas, 1772: 46, pl. 3, f. 14-15 (Df) Original description

Aranea lobata Fabricius, 1781: 536 (D)

Aranea argentea Gmelin, 1789: 2954 (D; N.B.: the description fits rather to a member of the family Lycosidae)

Aranea sericea Olivier, 1789: 198 (D)

Aranea lobata Olivier, 1789: 232 (D)

Epeira sericea Latreille, 1806: 107

Segestria dentata Risso, 1826: 161 (D)

Epeira margaritacea Risso, 1826: 170 (D)

Argyope sericea Audouin, 1826: 124, pl. 2, f. 6 (f)

Argyope splendida Audouin, 1826: 125, pl. 2, f. 7 (Df)

Epeira sericea Hahn, 1836: 1, pl. 1, f. a (f)

Argyopes praelautus C. L. Koch, 1838: 36, f. 359 (Df)

Argyopes sericea Eichwald, 1841: 241, pl. 37, f. 4 (f)

Epeira splendida Walckenaer, 1841: 117

Epeira dentata Walckenaer, 1841: 118 (Df)

Argyopes impudicus L. Koch, 1867c: 857 (Dm)

Argiope lobata Thorell, 1873: 520

Argiope lobata Simon, 1874a: 29, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf)

Argiope arcuata Simon, 1884n: 343 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060786]

Argiope lobata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 117, pl. 4, f. 41 (mf)

Argiope arcuata Pocock, 1900a: 220, f. 70 (f)

Argiope lobata retracta Franganillo, 1918b: 122 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015381]

Argiope lobata Kolosváry, 1938b: 22, f. 1-5 (f; N.B.: names four additional "forms", without diagnoses)

Argiope lobata Drensky, 1943: 222, f. 3 (m)

Argiope lobata Denis, 1947a: 44, pl. II, f. 5 (f)

Aranea argentea Roewer, 1955c: 1395 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium)

Argiope lobata Levi, 1968a: 336, f. 25-38 (mf)

Argiope lobata Loksa, 1972: 110, f. 100A, 101C-D (mf)

Argiope lobata Bakhvalov, 1974: 108, f. 8-10 (mf)

Argiope arcuata Tikader, 1982a: 115, f. 215-218 (f)

Argiope lobata Levi, 1983: 284, f. 87-97 (mf, S of Argiope arcuata)

Argiope lobata Hu, 1984: 104, f. 100.1-3 (f)

Argiope lobata Hu & Wu, 1989: 98, f. 74.1-3, 75.1-3 (mf)

Argiope lobata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 80, f. 178 (mf)

Argiope lobata Baldacchino et al., 1993: 52, f. 7c (m)

Argiope lobata Bjørn, 1997: 221, f. 54-61 (mf)

Argiope lobata Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 374, f. 13 (m)

Argiope lobata Yin et al., 1997d: 84, f. 16a-f (mf)

Argiope lobata Levy, 1998a: 350, f. 151-164 (mf)

Argiope lobata Kakhki & Darvish, 2002: 163, f. 9a (m)

Argiope lobata Mirshamsi & Darvish, 2005: 5, f. 1, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4, 5a-b (mf)

Argiope lobata Rao et al., 2006b: 51, f. 1-6 (f)

Argiope lobata Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2010: 77, f. 1C (f)

Argiope lobata Jäger, 2012c: 288, f. 44-48 (mf, S of Argiope lobata retracta)

Argiope lobata Tiunov & Esyunin, 2014: 1322, f. 2.3-4, 4.1-12 (mf)

Argiope lobata Lindecke & Wall, 2016: 179, f. 1a-b, 2 (f)

Argiope lobata Kosyan, 2022: 65, f. 2a-b, 3a-b (f)

Argiope lobata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 36, 4 unnumbered f. (f)

Argiope lobata Morano, 2023: 84, f. 36-40 (mf)

Argiope lobata El-Hennawy, 2023a: 227, f. 2-8 (f)

Argiope lobata Ibrahimi et al., 2024: 549, f. 3A-E (f)

Argiope luzona (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015382

Epeira luzona Walckenaer, 1841: 109 (Df) Original description

Argiope luzona Simon, 1877b: 74

Argiope luzona Levi, 1983: 304, f. 227-232 (f, Dm)

Argiope luzona Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 573, f. 355a-g (f)

Argiope luzona Jäger, 2012c: 304, f. 111-114 (m)

Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891 | | India (Nicobar Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015383

Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891: 50 (Df) Original description

Argiope macrochoera Levi, 1983: 272, f. 19-23 (f)

Argiope madang Levi, 1984 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015384

Argiope madang Levi, 1984: 249, f. 1-7 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope magnifica L. Koch, 1871 | | Australia (Queensland) to Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015385

Argiope magnifica L. Koch, 1871: 27, pl. 2, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Argiope magnifica Levi, 1983: 280, f. 73-80 (mf, removed from S of A. aemula)

Argiope magnifica Jäger, 2012c: 285, f. 36 (m)

Argiope mangal Koh, 1991 | | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015387

Argiope mangal Koh, 1991: 171, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope manila Levi, 1983 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015388

Argiope manila Levi, 1983: 272, f. 24-28 (Df) Original description

Argiope manila Jäger, 2012c: 280, f. 1-2 (Dm)

Argiope mascordi Levi, 1983 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015389

Argiope mascordi Levi, 1983: 296, f. 188-192 (Df, possible m-f. 193) Original description

Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 | | India, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015390

Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879g: 67 (Dj) Original description

Argiope minuta Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 194, pl. 1, f. 16, pl. 11, f. 218, 222 (Dmf)

Argiope minuta Saitō, 1933b: 51, pl. 3, f. 36

Coganargiope minuta Nakatsudi, 1942a: 305, f. 5-7 (f)

Argiope shillongensis Sinha, 1952: 75, f. 1a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060842]

Argiope minuta Saito, 1959: 100, text-f. 7.3, f. 116a-c (f)

Argiope minuta Hikichi, 1977: 154, f. 40 (f)

Argiope minuta Yin, 1978: 4, f. 8A-C (f)

Argiope minuta Paik & Namkung, 1979: 43, f. 24.1-2 (mf)

Argiope minuta Song, 1980: 99, f.45a-c (f)

Argiope minuta Wang, 1981: 100, f. 41A-C (f)

Argiope shillongensis Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 36, f. 59-61 (f)

Argiope shillongensis Tikader, 1982a: 117, f. 219-222 (f)

Argiope minuta Levi, 1983: 298, f. 205-210 (mf, S of Argiope shillongensis)

Argiope minuta Hu, 1984: 105, f. 101 (f)

Argiope minuta Guo, 1985: 61, f. 2-15.1-3 (f)

Argiope minuta Yaginuma, 1986a: 113, f. 59.3 (mf)

Argiope minuta Chikuni, 1989b: 79, f. 50 (mf)

Argiope minuta Feng, 1990: 67, f. 42.1-4 (mf)

Argiope minuta Chen & Gao, 1990: 51, f. 58a-c (mf)

Argiope minuta Chen & Zhang, 1991: 84, f. 74.1-3 (mf)

Argiope minuta Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 871, f. 36A-C (mf)

Argiope minuta Okuma et al., 1993: 19, f. 14 (f)

Argiope minuta Yin et al., 1997d: 77, f. 10a-f (mf)

Argiope minuta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151T-U, 153A (mf)

Argiope minuta Namkung, 2002: 273, f. 19.35a-b (mf)

Argiope minuta Kim & Kim, 2002: 194, f. 27, 105, 203-204 (mf)

Argiope minuta Kim & Cho, 2002: 255, f. 607-612 (f)

Argiope minuta Namkung, 2003: 275, f. 19.35a-b (mf)

Argiope minuta Shin, 2007: 158, f. 9A-I (mf)

Argiope minuta Tanikawa, 2007c: 47, f. 32-35, 448-449 (mf)

Argiope minuta Tanikawa, 2009: 427, f. 36-37 (mf)

Argiope minuta Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 209, f. 147A-G (mf)

Argiope minuta Yin et al., 2012: 575, f. 276a-f, 3-17c (mf)

Argiope minuta Kim & Lee, 2012b: 48, f. 31A-C (mf)

Argiope minuta Jäger, 2012c: 300, f. 88 (m)

Argiope minuta Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 49, 4 f. (mf)

Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881 | | Borneo to Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015391

Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881: 75 (Df) Original description

Argiope aetherea keyensis Strand, 1911d: 145 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060782]

Argiope modesta Schenkel, 1944: 182, f. 6a-c (f)

Argiope modesta Levi, 1983: 308, f. 263-270 (f, S of Argiope crenulata pictula, revalidated by Jäger, 2012c: 308)

Argiope modesta Jäger, 2012c: 308, f. 126-130 (Dm, f, S of Argiope aetherea keyensis, removed from S of Argiope aetherea, rejecting Levi, 1983: 314)

Argiope niasensis Strand, 1907 | | Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015392

Argiope niasensis Strand, 1907k: 162, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Argiope niasensis Levi, 1983: 294, f. 178-182 (f)

Argiope ocula Fox, 1938 | | China, Taiwan, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015393

Argiope ocula Fox, 1938b: 364, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Argiope ohsumiensis Yaginuma, 1967a: 50, 59, f. 1.1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060825]

Argiope ohsumiensis Yaginuma, 1971: 128, f. 107.12-17 (mf)

Argiope ocula Levi, 1983: 272, f. 14-18 (mf, S of Argiope ohsumiensis)

Argiope ocula Yaginuma, 1986a: 115, f. 59.7 (mf)

Argiope ocula Feng, 1990: 68, f. 43.1-3 (f)

Argiope ocula Chen & Gao, 1990: 51, f. 59 (f)

Argiope ocula Yin et al., 1997d: 67, f. 1a-e (f)

Argiope ocula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 151W-X (f)

Argiope ocula Tanikawa, 2007c: 47, f. 36-37, 450-452 (mf)

Argiope ocula Tanikawa, 2009: 427, f. 38-40 (mf)

Argiope ocula Yin et al., 2012: 577, f. 277a-g (mf)

Argiope ocyaloides L. Koch, 1871 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015394

Argiope ocyaloides L. Koch, 1871: 30, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Argiope ocyaloides Levi, 1983: 288, f. 124-129 (f, Dm)

Argiope pentagona L. Koch, 1871 | | Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015395

Argiope pentagona L. Koch, 1871: 39, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Argiope pentagona Levi, 1983: 313, f. 292-296 (f)

Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 | | China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015396

Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963: 135, f. 79a-b (Df) Original description

Argiope perforata Levi, 1983: 293, f. 162-166 (f)

Argiope perforata Yin et al., 1997d: 78, f. 11a-f (f; m see Argiope boesenbergi)

Argiope perforata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 151V, Y-Z (f; m see Argiope boesenbergi)

Argiope perforata Yin et al., 2012: 578, f. 278a-f (f; m see Argiope boesenbergi)

Argiope abramovi Logunov & Jäger, 2015: 345, f. 1-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048471]

Argiope perforata Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 22, f. 5A-E, 6A-D, 7A-F (Dm, f, S of Argiope abramovi)

Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 | | Indonesia (Moluccas) to Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015397

Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871: 33, pl. 3, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Argiope gorgonea L. Koch, 1871: 35 (Df)

Argiope principalis L. Koch, 1872a: 207, pl. 18, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060835]

Argiope lugubris L. Koch, 1872a: 209, pl. 18, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060817]

Argiope picta principalis Thorell, 1881: 65

Argiope papuana Workman, 1900: 129 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060830]

Argiope picta Kulczyński, 1910: 391, pl. 17, f. 2 (f)

Gea dubiosa Strand, 1911d: 146, pl. 4, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060804]

Chaetargiope picta Kishida, 1936a: 21 (T from Argiope)

Argiope picta Roewer, 1938: 31, f. 20 (f)

Argiope principalis Roewer, 1938: 32, f. 21 (f)

Argiope picta Chrysanthus, 1958a: 237, f. 1-6, 19, 21, 23 (Dm, f, S of Argiope principalis)

Argiope picta Chrysanthus, 1971: 14 (S of Argiope squallica, revalidated by Jäger, 2012c: 311)

Argiope picta Levi, 1983: 317, f. 7-8, 310-316 (mf, S of Argiope lugubris and Gea dubiosa)

Argiope picta Jäger, 2012c: 313, f. 157-166 (m, S of Argiope papuana)

Argiope pictula Strand, 1911 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045282

Argiope crenulata pictula Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) Original description

Argiope boetonica Strand, 1915d: 215, pl. 16, f. 53 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060793]

Argiope pictula Jäger, 2012c: 308, f. 131-146 (mf, removed from S of Argiope modesta contra Levi, 1983: 308; S of Argiope boetonica, removed from S of Argiope appensa contra Levi, 1983: 308 and from S of Argiope aetherea contra Chrysanthus, 1971: 10)

Argiope ponape Levi, 1983 | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015398

Argiope ponape Levi, 1983: 320, f. 329-333 (Df) Original description

Argiope possoica Merian, 1911 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015399

Argiope celebesiana possoica Merian, 1911: 205 (Df) Original description

Argiope possoica Levi, 1983: 293, f. 157-161 (f, elevated from subspecies)

Argiope probata Rainbow, 1916 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015400

Argiope probata Rainbow, 1916a: 91, pl. 21, f. 13 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope probata Levi, 1983: 286, f. 107-111 (mf)

Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 | | New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia, New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015401

Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872a: 211, pl. 18, F. 8 (Df) Original description

Argiope syrmatica L. Koch, 1872a: 213, pl. 18, f. 9 (Df)

Epeira attenuata Urquhart, 1885: 33, pl. 9, f. 1 (Df)

Arachnura longicauda Urquhart, 1885: 34, pl. 9, f. 2, 10 (Df)

Argiope multifasciata Thorell, 1893: 226 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058033]

Argiope extensa Rainbow, 1897b: 519, pl. 17, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015370]

Argiope pallida Rainbow, 1897b: 521, pl. 17, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060828]

Argiope gracilis Rainbow, 1897b: 522, pl. 17, f. 7 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1866, see Argiope gracilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060854]

Argiope haynesi Hogg, 1914b: 73, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060810]

Argiope gracillima Roewer, 1955c: 742 (replacement name for A. gracilis Rainbow) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060809]

Argiope protensa Main, 1964: 102, f. F-H (f)

Argiope protensa Chrysanthus, 1971: 15, f. 17-19 (f)

Argiope protensa Levi, 1983: 284, f. 98-106 (f, Dm, S of Argiope extensa, A. gracilis Rainbow, A. gracillima, A. haynesi, A. multifasciata and A. pallida)

Argiope protensa Jäger, 2012c: 294, f. 65-67 (m)

Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881 | | Pakistan, India to China and Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015402

Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881: 74 (Df) Original description

Argiope undulata Thorell, 1887: 154 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060847]

Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1887: 158 (Dm)

Argiope undulata Thorell, 1895b: 161 (Dm)

Argiope undulata Leardi, 1902a: 358 (var. of Argiope luzona)

Argiope pulchella Gravely, 1921a: 412, f. 3b (f)

Argiope pulchella Dyal, 1935: 190, pl. 11, f. 8 (f)

Argiope pulchella Tikader, 1970: 27, f. 17a (f)

Argiope pulchella Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 37, f. 62-64 (f)

Argiope pulchella Tikader, 1982a: 129, f. 243-246 (f)

Argiope pulchella Levi, 1983: 304, f. 238-250 (mf, S of Argiope undulata)

Argiope pulchella Yin et al., 1989: 64, f. 4A-F (mf)

Argiope pulchella Yin et al., 1997d: 85, f. 17a-i (mf)

Argiope pulchella Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152A-C, 153C, N (mf)

Argiope pulchella Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 38, f. 52-68, 74 (mf, may be a junior S of Argiope versicolor)

Argiope pulchella Jäger, 2012c: 304, f. 115-118 (m)

Argiope pulchella Sen et al., 2015: 110, f. 637-641, pl. 21 (f)

Argiope pulchella Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 8, f. 23-27, 170 (f)

Argiope pulchelloides Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng & Chen, 1989 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015403

Argiope pulchelloides Yin et al., 1989: 64, f. 5A-G (Dmf) Original description

Argiope pulchelloides Chen & Gao, 1990: 52, f. 60a-g (mf)

Argiope pulchelloides Yin et al., 1997d: 86, f. 18a-i (mf)

Argiope pulchelloides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152D-F, 153D, O (mf)

Argiope pulchelloides Jäger, 2012c: 306, f. 119-120 (m)

Argiope radon Levi, 1983 | | Northern Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015404

Argiope radon Levi, 1983: 318, f. 317-323 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope ranomafanensis Bjørn, 1997 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015405

Argiope ranomafanensis Bjørn, 1997: 235, f. 93-98 (Dmf) Original description

Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) | | Malaysia to New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015406

Epeira reinwardtii Doleschall, 1859: 31, pl. 15, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Argiope concinna Thorell, 1881: 71 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060800]

Argiope fasciata Keyserling, 1886a: 133 (Df)

Argiope reinwardti Simon, 1895a: 765, f. 841-842

Argiope reinwardti Workman, 1896: 29, pl. 29 (f)

Argiope celebesiana Merian, 1911: 203, pl. 9, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060798]

Argiope aetherea confusa Kulczyński, 1911c: 475 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060779]

Argiope aetherea coniuncta Kulczyński, 1911c: 475 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060780]

Argiope barbipoda Strand, 1911d: 144, pl. 5, f. 44 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060792]

Argiope reinwardti Roewer, 1938: 35, f. 24 (f)

Argiope reinwardti Roewer, 1942a: 741 (S of Argiope plana, rejected by Chrysanthus, 1972: 156, see Argiope trifasciata)

Argiope reinwardti Chrysanthus, 1971: 15, f. 20-22 (f)

Argiope reinwardti Chrysanthus, 1972: 156, f. 1-4 (Dm)

Argiope reinwardti Levi, 1983: 276, f. 47-55 (mf, S of Argiope aetherea confusa, A. aetherea coniuncta, A. barbipoda, A. celebesiana and A. concinna)

Argiope reinwardti Jäger, 2012c: 283, f. 15-28, ph. 8-14 (mf)

Argiope reinwardti sumatrana (van Hasselt, 1882) | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015407

Argiope doleschallii sumatrana van Hasselt, 1882: 18 (Df) Original description

Argiope sapoa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Thailand, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015408

Argiope sapoa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 577, f. 358a-e (Dm) Original description

Argiope sapoa Seyfulina & Kartsev, 2022: 118, f. 24 (m)

Argiope sector (Forsskål, 1776) | | Cape Verde Is., Senegal, North Africa, Middle East urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015410

Aranea sector Forsskål, 1776: 7, pl. 25, f. C (Df) Original description

Plectana sector Walckenaer, 1841: 200

Argyopes clarkii Blackwall, 1865a: 98 (Df)

Argyopes sericea caboverdiana Brito Capello, 1866: 80 (Df)

Argiope lordii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871c: 820, pl. 50, f. 1 (Df)

Argiope fissiloba L. Koch, 1875b: 15, pl. 2, f. 1 (Df)

Argiope clarki Simon, 1890a: 101

Argiope lordii Simon, 1894a: 760, f. 836-837

Argiope clarki Pocock, 1903g: 188, pl. 14, f. 3 (f, Dm)

Argiope obscuripes Strand, 1906b: 618 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060824]

Argiope sector Simon, 1909c: 39

Argiope clarki Denis, 1947a: 43, pl. II, f. 4 (f)

Argiope sector Bjørn, 1997: 224, f. 2, 14a-c, 62-67 (mf, S of Argiope obscuripes)

Argiope clarki Levy, 1998a: 354, f. 165-168 (mf)

Argiope sector Jäger, 2012c: 290, f. 54-58 (m)

Argiope squallica Strand, 1915 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045283

Argiope squallica Strand, 1915d: 216, pl. 16, f. 54 (Dm) Original description

Argiope squallica Jäger, 2012c: 311, f. 153-154 (m, removed from synonymy of Argiope brunnescentia contra Levi, 1983: 310 and from S of Argiope picta contra Chrysanthus, 1971: 14)

Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916 | | Mexico to Bolivia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045280

Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916b: 105 (Df; provisional name, regarded as valid by Levi and Jäger) Original description

Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968a: 350, f. 154-169 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015409]

Argiope savignyi Levi, 2002: 553, f. 238 (m)

Argiope savignyi Levi, 2004: 61, f. 55-63 (mf)

Argiope submaronica Jäger, 2012c: 298, f. 83 (m, removed from S of Argiope argentata, contra Levi, 1968a: 346, S of Argiope savignyi)

Argiope takum Chrysanthus, 1971 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015411

Argiope takum Chrysanthus, 1971: 17, f. 23-25 (Df) Original description

Argiope takum Levi, 1983: 296, f. 183-187 (f)

Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997 | | Senegal, Namibia, South Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015412

Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997: 231, f. 80-85 (Df) Original description

Argiope tapinolobata Jäger, 2012c: 291, f. 59-60, ph. 22-24 (f, Dm)

Argiope tapinolobata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 37, 4 unnumbered f. (f habitus)

Argiope taprobanica Thorell, 1887 | | Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015413

Argiope taprobanica Thorell, 1887: 164 (Df) Original description

Argiope taprobanica Levi, 1983: 302, f. 222-226 (f)

Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) | | North, Central and South America. Introduced to Africa, Portugal to Israel, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, India, China, Japan, Australia (Tasmania), Pacific Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015415

Aranea trifasciata Forsskål, 1775: 86 (D) Original description

Aranea trifasciata Forsskål, 1776: 7, pl. 24, f. E (Df)

Aranea fastuosa Olivier, 1789: 202 (D)

Argiope aurelia Audouin, 1826: 331, pl. 2, f. 5 (Dmf)

Epeira webbii Lucas, 1838: 38, pl. 6, f. 5 (Df)

Epeira nephoda Walckenaer, 1841: 74 (Df)

Epeira aurelia Walckenaer, 1841: 107

Epeira latreilla Walckenaer, 1841: 108 (Df)

Epeira mauricia Walckenaer, 1841: 108 (Df)

Epeira fastuosa Walckenaer, 1841: 109 (Dm)

Epeira argyraspides Walckenaer, 1841: 110 (Df)

Epeira fasciata Hentz, 1847: 468, pl. 30, f. 8 (Df)

Epeira flavipes Nicolet, 1849: 493 (Df)

Argiope avara Thorell, 1859: 299 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060787]

Epeira latreilla Vinson, 1863: 194, 311 (D)

Epeira mauritia Vinson, 1863: 194, 311, pl. 8, f. 2 (f)

Nephila aurelia Blackwall, 1867b: 210

Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867b: 181 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060832]

Argiope plana L. Koch, 1871: 31, pl. 3, f. 1 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Thorell, 1873: 519

Argyopes indecissa Holmberg, 1876: 19 (Df)

Argiope sticticalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 576 (Df)

Argiope hentzi Thorell, 1878b: 295

Argiope fasciata McCook, 1882: 256

Argiope mauricia van Hasselt, 1882: 18

Argiope transversa Emerton, 1884: 330, pl. 34, f. 20, pl. 28, f. 15-18 (Dmf)

Argiope trifasciata Keyserling, 1886a: 133, pl. 10, f. 5 (m)

Argiope argyraspis McCook, 1894: 219, pl. 15, f. 7-12, pl. 16, f. 3, 4 (Dmf)

Argiope avara McCook, 1894: 222, pl. 14, f. 1 (f)

Argiope avara Simon, 1900a: 476 (Dm)

Argiope transversa Emerton, 1902: 197, f. 455-458 (mf)

Metargiope trifasciata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 451, pl. 43, f. 2-3 (mf)

Argiope fastuosa Banks, 1909b: 161

Metargiope trifasciata Tullgren, 1910: 156, pl. 4, f. 93 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 239, f. 87-89 (mf)

Argiope simplex Badcock, 1932: 17, f. 12 (Df)

Metargyope trifasciata Lawrence, 1936: 152

Austrargiope plana Kishida, 1936a: 17 (T from Argiope)

Argiope abalosi Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 399 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060778]

Argiope seminola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 96, f. 98-102 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060841]

Argiope stenogastra Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060844]

Brachygea platycephala Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060833]

Argiope trifasciata Kaston, 1948: 222, f. 697-699, 722-723 (mf)

Brachygea platycephala Caporiacco, 1948a: 653, f. 61 (m)

Argiope pradhani Sinha, 1952: 76, f. 2a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060834]

Argiope trifasciata Bücherl, 1959: 297, f. 22 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Main, 1964: 102, f. A-C (f)

Argiope trifasciata Shear, 1967: 9, f. 22-23 (m)

Argiope trifasciata Hickman, 1967: 59, f. 103 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Levi, 1968a: 340, f. 58-72, 74-91 (mf, S of Argiope abalosi, A. avara, A. seminola and A. stenogastra)

Argiope avara Chrysanthus, 1971: 12, f. 9-12 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Chrysanthus, 1972: 156 (S of Argiope plana, removed from S of Argiope reinwardti, rejecting Roewer, 1942a: 741)

Argiope pradhani Tikader, 1982a: 123, f. 231-234 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Levi, 1983: 286, f. 11, 112-119 (mf, S of Argiope pradhani and Brachygea platycephala)

Argiope trifasciata Roberts, 1983: 250, f. 124-132 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Feng, 1990: 69, f. 44.1-4 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Breene et al., 1993: 101, f. 148A-C (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Bjørn, 1997: 226, f. 5, 68-73 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Yin et al., 1997d: 76, f. 8a-c (f)

Argiope trifasciata Levy, 1998a: 355, f. 169-178 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152G-H, 154A (f)

Argiope trifasciata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 45, f. 299-301 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Dondale et al., 2003: 157, f. 329-335 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Levi, 2004: 54, f. 18-26 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 207, f. 585-586 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Saaristo, 2010: 48, f. 4.72-76 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Di Pompeo et al., 2011: 206, f. 1, 4, 5a-b (f)

Argiope trifasciata Jäger, 2012c: 294, f. 68 (m)

Argiope trifasciata Berry & Williams, 2017: 9, f. 3 (m)

Argiope trifasciata Soliman et al., 2018: 151, pl. 10B-D (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Al-Khazali, Khalaf & Al-Fayadhi, 2022: 512, f. 2-6 (f)

Argiope trifasciata Lemay & Paquin, 2022: 18, f. 2a-c, 4a-d (mf)

Argiope trifasciata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 38, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 39: 3 unnumbered f., p. 40: 4 unnumbered f. (f habitus)

Argiope trifasciata Morano, 2023: 85, f. 41-45 (mf)

Argiope trifasciata deserticola Simon, 1906 | ? | Sudan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015416

Argiope trifasciata deserticola Simon, 1906a: 1162 (D; N.B.: omitted by Roewer) Original description

Argiope trifasciata kauaiensis Simon, 1900 | | Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015417

Argiope avara kauaiensis Simon, 1900a: 477 (Df) Original description

Argiope trifasciata kauaiensis Berry & Williams, 2017: 9, f. 1-3 (Dm)

Argiope truk Levi, 1983 | | Caroline Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015418

Argiope truk Levi, 1983: 320, f. 324-328 (Df) Original description

Argiope versicolor (Doleschall, 1859) | | Pakistan, China to Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015419

Epeira versicolor Doleschall, 1859: 31, pl. 9, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Argiope succincta L. Koch, 1871: 35 (Df)

Argiope versicolor Thorell, 1890a: 95 (Dm)

Argiope versicolor Workman, 1896: 28, pl. 28 (f)

Argiope succincta Pocock, 1897c: 598, pl. 25, f. 7 (f)

Argiope versicolor Levi, 1983: 305, f. 3-4, 251-262 (mf)

Argiope versicolor Yin et al., 1989: 65, f. 6A-F (mf)

Argiope versicolor Chen & Gao, 1990: 53, f. 61a-e (mf)

Argiope versicolor Yin et al., 1997d: 88, f. 19a-i (mf)

Argiope versicolor Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152I-K, 153E, 154B (mf)

Argiope versicolor Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 38, f. 69-73 (mf)

Argiope versicolor Tyagi et al., 2019: Supplement, f. S2.2, S3.26 (f)

Argiope vietnamensis Ono, 2010 | | China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:043285

Argiope vietnamensis Ono, 2010b: 8, f. 10, 24-27 (Df) Original description

Argiope vietnamensis Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 29, f. 8A-I, 9A-D (Dm, f)