Taxon details
Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2024-10-07
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015352]
- Distribution: Cape Verde, Senegal, Central, Eastern and Southern Africa
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- Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019); Argiope suavissima Gerstäcker, 1873, (2377, 2377a–b)
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).
Bjørn, P. P. (1997). A taxonomic revision of the African part of the orb-weaving genus Argiope (Araneae: Araneidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 28(2): 199-239. doi:10.1163/187631297X00060 
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Blackwall, J. (1865b). Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the east of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(95): 336-352. doi:10.1080/00222936508679441 -- Show included taxa
Brito Capello, F. de (1866). Especies novas ou pouco conhecidas d'arachnidios d'Africa occidental. Journal of the Scientific Academy of Science Lisboa 1: 79-88. -- Show included taxa
Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. & Jones, A. (2022). More on the garden orb-web spider Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) in South Africa (Araneae: Araneidae). SANSA Newsletter 40(2021): 19-22. -- Show included taxa
Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H., Lotz, L. N. & Webb, P. (2022d). The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 1 (A-C). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 74 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6326922 -- Show included taxa
Gerstaecker, A. (1873). Arachnoidea. In: Die Gliederthier-Fauna des Sansibar-Gebietes. Nach dem von Dr. O. Kersten während der v. d. Decken'schen Ost-Afrikanischen Expedition im Jahre 1862 und von C. Cooke auf der Insel Sansibar im Jahre 1864 gesammelten Material. C. F. Winter, Leipzig, pp. 461-503, pl. 18 (Araneae: pp. 473-503). doi:10.5962/bhl.title.10149 -- Show included taxa
Jäger, P. (2012c). A review on the spider genus Argiope Audouin 1826 with special emphasis on broken emboli in female epigynes (Araneae: Araneidae: Argiopinae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 7: 272-331, 358-362. -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1838). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, pl. 139-144 (f. 319-339); Fünfter Band, pp. 1-124, pl. 145-174 (f. 340-417). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa
Lessert, R. de (1930). Araignées du Congo recueillies au cours de l'expédition organisée par l'American Museum (1909-1915). Quatrième et dernière partie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 37: 613-672. -- Show included taxa
Simon, E. (1890a). Etudes arachnologiques. 22e Mémoire. XXXIV. Etude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 10: 77-124. -- Show included taxa
Strand, E. (1920). Arachniden aus Belgisch Kongo. I. (Pedipalpen, Aviculariidae, Argiopidae, Clubionidae und Pisauridae). Archiv für Naturgeschichte 85(A12): 98-113. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1859). Nya exotiska Epeirider. Öfversigt af Kongliga Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar 16: 299-304. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1868b). Araneae. Species novae minusve cognitae. In: Virgin, C. A. (ed.) Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden. Uppsala, Zoologi, Arachnida, pp. 1-34. -- Show included taxa
Tullgren, A. (1910). Araneae. In: Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und den umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Ostafrikas 1905-1906 unter Leitung von Prof. Dr. Yngve Sjöstedt. Sjöstedts Kilimandjaro-Meru Expedition 20(6): 85-172, pl. 1-4. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6622 -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. [not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-07 | New taxonomic reference entry | Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d | n/a |
| 2022-01-30 | New taxonomic reference entry | Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jones, 2022 | n/a |