Argiope undulata Thorell, 1887

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Distribution: India, Myanmar


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  • Holotype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy f - (Levi, 1983)
Taxonomic References
Argiope undulata Thorell, 1887: 154 (Df) Original description
Argiope undulata Thorell, 1895b: 161 (Dm)
Argiope undulata Leardi, 1902a: 358 (var. of Argiope luzona)
Argiope pulchella Levi, 1983: 304, f. 241-243, 246-247 (f, misidentified per Kerr & Papeschi, 2026: 150)
Argiope undulata Kerr & Papeschi, 2026: 150, f. 2a-h (f, removed from S of Argiope pulchella, rejecting Levi, 1983: 304)
References

Kerr, A. M. & Papeschi, S. (2026). New records of signature spiders (Araneidae: Argiope Audouin, 1826) from India with the resurrection of A. undulata Thorell, 1887. Proceedings of the Zoological Society (Calcutta/Kolkata) 79(2): 148-153. doi: 10.1007/s12595-026-00617-4 -- Show included taxa

Leardi in Airaghi, Z. (1902a). Aracnidi di Mahé e Kandy. Atti della Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano 40: 345-373. -- Show included taxa

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. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1887). Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 25: 5-417. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. British Museum, London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-08-10 New taxonomic reference entry Kerr & Papeschi, 2026
2026-08-10 New taxonomic reference entry Kerr & Papeschi, 2026
2026-08-10 Species distribution update Kerr & Papeschi, 2026 Old value
2026-08-10 Species updated Kerr & Papeschi, 2026 Old value

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