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Genus: Argiope Audouin, 1826 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Argiope truk Levi, 1983

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015418

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Distribution: Chuuk (Micronesia)

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Holotype: Bernice P. Bishop Museum (BPBM), Honolulu, USA f - (Levi, 1983)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1f - (Levi, 1983)
Paratype: Joseph A. Beatty Private Collection, Carbondale, Illinois, USA 1f - (Levi, 1983)

Taxonomic References

Argiope truk Levi, 1983: 320, f. 324-328 (Df) Original description

References

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

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Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-08-24	Type repository inserted	Levi, 1983