Argiope

Argiope é um género de aranhas araneomorfas da família Araneidae que inclui aranhas grandes que apresentam um elevado dimorfismo sexual, sendo as fêmeas (aproximadamente 2,5 cm) cerca de 3 vezes maiores que os machos (aproximadamente 8 mm). As espécies deste género têm o abdómen conspicuamente colorido e estão distribuídas por todo o mundo; em países com climas temperados têm uma ou mais espécies com aparência similar.

Lista de espécies

De acordo com o The World Spider Catalog 12.5^[1] são reconhecidas como válidas as seguintes espécies:

• Argiope acuminata Franganillo, 1920
• Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1842)
• Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)
• Argiope aetheroides Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng & Chen, 1989
• Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932
• Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878
• Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887
• Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997
• Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1842)
• Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)
• Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833
• Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898
• Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
• Argiope blanda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
• Argiope boesenbergi Levi, 1983
• Argiope bougainvilla (Walckenaer, 1847)
• Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)
• Argiope brunnescantia Strand, 1911
• Argiope buehleri Schenkel, 1944
• Argiope bullocki Rainbow, 1908
• Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897
• Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983
• Argiope cameloides Zhu & Song, 1994
• Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859)
• Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877
• Argiope comorica Bjørn, 1997
• Argiope coquereli (Vinson, 1863)
• Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009
• Argiope dietrichae Levi, 1983
• Argiope doboensis Strand, 1911
• Argiope ericae Levi, 2004
• Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858)
• Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944
• Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907
• Argiope intricata Simon, 1877
• Argiope jinghongensis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994
• Argiope katherina Levi, 1983
• Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
• Argiope kochi Levi, 1983
• Argiope legionis Motta & Levi, 2009
• Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997
• Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)
• Argiope luzona (Walckenaer, 1842)
• Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891
• Argiope madang Levi, 1984
• Argiope magnifica L. Koch, 1871
• Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
• Argiope mangal Koh, 1991
• Argiope manila Levi, 1983
• Argiope mascordi Levi, 1983
• Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879
• Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881
• Argiope niasensis Strand, 1907
• Argiope ocula Fox, 1938
• Argiope ocyaloides L. Koch, 1871
• Argiope pentagona L. Koch, 1871
• Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963
• Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871
• Argiope ponape Levi, 1983
• Argiope possoica Merian, 1911
• Argiope probata Rainbow, 1916
• Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872
• Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881
• Argiope pulchelloides Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng & Chen, 1989
• Argiope radon Levi, 1983
• Argiope ranomafanensis Bjørn, 1997
• Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859)
• Argiope sapoa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
• Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968
• Argiope sector (Forsskål, 1776)
• Argiope takum Chrysanthus, 1971
• Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997
• Argiope taprobanica Thorell, 1887
• Argiope thai Levi, 1983
• Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)
• Argiope truk Levi, 1983
• Argiope versicolor (Doleschall, 1859)
• Argiope vietnamensis Ono, 2010
• †Argiope furva (Hong, 1985)

Notas

Referências

• Rodríguez RL & Gamboa E. 2000. Memory of captured prey in three web spiders (Araneae: Araneidae, Linyphiidae, Tetragnathidae). Animal Cognition 3, 91–97 PDF (Argiope argentata)
• Craig C.L. et al. (2001). Signal polymorphism in the web-decorating spider Argiope argentata is correlated with reduced survivorship and the presence of stingless bees, its primary prey. Evolution 55(5):986-993. Abstract
• Blamires, Sean J.; Hochuli, Dieter F. & Thompson, Michael B. (2007): Does decoration building influence antipredator responses in an orb-web spider (Argiope keyserlingi) in its natural habitat? Australian Journal of Zoology 55: 1-7. doi:10.1071/ZO06098 — PDF
• Timm, Robert M. & Losilla, Mauricio (2007): Orb-weaving Spider, Argiope savignyi (Araneidae), Predation on the Proboscis Bat Rhynchonycteris naso (Emballonuridae). Caribbean Journal of Science 43(2): 282-284. PDF

Galeria

• Argiope aemula

• Argiope aetherea

• Argiope amoena

• Argiope anasuja

• Argiope appensa

• Argiope argentata

• Argiope aurantia

• Argiope bruennichi

• Argiope keyserlingi

• Argiope lobata

• Argiope minuta

• Argiope picta

• Argiope pulchella

• Argiope savignyi

• Argiope trifasciata