Queensland Cross Spider Argiope probata Rainbow, 1916
Fauna Portal species: 6634
Argiope probata female, dorsal (AM KS6157; Pentland, Queensland)
Image: Levi (1983; fig. 109)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4386Diagnosis
(after Levi 1983): The female differs from A. protensa by the flat epigynum facing ventrally; the male by the embolus having the tip doubled up over its base. The median apophysis has an enormous distal projection.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
Australia
- Queensland
Similar Species
Publications
(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: 247 - 338