Telaprocera

(after Harmer & Framenau 2008): Telaprocera shares with Argiope, Gea and Neogea the procurved row of the posterior eyes, although the degree of this curvature ranges from almost straight to noticeably procurved. A distinct, heavily sclerotised dorsal ‘keel’ on the cymbium of the male pedipalp serves as a putative synapomorphy of the genus and differentiates Telaprocera from all other currently known genera within the Araneidae. Males also differ from Argiope, Gea and Neogea by the presence of a distinct terminal apophysis. Females differ in the presence of a scape, although it is very simple, short, and poorly differentiated. In addition, the epigynes lack the transverse rim and lateral depressions of Argiope, Gea and Neogea. In contrast to all other argiopine spiders, which build circular, often decorated, orb-webs, Telaprocera build elongated ladder-webs without decorations.