Bullocks Orb-weaver Argiope bullocki Rainbow, 1908
Fauna Portal species: 6623
Argiope bullocki female, dorsal (AM KS2464; Scone, New South Wales)
Image: Levi (1983; fig. 122)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3307Diagnosis
(after Levi 1983): Argiope bullocki differs from A. probata by having a shield-shaped abdomen, and from A. ocyaloides and A. doboensis by having the rim of the epigynum laterally completely surround the circular depressions.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- Victoria
Fauna Portal Records
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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