Grass Cross Spider Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859)
Fauna Portal species: 6624
Argiope catenulata female, dorsal (Philippines)
Image: Levi (1983; fig. 39)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3967Diagnosis
(after Levi 1983): Unlike other species, the abdomen is oval, widest in the posterior half, with a unique black and white dorsal pattern. The midline is covered in a longitudinal band of white setae. The venter has a diagnostic transverse white band. The epigynum is much like that of A. aemula, with a wide septum, the lateral border of the depression curved and dark along the outer edge.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Female holotype: Name given to illustration of specimens from Java in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historic, Leiden (Levi 1983).
Australia
- Northern Territory
Neighbouring Countries
- Indonesia
- Papua New Guinea
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2019): First record of the Grass Cross Spider (Argiope catenulata) of the family Araneidae in Australia. Northern Territory Naturalist. 29: 98 - 102
(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