Bark-hugging St Andrew's Cross Spider Argiope oxyaloides L. Koch, 1871
Fauna Portal species: 6632
Argiope ocyaloides female, dorsal (MCZ, Redlynch, Queensland)
Image: Levi (1983; fig. 127)
Fauna Portal Image No. 3311Diagnosis
(after Levi 1983): This small species resembles and has been confused with A. doboensis of New Guinea. It differs by having the septum and rims of the epigynum in the shape of a weakly sclerotized T; that of A. doboensis is an upside-down T. The male differs by having the embolus of the palpus coiled back on itself, as is that of A. probata.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Linnean Neotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- Western Australia
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