Radon Creek Cross Spider Argiope radon Levi, 1983
Fauna Portal species: 6635
Argiope radon female, dorsal (QM S906; Radon Creek, Northern Territory)
Image: Levi (1983; fig. 320)
Fauna Portal Image No. 4391Diagnosis
(after Levi 1983): The female of Argiope radon can be separated from A. aetherea by the frame-like black marks and shield-shaped abdomen. The anterior bulge of the epigynum is wider and the rim on each side more curved than that of A. aetherea. The males differ by the median apophysis of A. radon having a large spur attached to near its bend.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- Northern Territory
- Western Australia
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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