Argiope catenulata

Argiope catenulata
Argiope catenulata in Rangareddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Argiope
Species:
A. catenulata
Binomial name
Argiope catenulata
Synonyms[1]

Epeira catenulata Doleschall, 1859[2]

Argiope catenulata, also known as the grass cross spider, is a species of orb-weaver spider (family Araneidae) ranging from India to the Philippines and Papua New Guinea, and also found in Australia in 2019.[1][3] Like other species of the same genus, it builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum.[4]

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  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Doleschall 1859 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Brown, G. R. & Henderson, C. L. (2019). "First record of the Grass Cross Spider (Argiope catenulata) of the family Araneidae in Australia" (PDF). Northern Territory Naturalist. 29: 98–102.
  4. ^ Levi, Herbert W. (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 (5): 247–338.