Bioacoustics of Argiope versicolor

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discussion · Plazi

Remarks . Argiope versicolor is morphologically similar to A. pulchella Thorell, 1881 . Previous authors ( Levi 1983 ; Jäger 2012 ) have suggested the possibility of conspecificity, as shown by intraspecific variation in genital morphology of both species. Nonetheless, at present, A. versicolor is distinguished by the straight to bilobed epigynal rim ( Fig. 6A ; Levi 1983 , figs 251, 254; Jäger & Praxaysombath 2009 , fig. 70), in contrast to the V- or U-shaped in A. pulchella ( Levi 1983 , figs 248, 241; Jäger & Praxaysombath 2009 , figs 56, 58, 61, 63, 65). Based on these diagnostic characters, the records from China (Yin et al. 1989; Chen & Gao 1990 ; Yin et al. 1997 ; Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 ) appear to be misidentification, likely referring to A. pulchella or another species with V-shaped epigyne (e.g., A. jinghongensis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994 ). Furthermore, the images of Indian specimens provided by Tyagi et al. (2019) are insufficiently diagnostic to confidently assign those specimens to A. versicolor and may instead represent similar-looking species known from India , such as A. pulchella , A. anasuja Thorell, 1887 or A. minuta Karsch, 1879 . Further studies incorporating molecular data are essential to resolve the species boundaries between A. pulchella and A. versicolor .

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SourceIts nameIts rankIts familyRecord
PlaziArgiope versicolorSpeciesAraneidaePlazi/Argiope versicolor

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