Argiope butchko, female

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Argiopinae
Genus: Argiope
Species: Argiope butchko

Name

Argiope butchko Logunov & Jäger, 2015

Type locality: Vietnam, Kon Tum Prov., Kon Plong Distr., c. 14 km N of Kon Plong Town, 14°43 ́20 ́ ́N, 108°18 ́58 ́ ́E [12], 1030 m.

Holotype: Siboney, Santiago de Cuba (19.9608°N, 75.7076°W), April 1, 2012, Col. Team CarBio, deposited in the Smithsonian (NMNH).

Paratypes: Two female paratypes, one from the type location and one from Sierra de Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba (21.5916°N, 77.7882°W). Three male paratypes, one from holotype location, one from Sierra de Camaguey, Camaguey, Cuba, and one from Viñales, Sierra de los Órganos ,Pinar del Rio, Cuba 22.6210°N, 83.7383°W. Paratypes will be deposited in the Smithsonian (NMNH).

References

Primary references

  • Agnarsson, Ingi; LeQuier, Stephanie M.; Kuntner, Matjaž; Cheng, Ren-Chung; Coddington, Jonathan A.; Binford, Greta 2016. Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new ‘cryptic’ species from Cuba. ZooKeys, 625: 25–44. doi:10.3897/zookeys.625.8729. ISSN 1313-2970. 
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