In synonymy:
Austrargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)
Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Levi, 1983: 258)
Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)
Coganargiope Kishida, 1936 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Yaginuma, 1959c: 21)
Miranda C. L. Koch, 1835 = Argiope Audouin, 1826 (Thorell, 1873: 518)

type Aranea sericea Olivier, 1789; gender feminine; syn. of Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)

N.B.: the original spelling Argyope suppressed by ICZN, 1975: Opinion 1038; considered a senior synonym of Miranda C. L. Koch, 1835: 128 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05539] (type M. transalpina C. L. Koch, 1835 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)) by Thorell, 1873: 518; considered a senior synonym of Austrargiope Kishida, 1936a: 17 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05231] (type Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867 = A. trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)), Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936a: 20 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05232] (type Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871), Coganargiope Kishida, 1936a: 18 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05233] (type Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878) and Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878)) by Yaginuma, 1959c: 21 and of Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05235] (type B. platycephala Caporiacco, 1947 = A. trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)) by Levi, 1983: 258; Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) instead synonymized with Nephila Leach, 1815 by Jäger, 2012c: 315 (by transfer of the type species) after Levi, 1983: 262), now in Trichonephila Dahl, 1911.

Transferred to other genera:
Argiope aequior Chamberlin, 1924 -- see Oxyopes
Argiope aurea Saito, 1934 -- see Eriophora
Argiope curvipes Keyserling, 1886 -- see Gea
Argiope lalita Sherriffs, 1928 -- see Neogea
Argiope lepida Thorell, 1898 -- see Acusilas
Argiope leucopicta Urquhart, 1890 -- see Cyrtophora
Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Trichonephila
Argiope marxi McCook, 1894 -- see Cyrtophora
Argiope phrygiatus (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Araneus
Argiope sachalinensis Saito, 1934 -- see Plebs
Argiope thai Levi, 1983 -- see Cyrtophora
Argiope viabilior Chamberlin, 1924 -- see Oxyopes

In synonymy:
Argiope abalosi Mello-Leitão, 1942 = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 340).
Argiope abramovi Logunov & Jäger, 2015 = Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 (Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 22).
Argiope acuminata Franganillo, 1920 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Jäger, 2012c: 286).
Argiope aemula nigripes Thorell, 1877 = Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 273).
Argiope aetherea annulipes Thorell, 1881 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope aetherea confusa Kulczyński, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) (Levi, 1983: 277).
Argiope aetherea coniuncta Kulczyński, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) (Levi, 1983: 278).
Argiope aetherea deusta Thorell, 1881 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Chrysanthus, 1958a: 238).
Argiope aetherea keyensis Strand, 1911 = Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881 (Jäger, 2012c: 308).
Argiope aetherea melanopalpis Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope aetherea tangana Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310).
Argiope anasuja fletcheri Hirst, 1911 = Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 (Grasshoff, 1980: 390).
Argiope arcuata Simon, 1884 = Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) (Levi, 1983: 284).
Argiope avara Thorell, 1859 = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 340).
Argiope avara angulicosta Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310).
Argiope avara ocelligera Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310).
Argiope avara tristipes Strand, 1911 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310).
Argiope banana Strand, 1920 = Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) (Bjørn, 1997: 209).
Argiope barbipoda Strand, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) (Levi, 1983: 277).
Argiope boetonica Strand, 1915 = Argiope pictula Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 309).
Argiope browni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope bruennichi africana Strand, 1906 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Bjørn, 1997: 214).
Argiope bruennichi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Jäger, 2012c: 286).
Argiope bruennichi orientalis Strand, 1907 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Levi, 1983: 282).
Argiope carinata L. Koch, 1871 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1983: 251).
Argiope celebesiana Merian, 1911 = Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) (Levi, 1983: 278).
Argiope clathrata C. L. Koch, 1839 = Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) (Bjørn, 1997: 209).
Argiope concinna Thorell, 1881 = Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859) (Levi, 1983: 276).
Argiope cuspidata Thorell, 1859 = Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858) (Edmunds, 1982: 287).
Argiope cuyunii Hingston, 1932 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 346).
Argiope davidi Schenkel, 1963 = Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878 (Levi, 1983: 280).
Argiope dubiosa (Strand, 1911, T from Gea) = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Levi, 1983: 317).
Argiope extensa Rainbow, 1897 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 284).
Argiope filiargentata Hingston, 1932 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 346).
Argiope filinfracta Hingston, 1932 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 346).
Argiope friederici Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope gracilenta (Roewer, 1942, T from Singa) = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1991a: 177).
Argiope gracilis Rainbow, 1897 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285).
Argiope gracillima Roewer, 1942 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285).
Argiope haynesi Hogg, 1914 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285).
Argiope hirta Taczanowski, 1879 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 345).
Argiope indistincta Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 346).
Argiope kalimpongensis Sinha, 1952 = Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897 (Levi, 1983: 279).
Argiope leopardina Pocock, 1898 = Argiope bougainvilla (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 1983: 312).
Argiope leopardina clavifemur Strand, 1914 = Argiope bougainvilla (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 1983: 312).
Argiope lihirica Strand, 1913 = Argiope brunnescentia Strand, 1911 (Jäger, 2012c: 310).
Argiope lobata retracta Franganillo, 1918 = Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) (Jäger, 2012c: 288).
Argiope lugubris L. Koch, 1872 = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Levi, 1983: 317).
Argiope lunata Bradley, 1876 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope maerens Kulczyński, 1911 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1961 = Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907 (Levi, 1983: 294).
Argiope multifasciata Thorell, 1893 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 284).
Argiope nigripes Simon, 1890 = Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) (Bjørn, 1997: 209).
Argiope nigrovittata Thorell, 1859 = Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) (Bjørn, 1997: 209).
Argiope novaepommeraniae Strand, 1915 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 314).
Argiope obscuripes Strand, 1906 = Argiope sector (Forsskål, 1776) (Bjørn, 1997: 224).
Argiope ohsumiensis Yaginuma, 1967 = Argiope ocula Fox, 1938 (Levi, 1983: 272).
Argiope ornata lineata (Marapao, 1965) = Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 273).
Argiope ornata turricula (Marapao, 1965) = Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859) (Levi, 1983: 274).
Argiope pallida Rainbow, 1897 = Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872 (Levi, 1983: 285).
Argiope panamensis (Chamberlin, 1917, T from Gea) = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Bryant, 1940: 333).
Argiope papuana Workman, 1900 = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Jäger, 2012c: 313).
Argiope plagiata Karsch, 1892 = Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887 (Levi, 1983: 293).
Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867 = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Chrysanthus, 1972: 156).
Argiope platycephala (Caporiacco, 1947, T from Brachygea) = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Levi, 1983: 286).
Argiope pradhani Sinha, 1952 = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Levi, 1983: 286).
Argiope principalis L. Koch, 1871 = Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871 (Chrysanthus, 1958a: 237).
Argiope pumila Thorell, 1890 = Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877 (Levi, 1983: 292).
Argiope reticulata (Kishida, 1936) = Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 308).
Argiope rotunda (Hogg, 1915, T from Gea) = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 314).
Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968 = Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916 (Jäger, 2012c: 299).
Argiope schoenigi Marapao, 1965 = Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 308).
Argiope seminola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 340).
Argiope shillongensis Sinha, 1951 = Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879 (Levi, 1983: 298).
Argiope sikkimensis Tikader, 1970 = Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897 (Tikader, 1982a: 125, sub Argiope kalimpongensis).
Argiope stenogastra Mello-Leitão, 1945 = Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775) (Levi, 1968a: 340).
Argiope suavissima Gerstaecker, 1873 = Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805) (Bjørn, 1997: 209).
Argiope transalpina (C. L. Koch, 1835, T from Nephila) = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Thorell, 1873: 518).
Argiope udjirica Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Chrysanthus, 1958a: 240).
Argiope undulata Thorell, 1887 = Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881 (Levi, 1983: 304).
Argiope vanicorensis Simon, 1897 = Argiope bougainvilla (Walckenaer, 1847) (Levi, 1983: 312).
Argiope verecunda Thorell, 1878 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope waughi Simon, 1896 = Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775) (Archer, 1963: 18, sub Argiope hirta).
Argiope wogeonicola Strand, 1913 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 314).
Argiope wolfi Strand, 1911 = Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1841) (Levi, 1983: 313).
Argiope zabonica (Chamberlin, 1924) = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) (Levi, 1983: 282).

Nomina dubia:
Argiope elegans Thorell, 1859: 299 (f, South Africa) -- Bjørn, 1997: 206.
Argiope gibberosa Caporiacco, 1947c: 158 (j, Kenya, Tanzania) -- Bjørn, 1997: 206.
Argiope gracilis (Blackwall, 1866: 464, j, Tropical Africa, originally in Argyopes) -- Bjørn, 1997: 206.
Argiope manicata Thorell, 1859: 300 (j, China) -- Levi, 1983: 262.

Nomen nudum:
Argiope argentata nigra Franganillo, 1926a: 52 (Cuba) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054691] -- Franganillo, 1926a: 52, no description.

Epeira aemula Walckenaer, 1841: 118 (Df).
Epeira striata Doleschall, 1857: 415 (Df).
Epeira striata Doleschall, 1859: 30, pl. 9, f. 2 (f).
Argiope aemula Thorell, 1877b: 364 (Dm).
Argiope aemula nigripes Thorell, 1877b: 364 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015340].
Argiope aemula Thorell, 1887: 164 (Dm).
Argiope trivittata Karsch, 1892: 280, pl. 10, f. 6 (Df).
Metargiope ornatus lineatus Marapao, 1965: 46, pl. 2, f. 1-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060826].
Argiope aemula Shimojana, 1967: 18, f. 11 (f).
Argiope aemula Tikader, 1970: 29, f. 17b (f).
Argiope aemula Chrysanthus, 1971: 9, f. 1-3 (f).
Argiope aemula Yin, 1978: 4, f. 9A-C (f).
Argiope aemula Song, 1980: 100, f. 46a-c (f).
Argiope aemula Tikader, 1982a: 119, f. 223-226 (f).
Argiope aemula Levi, 1983: 273, f. 9-10, 29-35 (mf, S of Argiope aemula nigripes and A. ornata lineata).
Argiope ornata lineata Brignoli, 1983c: 242.
Argiope aemula Hu, 1984: 101, f. 97.1-3 (f).
Argiope aemula Yaginuma, 1986a: 114, f. 59.6 (m).
Argiope aemula Chikuni, 1989b: 78, f. 46 (mf).
Argiope aemule Feng, 1990: 62, f. 37.1-4 (f).
Argiope aemula Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 575, f. 356a-d, 357a-f (mf).
Argiope aemula Yin et al., 1997d: 69, f. 3a-g (mf).
Argiope aemula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 150R-S, 151A, 152L, 153F (mf).
Argiope aemula Gajbe, 2007: 512, f. 269-272 (f).
Argiope aemula Tanikawa, 2007c: 45, f. 24-25, 439-440 (mf).
Argiope aemula Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 28-29 (mf).
Argiope aemula Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 206, f. 144A-E (mf).
Argiope aemula Yin et al., 2012: 566, f. 270a-g (mf).
Argiope aemula Jäger, 2012c: 281, f. 3-7 (m).
Argiope aemula Sen et al., 2015: 111, f. 642-646, pl. 21 (m).
Argiope aemula Ade & Dixit, 2016: 729, f. 1a-f (f).
Argiope aemula Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 8, f. 18-22, 169 (f).

Epeira aetherea Walckenaer, 1841: 112 (Df).
Argiope regalis L. Koch, 1871: 36, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df).
Argiope variabilis Bradley, 1876a: 141, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df).
Argiope lunata Bradley, 1876a: 143, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060818].
Argiope brownii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877a: 284 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060794].
Argiope verecunda Thorell, 1878b: 35 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060849].
Argiope aetherea deusta Thorell, 1881: 68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060781].
Argiope aetherea annulipes Thorell, 1881: 68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015342].
Argiope verecunda Pocock, 1897c: 599, pl. 35, f. 6.
Argiope aetherea Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 198, pl. 12, f. 296 (f).
Argiope aetherea melanopalpis Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060783].
Argiope friedericii Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060807].
Argiope wolfi Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060852].
Argiope maerens Kulczyński, 1911c: 473, pl. 20, f. 45 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060819].
Argiope udjirica Strand, 1911d: 142, pl. 5, f. 43 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060846].
Argiope wogeonicola Strand, 1913d: 116 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060851].
Gea rotunda Hogg, 1915a: 444, f. 24 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060838].
Argiope aetherea deusta Strand, 1915d: 211, pl. 13, f. 15, pl. 17, f. 61 (f).
Argiope novae-pommeraniae Strand, 1915d: 212, pl. 16, f. 51 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060823].
Argiope wolfi Strand, 1915d: 212, pl. 16, f. 55 (f).
Argiope wogeonicola Strand, 1915d: 213, pl. 16, f. 56, pl. 17, f. 58 (f).
Argiope friedericii Strand, 1915d: 214, pl. 17, f. 62 (f).
Argiope udjirica Roewer, 1938: 33, f. 22 (f).
Argiope aetherea Chrysanthus, 1958a: 237, f. 7-12, 20, 24 (mf, S of Argiope aetherea deusta and A. udjirica).
Argiope aetherea Main, 1964: 102, f. D-E (f).
Argiope aetherea Chrysanthus, 1971: 10 (S of Argiope boetonica; rejected, see Argiope pictula).
Argiope aetherea Levi, 1983: 313, f. 5-6, 297-309 (mf, S of Argiope aetherea annulipes, A. aetherea melanopalpis, A. browni, A. friederici, A. lunata, A. maerens, A. novaepommeraniae, A. verecunda, A. wogeonicola, A. wolfi and Gea rotunda, S of Argiope aetherea tangana, A. avara angulicosta, A. avara ocelligera, A. avara tristipes and A. lihirica rejected by Jäger, 2012c: 310, see Argiope brunnescentia; S of Argiope aetherea keyensis rejected by Jäger, 2012c: 308, see Argiope modesta).
Argiope aetherea Jäger, 2012c: 312, f. 155-156 (m).

Argiope aetherea Yaginuma, 1986a: 114, f. 59.5 (f, misidentified).
Argiope aetheroides Yin et al., 1989: 61, f. 1A-E (Df).
Argiope aetheroides Tanikawa, 1994a: 34, f. 1-7 (f, Dm).
Argiope aetheroides Yin & Bao, 1995a: 127, f. 1-3 (m).
Argiope aetheroides Yin et al., 1997d: 80, f. 13a-i (mf).
Argiope aetheroides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 151B-D, 152M, 153G (mf).
Argiope aetheroides Tanikawa, 2007c: 45, f. 26, 441-443 (mf).
Argiope aetheroides Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 30-31 (mf).
Argiope aetheroides Yin et al., 2012: 567, f. 271a-i (mf).
Argiope aetheroides Jäger, 2012c: 304, f. 108-110 (m).

Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932a: 182, f. 1-4 (Df).
Argiope anhgeri Bakhvalov, 1974: 108, f. 11 (f).
Argiope ahngeri Tiunov & Esyunin, 2014: 1316, f. 1.1-11, 2.1-2 (f, Dm).

Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878c: 735, pl. 15, f. 1 (Df).
Argiope amoena Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 199, pl. 4, f. 19, pl. 12, f. 290 (f, Dm).
Argiope amoena Strand, 1918: 95, pl. 2, f. 37 (f).
Coganargiope amoena Kishida, 1936a: 18 (T from Argiope).
Coganargiope amoena Nakatsudi, 1942a: 304, f. 3-4 (f).
Argiope davidi Schenkel, 1963: 136, f. 80a-b (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060803].
Argiope amoena Hikichi, 1977: 154, f. 39 (f).
Argiope amoena Yin, 1978: 3, f. 7A-C (f).
Argiope amoena Song, 1980: 98, f. 44a-c (f).
Argiope amoena Wang, 1981: 99, f. 40A-C (f).
Argiope amoena Levi, 1983: 280, f. 67-72 (mf, S of Argiope davidi).
Argiope amoena Hu, 1984: 102, f. 98.4-5 (f).
Argiope amoena Yaginuma, 1986a: 113, f. 59.1 (m).
Argiope amoena Chikuni, 1989b: 79, f. 48 (mf).
Argiope amoena Feng, 1990: 64, f. 39.1-5 (mf).
Argiope amoena Chen & Gao, 1990: 49, f. 55a-b (mf).
Argiope amoena Chen & Zhang, 1991: 83, f. 73.1-4 (mf).
Argiope amoena Yin et al., 1997d: 72, f. 6a-f (mf).
Argiope amoena Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 151E-F, 152N, 153H (mf).
Argiope amoena Hu, 2001: 431, f. 277.1-4 (mf).
Argiope amoena Namkung, 2002: 271, f. 19.33a-b (mf).
Argiope amoena Kim & Kim, 2002: 191, f. 23, 101, 194-195 (mf).
Argiope amoena Kim & Cho, 2002: 254, f. 595-600 (m).
Argiope amoena Namkung, 2003: 273, f. 19.33a-b (mf).
Argiope amoena Shin, 2007: 152, f. 6A-E (mf).
Argiope amoena Tanikawa, 2007c: 46, f. 27-29, 444-445 (mf).
Argiope amoena Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 32-33 (mf).
Argiope amoena Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 207, f. 145A-F (mf).
Argiope amoena Yin et al., 2012: 569, f. 272a-f (mf).
Argiope amoena Kim & Lee, 2012b: 43, f. 28A-D, pl. 7 (mf).
Argiope amoena Jäger, 2012c: 285, f. 34-35 (m).
Argiope amoena Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 46, 5 f. (mf).

Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887: 162 (D).
Argiope plagiata Karsch, 1892: 279, pl. 10, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060831].
Argiope plagiata Strand, 1907k: 167, f. 5 (f).
Argiope anasuja fletcheri Hirst, 1911: 385, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060785].
Argiope anasuja Gravely, 1921a: 412, f. 3a (f).
Argiope anasuja Grasshoff, 1980: 389 (S of Argiope anasuja fletcheri).
Argiope anasuja Tikader, 1982a: 127, f. 239-242 (f).
Argiope anasuja Levi, 1983: 293, f. 167-172 (Dm, f, S of Argiope plagiata).
Argiope anasuja Saaristo, 2010: 48, f. 4.66-71 (mf).
Argiope anasuja Jäger, 2012c: 299, f. 84-87 (mf).

Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997: 230, f. 79 (Dm).
Argiope anomalopalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 29, 1 unnumbered f. (m).

Epeira appensa Walckenaer, 1841: 111 (Df).
Epeira crenulata Doleschall, 1857: 414 (Df).
Epeira crenulata Doleschall, 1859: pl. 3, f. 7 (f).
Argiope chrysorrhoea L. Koch, 1871: 38, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df).
Argiope crenulata Thorell, 1878b: 30 (Dm).
Coganargiope reticulata Kishida, 1936a: 27, f. 6-11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060837].
Argiope crenulata Roewer, 1938: 33, f. 23 (f).
Coganargiope reticulata Nakatsudi, 1943a: 154, f. 5a-b, pl. XXII, f. 1-2 (mf).
Argiope schoenigi Marapao, 1965: 44, pl. 1, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060839].
Argiope appensa Chrysanthus, 1971: 10, f. 4-8 (mf).
Argiope appensa Levi, 1983: 308, f. 271-278 (mf, S of Argiope boetonica, A. reticulata and A. schoenigi; S of A. boetonica rejected, see Argiope pictula).
Argiope appensa Jäger, 2012c: 309, f. 147-151 (mf).

Aranea argentata Fabricius, 1775: 433 (D).
Aranea mammata De Geer, 1778: 318, pl. 39, f. 5 (D).
Aranea mammata Olivier, 1789: 202.
Aranea argentata Olivier, 1789: 234.
Epeira mammata Walckenaer, 1805: 56.
Argyopes argentatus C. L. Koch, 1838: 38, f. 360 (Df).
Argyopes fenestrinus C. L. Koch, 1838: 39, f. 361 (Df).
Epeira argentata Walckenaer, 1841: 115, pl. 18, f. 3 (f).
Epeira amictoria Walckenaer, 1841: 119 (Df).
Plectana sloanii Walckenaer, 1841: 200 (Df).
Epeira gracilis Keyserling, 1865: 826, pl. 19, f. 29-30 (Dm; preoccupied by Walckenaer, 1805, see Micrathena gracilis).
Argiope carinata L. Koch, 1871: 29, pl. 2, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060797].
Argyopes maronicus Taczanowski, 1873: 261 (Df).
Argyopes subtilis Taczanowski, 1873: 261 (Df).
Acrosoma sloanii Butler, 1873b: 428.
Argyopes hirtus Taczanowski, 1879: 103, pl. 1, f. 23 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060811].
Epeira gracilis Keyserling, 1893: 235, pl. 11, f. 175 (m).
Argiope argentata McCook, 1894: 220, pl. 16, f. 1-2 (mf).
Argiope argentata Simon, 1895a: 764, f. 840 (f).
Argiope waughi Simon, 1896e: 105 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060850].
Argiope argentata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 450, pl. 42, f. 25-26 (mf).
Araneus gracilis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 294.
Micrathena sloanei Petrunkevitch, 1911: 378.
Gea panamensis Chamberlin, 1917: 243, pl. 19, f. 8 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060829].
Argiope argentata Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 241, f. 90-92 (mf).
Argiope argyrea Badcock, 1932: 19, f. 13 (Df).
Argiope cuyunii Hingston, 1932: 373 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060802].
Argiope filiargentata Hingston, 1932: 372 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060805].
Argiope filinfracta Hingston, 1932: 373 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060806].
Micrathena sloani Mello-Leitão, 1932a: 77.
Argiope argentata Bryant, 1940: 333 (S of Gea panamensis).
Singa gracilis Mello-Leitão, 1941b: 259 (T from Araneus).
Aranea gracilenta Roewer, 1942a: 843 (replacement name for Epeira gracilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060808].
Argiope indistincta Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 328, f. 12 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060812].
Argiope argentata Abalos & Báez, 1963: 201, f. 12-15, 26-27 (mf).
Argiope hirta Archer, 1963: 18 (S of Argiope waughi).
Argiope argentata Abalos, 1967: 273, f. 12G-H, J (f).
Argiope argentata Levi, 1968a: 345, f. 42, 73, 112-136 (mf, S of Argiope cuyunii, A. filiargentata, A. filinfracta, A. hirta, A. indistincta and A. maronica, S of A. submaronica rejected by Jäger, 2012c: 298, see Argiope submaronica).
Argiope argentata Levi, 1983: 251 (S of Argiope carinata).
Argiope argentata Levi, 1991a: 177 (S of Argiope gracilenta and A. gracilis Keyserling).
Argiope argentata Lopez, 1993: 12, f. 12-13 (m).
Argiope argentata Agnarsson, 2004: 607, f. 92A (m).
Argiope argentata Levi, 2004: 58, f. 16-17, 36-45 (mf).
Argiope argentata Kuntner, Coddington & Hormiga, 2008: 176, f. 17A (m).
Argiope argentata Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 846, f. 133B, 137A, C, E, 140A, F (mf).
Argiope argentata Taucare-Ríos, 2012a: 43, f. 1-3 (mf).
Argiope argentata Jäger, 2012c: 296, f. 73-79 (mf).
Argiope argentata Agnarsson et al., 2016: 35, f. 4j-l, 4o-p (mf).
Argiope argentata Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 159, f. 13A, 18E (mf).

Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833a: 86, pl. 5, f. 1 (Df).
Nephila vestita C. L. Koch, 1838: 35, f. 358 (Df).
Epeira aurantia Lucas, 1840: 421.
Epeira cophinaria Walckenaer, 1841: 109 (Df).
Epeira ambitoria Walckenaer, 1841: 112 (Df).
Epeira riparia Hentz, 1847: 468, pl. 30, f. 5 (Df).
Epeira sutrix Hentz, 1847: 478, pl. 31, f. 23 (Df).
Argiope riparia McCook, 1882: 256.
Argiope riparia Emerton, 1884: 329, pl. 34, f. 19, pl. 38, f. 13-14, 19 (f, Dm).
Argiope riparia multiconcha Treat, 1887: 1122 (Df).
Argiope cophinaria Marx, 1890a: 541.
Argiope personata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 110, pl. 14, f. 14 (Df).
Argiope cophinaria McCook, 1894: 217, pl. 15, f. 1-6, pl. 16, f. 1, 5-6 (mf).
Argiope aurantia Simon, 1895a: 765, f. 843 (m).
Argiope godmani O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 236, pl. 37, f. 8 (Df).
Argiope riparia Emerton, 1902: 194, f. 448-454 (f, Dm).
Miranda cophinaria F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 452, pl. 43, f. 4-5 (f, Dm).
Argiope aurantia Kaston, 1948: 221, f. 696, 717-721 (mf).
Argiope aurantia Cloudsley-Thompson, 1956: 74, f. 1B (f).
Argiope aurantia Levi, 1968a: 338, f. 43-57 (mf).
Argiope aurantia Breene et al., 1993: 101, f. 147A-C (mf).
Argiope aurantia Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 45, f. 296-298 (mf).
Argiope aurantia Dondale et al., 2003: 155, f. 323-328 (mf).
Argiope aurantia Levi, 2004: 52, f. 9-15 (mf).
Argiope aurantia Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2010: 77, f. 1B (f).
Argiope aurantia Jäger, 2012c: 287, f. 42-43 (m).
Argiope aurantia Lemay & Paquin, 2022: 15, f. 1a-c, 3a-d (mf).

Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898g: 512, pl. 41, f. 6, pl. 42, f. 11 (Df).
Argiope aurocincta Bjørn, 1997: 207, f. 6-10, 15-19 (f).
Argiope aurocincta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 30, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 30: 6 unnumbered f. (f).

Epeira australis Walckenaer, 1805: 56 (D).
Argyopes clathratus C. L. Koch, 1838: 40, f. 362 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060799].
Epeira australis Walckenaer, 1841: 116 (Df).
Argiope laeta Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df).
Argiope nigrovittata Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060822].
Argyopes caudatus Blackwall, 1865b: 346 (Df).
Argiope sericea zairensis Brito Capello, 1866: 80 (Df).
Argiope clathrata Thorell, 1868b: 30.
Argiope nigrovittata Thorell, 1868b: 31.
Argiope suavissima Gerstaecker, 1873: 495, pl. 18, f. 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060845].
Argiope nigripes Simon, 1890a: 101 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060821].
Argiope suavissima Tullgren, 1910: 156, pl. 4, f. 91 (f).
Argiope nigrovittata Tullgren, 1910: 156, pl. 4, f. 92 (f).
Argiope banana Strand, 1920: 110 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060791].
Argiope suavissima Lessert, 1930: 629, f. 10a (f).
Argiope australis Bjørn, 1997: 209, f. 1, 11-12, 20-33 (Dm, f, S of Argiope banana, A. clathrata, A. nigripes, A. nigrovittata and A. suavissima, Walckenaer's 1805 citation of a pre-Linnean discussion of this species regarded as a valid indication).
Argiope australis Jäger, 2012c: 290, f. 49-53 (mf).
Argiope australis Dippenaar-Schoeman & Jones, 2022: 19, f. 1-10 (mf).
Argiope australis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 31, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 31: 3 unnumbered f., p. 32: 6 unnumbered f., p. 33: 5 unnumbered f. (mf).

Argiope beibeng Mi & Wang, in Mi, Zhang & Wang, 2024: 4, f. 1A-K, 2A-D, 3A-E (Dmf).

Argiope doleschallii bivittigera Strand, 1911d: 141 (Df).
Argiope bivittigera Jäger, 2012c: 283, f. 10-14, ph. 1-5 (removed f from S of A. reinwardti, contra Levi, 1983: 276, Dm).

Argiope blanda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898a: 267, pl. 37, f. 2 (Dm).
Argiope blanda F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 451, pl. 43, f. 1 (m).
Argiope blanda Levi, 1968a: 348, f. 137-153 (m, Df).
Argiope blanda Levi, 2004: 60, f. 46-54 (mf).
Argiope blanda Jäger, 2012c: 298, f. 80-82 (m).

Argiope boesenbergi Levi, 1983: 279, f. 61-66 (Dmf).
Argiope boesenbergi Yaginuma, 1986a: 113, f. 59.2 (m).
Argiope boesenbergi Hu & Li, 1987b: 265, f. 11.1-5 (f).
Argiope perforata Wang, 1988: 101, f. 1-3 (m; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28).
Argiope boesenbergi Chikuni, 1989b: 79, f. 49 (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Feng, 1990: 63, f. 38.1-6 (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Chen & Gao, 1990: 50, f. 56a-c (f).
Argiope boesenbergi Namkung, Im & Kim, 1994: 69, f. 7-14 (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Yin et al., 1997d: 73, f. 7a-f (f).
Argiope perforata Yin et al., 1997d: 78, f. 11g-i (m only; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28).
Argiope boesenbergi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151G-I (f).
Argiope perforata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 153B, M (m only; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28).
Argiope boesenbergi Hu, 2001: 432, f. 278.1-2 (f).
Argiope boesenbergi Namkung, 2002: 272, f. 19.34a-c (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Kim & Kim, 2002: 192, f. 24-25, 102-103, 196-200 (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Namkung, 2003: 274, f. 19.34a-c (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Shin, 2007: 154, f. 7A-G (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Tanikawa, 2007c: 46, f. 30-31, 446-447 (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 34-35 (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Yin et al., 2012: 571, f. 273a-f (f).
Argiope perforata Yin et al., 2012: 578, f. 278g-i (m only; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 28).
Argiope boesenbergi Kim & Lee, 2012b: 45, f. 29A-C (mf).
Argiope boesenbergi Jäger, 2012c: 285, f. 33 (m).
Argiope boesenbergi Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 47, 4 f. (mf).

Epeira bougainvilla Walckenaer, 1847a: 473 (Df).
Argiope bougainvilla L. Koch, 1871: 42.
Argiope vanicorensis Simon, 1898b: 272 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060848].
Argiope leopardina Pocock, 1898b: 461, pl. 19, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060814].
Argiope leopardina clavifemur Strand, 1915d: 216 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060815].
Argiope bougainvilla Levi, 1983: 312, f. 286-291 (f, Dm, S of Argiope leopardina, A. leopardina clavifemur and A. vanicorensis).

Aranea brünnichii Scopoli, 1772: 125 (D).
Aranea speciosa Pallas, 1773: 732 (D).
Aranea senoculata Lepechin, 1774: 316, pl. 16, f. 1 (misidentified).
Aranea fasciata Fabricius, 1775: 433 (D).
Aranea zebra Sulzer, 1776: 254, pl. 29, f. 15 (Df).
Aranea formosa Cyrillus, 1787: 7, pl. 9 (Df).
Aranea pulchra Razoumowsky, 1787: 372 (D).
Aranea caspia Gmelin, 1789: 2959 (D).
Aranea fasciata Olivier, 1789: 198.
Aranea phragmitis Rossi, 1790: 128, pl. 3, f. 13, pl. 9, f. 5 (D).
Segestria pulchra Risso, 1826: 160 (D).
Argiope fasciata Audouin, 1826: 329 (Df).
Miranda transalpina C. L. Koch, 1835: 128, pl. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054681].
Epeira speciosa Krynicki, 1837: 76.
Nephila transalpina C. L. Koch, 1838: vol. 5: 33, f. 356-357 (Dm, f).
Epeira speciosa Eichwald, 1841: 241, pl. 37, f. 5 (Df).
Epeira fasciata Walckenaer, 1841: 104 (Dmf).
Epeira fasciata var. A. Walckenaer, 1841: 105 (f).
Nephila fasciata C. L. Koch, 1844: 159, f. 954 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Thorell, 1873: 518 (S of Miranda/Nephila transalpina).
Argiope bruennichi Simon, 1874a: 31 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 117, pl. 4, f. 40 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Becker, 1896: (2): 5, pl. 1, f. 2 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Bösenberg, 1901: 20, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf).
Argiope brünnichii africana Strand, 1906b: 618 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060795].
Argiope bruennichi orientalis Strand, 1907m: 416 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060796].
Argiope bruennuchi nigrofasciata Franganillo, 1910: 7, f. 1-2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015357].
Argiope acuminata Franganillo, 1920: 138 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015338].
Miranda zabonica Chamberlin, 1924a: 17, pl. 4, f. 34 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060853].
Argiope brünnichii Spassky, 1925: 15, f. 49 (m).
Argiope bruennichi Kolosváry, 1931: 1075, pl. 30, f. 6-9 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Wiehle, 1931: 14, f. 4b, 5a, 11-17 (Dmf).
Argiope bruennichi Drensky, 1943: 222, f. 3 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Bristowe, 1945: 829, f. 1-3 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Locket & Millidge, 1953: 168, f. 112A-C (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Cloudsley-Thompson, 1956: 74, f. 1A (f).
Argiope brünnichi Saito, 1959: 100, f. 117a-f (f).
Argiope bruennichi Crome & Crome, 1961a: 444, f. 37-42 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Crome & Crome, 1961b: 190, f. 22-26 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Azheganova, 1968: 70, f. 141-143 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Levi, 1968a: 334, f. 39-41 (m).
Argiope bruennichi Tystshenko, 1971: 190, f. 550 (m).
Argiope bruennichi Miller, 1971: 201, pl. XXXVII, f. 16 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Loksa, 1972: 110, f. 100B, 101A-B (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Bakhvalov, 1974: 108, f. 12-14 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Yin, 1978: 3, f. 6A-C (f).
Argiope bruennichi Paik & Namkung, 1979: 42, f. 23 (m).
Argiope bruennichi Song, 1980: 97, f. 43a-c (f).
Argiope bruennichi Wang, 1981: 98, f. 39A-C (f).
Argiope bruennichi Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1982: 50, f. III.21, 25 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Levi, 1983: 282, f. 81-86 (mf, S of Argiope bruennichi orientalis and A. zabonica).
Argiope bruennichi Hu, 1984: 103, f. 99.1-2 (f).
Argiope bruennichi Roberts, 1985: 222, f. 100c (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Zhu & Shi, 1985: 76, f. 63a-c (f).
Argiope bruennichi Yaginuma, 1986a: 114, f. 69.4 (m).
Argiope bruennichii Zhang, 1987: 75, f. 59.1-4 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Song, 1988: 130, f. 9A-C (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Legotai & Sekerskaya, 1989: 225, f. LXIX.21, 25 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Hu & Wu, 1989: 98, f. 73.1-3 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Chikuni, 1989b: 78, f. 47 (mf).
Argiope bruennichii Feng, 1990: 65, f. 40.1-5 (mf).
Argiope bruennichii Chen & Gao, 1990: 50, f. 57a-b (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Chen & Zhang, 1991: 82, f. 72.1-4 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 80, f. 177 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Zhao, 1993: 234, f. 108a-c (f).
Argiope bruennichi Roberts, 1995: 338, f. (mf).
Argiope bruennichii Zhao, 1995: 952, f. 447a-c (f).
Argiope bruennichi Mcheidze, 1997: 252, f. 543-547 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Bjørn, 1997: 214, f. 37-42 (mf, S of Argiope bruennichi africana).
Argiope bruennichi Yin et al., 1997d: 75, f. 8a-f (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Roberts, 1998: 350, f. (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Levy, 1998a: 358, f. 179-187 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151J-K, 152O (mf).
Argiope bruennichii Hu, 2001: 433, f. 279.1-3 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 199, f. 119A-F (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Namkung, 2002: 274, f. 19.36a-b (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Kim & Kim, 2002: 193, f. 26, 104, 201-202 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Kim & Cho, 2002: 254, f. 601-606 (m).
Argiope bruennichi Namkung, 2003: 276, f. 19.36a-b (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Mirshamsi & Darvish, 2005: 6, f. 6, 7a-b, 8, 9a-c, 10 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Almquist, 2006: 155, f. 164a-d (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Nessler, Uhl & Schneider, 2007: 2337, f. 1a-g (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2007: 400, f. 1A-G, 2A-F, 3A-B, 4A-F (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Shin, 2007: 156, f. 8A-K (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Tanikawa, 2007c: 45, f. 19-23, 437-438 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Kim, Ki & Park, 2008: 182, f. 5A-D (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Tanikawa, 2009: 425, f. 26-27 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2010: 77, f. 1A (f).
Argiope bruennichi Di Pompeo et al., 2011: 206, f. 3, 6a-b (f).
Argiope bruennichi Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 208, f. 146A-E (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Yin et al., 2012: 572, f. 274a-f (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Kim & Lee, 2012b: 46, f. 30A-C, pl. 5-6 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Jäger, 2012c: 286, f. 37-41 (mf, S of Argiope acuminata and A. bruennichi nigrofasciata).
Argiope bruennichi Vöcking, Uhl & Michalik, 2013: 2, f. 1A-F (f).
Argiope bruennichi Tiunov & Esyunin, 2014: 1319, f. 3.1-11 (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 50, 6 f. (mf).
Argiope bruennichi Zhan et al., 2019: 9, f. 3F (f).
Argiope bruennichi Kosyan, 2022: 64, f. 1a-b (f).
Argiope bruennichi Morano, 2023: 84, f. 32-35 (mf).

Argiope avara brunnescentia Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df).
Argiope avara angulicosta Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060788].
Argiope avara ocelligera Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060789].
Argiope avara tristipes Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060790].
Argiope aetherea tangana Strand, 1911b: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060784].
Argiope lihirica Strand, 1913d: 116 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060816].
Argiope lihirica Strand, 1915d: 215, pl. 13, f. 14, pl. 16, f. 52 (f).
Argiope brunnescentia Levi, 1983: 310, f. 279-285 (mf, elevated from subspecies, S of Argiope squallica, revalidated by Jäger, 2012c: 311).
Argiope brunnescentia Jäger, 2012c: 310, f. 152 (m, S of Argiope aetherea tangana, A. avara angulicosta, A. avara ocelligera, A. avara tristipes and A. lihirica, all removed from S of Argiope aetherea, contra Levi, 1983: 313).

Argiope bühleri Schenkel, 1944: 184, f. 7a-c (Df).
Argiope buehleri Levi, 1983: 276, f. 42-46 (f).

Argiope bullockii Rainbow, 1908: 46, f. 3 (Df).
Argiope bullocki Levi, 1983: 288, f. 120-123 (f).

Argiope butchko LeQuier & Agnarsson, in Agnarsson et al., 2016: 35, f. 4a-i, 4m-n (Dmf).

Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897b: 7 (Df).
Argiope kalimpongensis Sinha, 1952: 77, f. 3a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060813].
Argiope sikkimensis Tikader, 1970: 28, f. 18a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060843].
Argiope kalimpongensis Tikader, 1982a: 125, f. 235-238 (f, S of Argiope sikkimensis).
Argiope caesarea Levi, 1983: 279, f. 56-60 (f, S of Argiope kalimpongensis).
Argiope caesarea Yin et al., 1989: 62, f. 2A-C (f).
Argiope caesares Yin et al., 1997d: 71, f. 5a-f (f).
Argiope caesarea Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151L-N, 153I (f).
Argiope caesarea Mi, Zhang & Wang, 2024: 11, f. 4A-J, 5A-D, 6A-E (Dm, f).

Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983: 302, f. 217-221 (Df).

Argiope macrochoera Yin et al., 1989: 63, f. 3A-C (f; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17).
Argiope cameloides Zhu & Song, in Zhu et al., 1994: 33, f. 8A-C (Dm).
Argiope cameloides Yin et al., 1997d: 82, f. 14a-c (m).
Argiope macrochoera Yin et al., 1997d: 68, f. 2a-f (f; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17).
Argiope cameloides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 152P, 153J (m).
Argiope macrochoera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151Q-S, 153L (f; misidentified per Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17).
Argiope cameloides Jäger, 2012c: 307, f. 123-125 (m).
Argiope cameloides Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 17, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 3A-D (m, Df).

Mecynogea carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1944a: 8 (Df).
Manogea porracea Levi, 1997: 234 (T from Mecynogea, S? with Manogea porracea, S rejected by Martins & Santos, 2018: 443).
Argiope carvalhoi Martins & Santos, 2018: 443, f. 20A-B, 21A-F (f, T from Manogea, removed from S of Manogea porracea, contra Levi, 1997: 234).

Epeira catenulata Doleschall, 1859: 30, pl. 9, f. 1 (Df).
Argiope opulenta Thorell, 1859: 299 (Df).
Epeira stellata Stoliczka, 1869: 234, pl. 18, f. 6 (Df).
Argiope pelewensis Keyserling, 1886a: 136, pl. 11, f. 2 (Df).
Argiope catenulata Simon, 1895a: 858 (S of Pronous chelifer = Argiope chelifera; rejected by Levi, 1983: 326, see Gea spinipes).
Argiope catenulata Kolosváry, 1931: 1071, pl. 30, f. 5 (f).
Argiope catenulata Chrysanthus, 1958a: 240, f. 13-18, 22 (mf).
Metargiope ornatus turricula Marapao, 1965: 47, pl. 3, f. 5-11 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060827].
Argiope catenulata Yin, 1978: 4, f. 10A-C (f).
Argiope catenulata Song, 1980: 101, f. 47a-c (f).
Argiope catenulata Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 35, f. 56-58 (f).
Argiope catenulata Tikader, 1982a: 121, f. 227-230 (f).
Argiope catenulata Levi, 1983: 274, f. 36-41 (mf, S of Argiope ornata turricula).
Argiope ornata turricula Brignoli, 1983c: 243.
Argiope catenulata Hu, 1984: 103, f. 98.1-3 (f).
Argiope catenulata Feng, 1990: 66, f. 41.1-6 (mf).
Argiope catenulata Amalin, Barrion & Rueda, 1992: 37, f. 1a-e, 2a-c (mf).
Argiope catenulata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 570, f. 353a-e, 354a-c (mf).
Argiope catenulata Yin et al., 1997d: 70, f. 4a-h (mf).
Argiope catenulata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151O-P, 152Q, 153K (mf).
Argiope catenulata Yin et al., 2012: 574, f. 275a-h (mf).
Argiope catenulata Jäger, 2012c: 282, f. 8-9 (mf).
Argiope catenulata Brown & Henderson, 2019: 98, f. 2-5 (m habitus, f).

Argiope chloreides Chrysanthus, 1961b: 197, f. 5-8 (Df).
Argiope chloreis Levi, 1983: 292, f. 141-143, 146-147 (f; misidentified and S with Argiope chloreis rejected per Tan et al., 2019b: 49).
Argiope chloreis Jäger, 2012c: 296, f. 69-72 (f; misidentified per Tan et al., 2019b: 49).
Argiope chloreides Tan et al., 2019b: 49, f. 25-41 (Dm, f, removed from S of Argiope chloreis).
Argiope chloreides Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 21, f. 4A-B (m).

Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877b: 368 (Df).
Argiope pumila Thorell, 1890a: 99 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060836].
Argiope pumila Chrysanthus, 1961b: 197, f. 10-11 (f).
Argiope chloreis Levi, 1983: 292, f. 144-145, 148-151 (f, S of Argiope chloreides and A. pumila; partly misidentified and S of Argiope chloreides rejected per Tan et al., 2019b: 49).
Argiope chloreis Tan et al., 2019b: 47, f. 3-24 (f).

Argiope comorica Bjørn, 1997: 229, f. 74-78 (Df).

Epeira coquerelii Vinson, 1863: 201, 312, pl. 8, f. 1 (Df).
Argiope coquereli Karsch, 1879a: 339.
Argiope coquereli Bjørn, 1997: 217, f. 43-48 (f, f. m).
Argiope coquereli Jäger, 2012c: 292, f. 61, ph. 25-27 (f, f. m).

Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 36, f. 38-51 (Dmf).
Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2011b: 25, f. 53-56 (f).
Argiope dang Jäger, 2012c: 306, f. 121-122 (m).
Argiope dang Chotwong & Tanikawa, 2013: 2, f. 3, 9-10 (f).

Argiope dietrichae Levi, 1983: 290, f. 136-140 (Df).

Argiope doboensis Strand, 1911d: 144, pl. 4, f. 6 (Df).
Argiope ocyaloides Chrysanthus, 1971: 14, f. 13-16 (f, misidentified).
Argiope doboensis Levi, 1983: 290, f. 1-2, 130-135 (mf).

Epeira trifasciata Doleschall, 1857: 416, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df, preoccupied).
Argiope doleschallii Thorell, 1873: 520 (replacement name).
Argiope doleschalli Jäger, 2012c: 284, f. 29-31, ph. 15-18 (removed f from S of A. reinwardti, Dm).

Argiope ericae Levi, 2004: 62, f. 64-73 (Dmf).

Epeira flavipalpis Lucas, 1858: 427 (Df).
Argiope cuspidata Thorell, 1859: 300 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060801].
Argiope flavipalpis Brito Capello, 1866: 83, pl. 2, f. 2 (Df).
Argiope pechuelii Karsch, 1879a: 340 (Df).
Argiope flavipalpis Thorell, 1899: 39 (Dm).
Argiope pechueli preussi Strand, 1906h: 53 (Df).
Argiope cuspidata Lessert, 1930: 630, f. 10 (f).
Argiope flavipalpis Caporiacco, 1941b: 72, f. 24a-b (m).
Argiope flavipalpis Edmunds, 1982: 287, f. 5-21 (mf, S of Argiope cuspidata).
Argiope flavipalpis Bjørn, 1997: 218, f. 49-53 (mf).
Argiope flavipalpis Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 207, f. 587-588 (f).
Argiope flavipalpis Jäger, 2012c: 292, f. 62-64, ph. 28-33 (m).
Argiope flavipalpis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 34, 8 unnumbered f. (f).

Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 95, f. 93-97 (Df).
Argiope florida Levi, 1968a: 344, f. 92-111 (f, Dm).
Argiope florida Levi, 2004: 56, f. 27-35 (mf).

Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907k: 171, f. 4 (Df).
Argiope mindiptanensis Chrysanthus, 1961b: 195, f. 1-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060820].
Argiope halmaherensis Levi, 1983: 294, f. 173-177 (f, S of Argiope mindiptanensis).

Argiope hinderlichi Jäger, 2012c: 301, f. 89-92, ph. 38-45 (Dmf).

Argiope hoiseni Tan, 2018: 133, f. 1-12 (Df).

Argiope intricata Simon, 1877b: 75 (Df).
Argiope intricata Levi, 1983: 304, f. 233-237 (f).

Argiope jinghongensis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994: 105, f. 6-9 (Dm).
Argiope jinghongensis Yin et al., 1997d: 82, f. 15a-d (m).
Argiope jinghongensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 260, f. 152R (m).
Argiope jinghongensis Jäger, 2012c: 302, f. 93-107 (m, Df).

Argiope kaingang Corronca & Rodríguez Artigas, 2015: 148, f. 1a-f (Df).

Argiope katherina Levi, 1983: 300, f. 211-216 (Dmf).

Argiope aetherea Keyserling, 1865: 803, pl. 19, f. 1, 2 (f, misidentified).
Argiope keyserlingii Karsch, 1878c: 789 (Df).
Argiope keyserlingi Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 199, pl. 11, f. 230 (Df).
Argiope keyserlingi Levi, 1983: 296, f. 194-199 (f, Dm).
Argiope keyserlingi Davies, 1988b: 300, f. 33 (mf).

Argiope kochi Levi, 1983: 298, f. 200-204 (Df, possible m-f. 193).

Argiope legionis Motta & Levi, 2009: 334, f. 1-10 (Dmf).

Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997: 232, f. 13b, 86-92 (Dmf).
Argiope levii Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 35, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 35: 5 unnumbered f. (f).

Aranea lobata Pallas, 1772: 46, pl. 3, f. 14-15 (Df).
Aranea lobata Fabricius, 1781: 536 (D).
Aranea argentea Gmelin, 1789: 2954 (D; N.B.: the description fits rather to a member of the family Lycosidae).
Aranea sericea Olivier, 1789: 198 (D).
Aranea lobata Olivier, 1789: 232 (D).
Epeira sericea Latreille, 1806: 107.
Segestria dentata Risso, 1826: 161 (D).
Epeira margaritacea Risso, 1826: 170 (D).
Argyope sericea Audouin, 1826: 124, pl. 2, f. 6 (f).
Argyope splendida Audouin, 1826: 125, pl. 2, f. 7 (Df).
Epeira sericea Hahn, 1836: 1, pl. 1, f. a (f).
Argyopes praelautus C. L. Koch, 1838: 36, f. 359 (Df).
Argyopes sericea Eichwald, 1841: 241, pl. 37, f. 4 (f).
Epeira splendida Walckenaer, 1841: 117.
Epeira dentata Walckenaer, 1841: 118 (Df).
Argyopes impudicus L. Koch, 1867c: 857 (Dm).
Argiope lobata Thorell, 1873: 520.
Argiope lobata Simon, 1874a: 29, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf).
Argiope arcuata Simon, 1884n: 343 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060786].
Argiope lobata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1891: 117, pl. 4, f. 41 (mf).
Argiope arcuata Pocock, 1900a: 220, f. 70 (f).
Argiope lobata retracta Franganillo, 1918b: 122 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015381].
Argiope lobata Kolosváry, 1938b: 22, f. 1-5 (f; N.B.: names four additional "forms", without diagnoses).
Argiope lobata Drensky, 1943: 222, f. 3 (m).
Argiope lobata Denis, 1947a: 44, pl. II, f. 5 (f).
Aranea argentea Roewer, 1955c: 1395 (nicht zu deuten = nomen dubium).
Argiope lobata Levi, 1968a: 336, f. 25-38 (mf).
Argiope lobata Loksa, 1972: 110, f. 100A, 101C-D (mf).
Argiope lobata Bakhvalov, 1974: 108, f. 8-10 (mf).
Argiope arcuata Tikader, 1982a: 115, f. 215-218 (f).
Argiope lobata Levi, 1983: 284, f. 87-97 (mf, S of Argiope arcuata).
Argiope lobata Hu, 1984: 104, f. 100.1-3 (f).
Argiope lobata Hu & Wu, 1989: 98, f. 74.1-3, 75.1-3 (mf).
Argiope lobata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 80, f. 178 (mf).
Argiope lobata Baldacchino et al., 1993: 52, f. 7c (m).
Argiope lobata Bjørn, 1997: 221, f. 54-61 (mf).
Argiope lobata Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 374, f. 13 (m).
Argiope lobata Yin et al., 1997d: 84, f. 16a-f (mf).
Argiope lobata Levy, 1998a: 350, f. 151-164 (mf).
Argiope lobata Kakhki & Darvish, 2002: 163, f. 9a (m).
Argiope lobata Mirshamsi & Darvish, 2005: 5, f. 1, 2a-b, 3a-b, 4, 5a-b (mf).
Argiope lobata Rao et al., 2006b: 51, f. 1-6 (f).
Argiope lobata Uhl, Nessler & Schneider, 2010: 77, f. 1C (f).
Argiope lobata Jäger, 2012c: 288, f. 44-48 (mf, S of Argiope lobata retracta).
Argiope lobata Tiunov & Esyunin, 2014: 1322, f. 2.3-4, 4.1-12 (mf).
Argiope lobata Lindecke & Wall, 2016: 179, f. 1a-b, 2 (f).
Argiope lobata Kosyan, 2022: 65, f. 2a-b, 3a-b (f).
Argiope lobata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 36, 4 unnumbered f. (f).
Argiope lobata Morano, 2023: 84, f. 36-40 (mf).
Argiope lobata El-Hennawy, 2023a: 227, f. 2-8 (f).
Argiope lobata Ibrahimi et al., 2024: 549, f. 3A-E (f).

Epeira luzona Walckenaer, 1841: 109 (Df).
Argiope luzona Simon, 1877b: 74.
Argiope luzona Levi, 1983: 304, f. 227-232 (f, Dm).
Argiope luzona Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 573, f. 355a-g (f).
Argiope luzona Jäger, 2012c: 304, f. 111-114 (m).

Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891: 50 (Df).
Argiope macrochoera Levi, 1983: 272, f. 19-23 (f).

Argiope madang Levi, 1984: 249, f. 1-7 (Dmf).

Argiope magnifica L. Koch, 1871: 27, pl. 2, f. 6 (Df).
Argiope magnifica Levi, 1983: 280, f. 73-80 (mf, removed from S of A. aemula).
Argiope magnifica Jäger, 2012c: 285, f. 36 (m).

Argiope mangal Koh, 1991: 171, f. 1-8 (Dmf).

Argiope manila Levi, 1983: 272, f. 24-28 (Df).
Argiope manila Jäger, 2012c: 280, f. 1-2 (Dm).

Argiope mascordi Levi, 1983: 296, f. 188-192 (Df, possible m-f. 193).

Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879g: 67 (Dj).
Argiope minuta Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 194, pl. 1, f. 16, pl. 11, f. 218, 222 (Dmf).
Argiope minuta Saitō, 1933b: 51, pl. 3, f. 36.
Coganargiope minuta Nakatsudi, 1942a: 305, f. 5-7 (f).
Argiope shillongensis Sinha, 1952: 75, f. 1a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060842].
Argiope minuta Saito, 1959: 100, text-f. 7.3, f. 116a-c (f).
Argiope minuta Hikichi, 1977: 154, f. 40 (f).
Argiope minuta Yin, 1978: 4, f. 8A-C (f).
Argiope minuta Paik & Namkung, 1979: 43, f. 24.1-2 (mf).
Argiope minuta Song, 1980: 99, f.45a-c (f).
Argiope minuta Wang, 1981: 100, f. 41A-C (f).
Argiope shillongensis Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 36, f. 59-61 (f).
Argiope shillongensis Tikader, 1982a: 117, f. 219-222 (f).
Argiope minuta Levi, 1983: 298, f. 205-210 (mf, S of Argiope shillongensis).
Argiope minuta Hu, 1984: 105, f. 101 (f).
Argiope minuta Guo, 1985: 61, f. 2-15.1-3 (f).
Argiope minuta Yaginuma, 1986a: 113, f. 59.3 (mf).
Argiope minuta Chikuni, 1989b: 79, f. 50 (mf).
Argiope minuta Feng, 1990: 67, f. 42.1-4 (mf).
Argiope minuta Chen & Gao, 1990: 51, f. 58a-c (mf).
Argiope minuta Chen & Zhang, 1991: 84, f. 74.1-3 (mf).
Argiope minuta Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 871, f. 36A-C (mf).
Argiope minuta Okuma et al., 1993: 19, f. 14 (f).
Argiope minuta Yin et al., 1997d: 77, f. 10a-f (mf).
Argiope minuta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 261, f. 151T-U, 153A (mf).
Argiope minuta Namkung, 2002: 273, f. 19.35a-b (mf).
Argiope minuta Kim & Kim, 2002: 194, f. 27, 105, 203-204 (mf).
Argiope minuta Kim & Cho, 2002: 255, f. 607-612 (f).
Argiope minuta Namkung, 2003: 275, f. 19.35a-b (mf).
Argiope minuta Shin, 2007: 158, f. 9A-I (mf).
Argiope minuta Tanikawa, 2007c: 47, f. 32-35, 448-449 (mf).
Argiope minuta Tanikawa, 2009: 427, f. 36-37 (mf).
Argiope minuta Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 209, f. 147A-G (mf).
Argiope minuta Yin et al., 2012: 575, f. 276a-f, 3-17c (mf).
Argiope minuta Kim & Lee, 2012b: 48, f. 31A-C (mf).
Argiope minuta Jäger, 2012c: 300, f. 88 (m).
Argiope minuta Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 49, 4 f. (mf).

Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881: 75 (Df).
Argiope aetherea keyensis Strand, 1911d: 145 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060782].
Argiope modesta Schenkel, 1944: 182, f. 6a-c (f).
Argiope modesta Levi, 1983: 308, f. 263-270 (f, S of Argiope crenulata pictula, revalidated by Jäger, 2012c: 308).
Argiope modesta Jäger, 2012c: 308, f. 126-130 (Dm, f, S of Argiope aetherea keyensis, removed from S of Argiope aetherea, rejecting Levi, 1983: 314).

Argiope niasensis Strand, 1907k: 162, f. 1-3 (Df).
Argiope niasensis Levi, 1983: 294, f. 178-182 (f).

Argiope ocula Fox, 1938b: 364, f. 6 (Df).
Argiope ohsumiensis Yaginuma, 1967a: 50, 59, f. 1.1-9 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060825].
Argiope ohsumiensis Yaginuma, 1971: 128, f. 107.12-17 (mf).
Argiope ocula Levi, 1983: 272, f. 14-18 (mf, S of Argiope ohsumiensis).
Argiope ocula Yaginuma, 1986a: 115, f. 59.7 (mf).
Argiope ocula Feng, 1990: 68, f. 43.1-3 (f).
Argiope ocula Chen & Gao, 1990: 51, f. 59 (f).
Argiope ocula Yin et al., 1997d: 67, f. 1a-e (f).
Argiope ocula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 151W-X (f).
Argiope ocula Tanikawa, 2007c: 47, f. 36-37, 450-452 (mf).
Argiope ocula Tanikawa, 2009: 427, f. 38-40 (mf).
Argiope ocula Yin et al., 2012: 577, f. 277a-g (mf).

Argiope ocyaloides L. Koch, 1871: 30, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df).
Argiope ocyaloides Levi, 1983: 288, f. 124-129 (f, Dm).

Argiope pentagona L. Koch, 1871: 39, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df).
Argiope pentagona Levi, 1983: 313, f. 292-296 (f).

Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963: 135, f. 79a-b (Df).
Argiope perforata Levi, 1983: 293, f. 162-166 (f).
Argiope perforata Yin et al., 1997d: 78, f. 11a-f (f; m see Argiope boesenbergi).
Argiope perforata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 151V, Y-Z (f; m see Argiope boesenbergi).
Argiope perforata Yin et al., 2012: 578, f. 278a-f (f; m see Argiope boesenbergi).
Argiope abramovi Logunov & Jäger, 2015: 345, f. 1-7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048471].
Argiope perforata Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 22, f. 5A-E, 6A-D, 7A-F (Dm, f, S of Argiope abramovi).

Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871: 33, pl. 3, f. 3 (Df).
Argiope gorgonea L. Koch, 1871: 35 (Df).
Argiope principalis L. Koch, 1872a: 207, pl. 18, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060835].
Argiope lugubris L. Koch, 1872a: 209, pl. 18, f. 6-7 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060817].
Argiope picta principalis Thorell, 1881: 65.
Argiope papuana Workman, 1900: 129 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060830].
Argiope picta Kulczyński, 1910: 391, pl. 17, f. 2 (f).
Gea dubiosa Strand, 1911d: 146, pl. 4, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060804].
Chaetargiope picta Kishida, 1936a: 21 (T from Argiope).
Argiope picta Roewer, 1938: 31, f. 20 (f).
Argiope principalis Roewer, 1938: 32, f. 21 (f).
Argiope picta Chrysanthus, 1958a: 237, f. 1-6, 19, 21, 23 (Dm, f, S of Argiope principalis).
Argiope picta Chrysanthus, 1971: 14 (S of Argiope squallica, revalidated by Jäger, 2012c: 311).
Argiope picta Levi, 1983: 317, f. 7-8, 310-316 (mf, S of Argiope lugubris and Gea dubiosa).
Argiope picta Jäger, 2012c: 313, f. 157-166 (m, S of Argiope papuana).

Argiope crenulata pictula Strand, 1911b: 203 (Df).
Argiope boetonica Strand, 1915d: 215, pl. 16, f. 53 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060793].
Argiope pictula Jäger, 2012c: 308, f. 131-146 (mf, removed from S of Argiope modesta contra Levi, 1983: 308; S of Argiope boetonica, removed from S of Argiope appensa contra Levi, 1983: 308 and from S of Argiope aetherea contra Chrysanthus, 1971: 10).

Argiope ponape Levi, 1983: 320, f. 329-333 (Df).

Argiope celebesiana possoica Merian, 1911: 205 (Df).
Argiope possoica Levi, 1983: 293, f. 157-161 (f, elevated from subspecies).

Argiope probata Rainbow, 1916a: 91, pl. 21, f. 13 (Dmf).
Argiope probata Levi, 1983: 286, f. 107-111 (mf).

Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872a: 211, pl. 18, F. 8 (Df).
Argiope syrmatica L. Koch, 1872a: 213, pl. 18, f. 9 (Df).
Epeira attenuata Urquhart, 1885: 33, pl. 9, f. 1 (Df).
Arachnura longicauda Urquhart, 1885: 34, pl. 9, f. 2, 10 (Df).
Argiope multifasciata Thorell, 1893: 226 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:058033].
Argiope extensa Rainbow, 1897b: 519, pl. 17, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015370].
Argiope pallida Rainbow, 1897b: 521, pl. 17, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060828].
Argiope gracilis Rainbow, 1897b: 522, pl. 17, f. 7 (Df; preoccupied by Blackwall, 1866, see Argiope gracilis) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060854].
Argiope haynesi Hogg, 1914b: 73, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060810].
Argiope gracillima Roewer, 1955c: 742 (replacement name for A. gracilis Rainbow) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060809].
Argiope protensa Main, 1964: 102, f. F-H (f).
Argiope protensa Chrysanthus, 1971: 15, f. 17-19 (f).
Argiope protensa Levi, 1983: 284, f. 98-106 (f, Dm, S of Argiope extensa, A. gracilis Rainbow, A. gracillima, A. haynesi, A. multifasciata and A. pallida).
Argiope protensa Jäger, 2012c: 294, f. 65-67 (m).

Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881: 74 (Df).
Argiope undulata Thorell, 1887: 154 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060847].
Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1887: 158 (Dm).
Argiope undulata Thorell, 1895b: 161 (Dm).
Argiope undulata Leardi, 1902a: 358 (var. of Argiope luzona).
Argiope pulchella Gravely, 1921a: 412, f. 3b (f).
Argiope pulchella Dyal, 1935: 190, pl. 11, f. 8 (f).
Argiope pulchella Tikader, 1970: 27, f. 17a (f).
Argiope pulchella Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 37, f. 62-64 (f).
Argiope pulchella Tikader, 1982a: 129, f. 243-246 (f).
Argiope pulchella Levi, 1983: 304, f. 238-250 (mf, S of Argiope undulata).
Argiope pulchella Yin et al., 1989: 64, f. 4A-F (mf).
Argiope pulchella Yin et al., 1997d: 85, f. 17a-i (mf).
Argiope pulchella Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152A-C, 153C, N (mf).
Argiope pulchella Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 38, f. 52-68, 74 (mf, may be a junior S of Argiope versicolor).
Argiope pulchella Jäger, 2012c: 304, f. 115-118 (m).
Argiope pulchella Sen et al., 2015: 110, f. 637-641, pl. 21 (f).
Argiope pulchella Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 8, f. 23-27, 170 (f).

Argiope pulchelloides Yin et al., 1989: 64, f. 5A-G (Dmf).
Argiope pulchelloides Chen & Gao, 1990: 52, f. 60a-g (mf).
Argiope pulchelloides Yin et al., 1997d: 86, f. 18a-i (mf).
Argiope pulchelloides Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152D-F, 153D, O (mf).
Argiope pulchelloides Jäger, 2012c: 306, f. 119-120 (m).

Argiope radon Levi, 1983: 318, f. 317-323 (Dmf).

Argiope ranomafanensis Bjørn, 1997: 235, f. 93-98 (Dmf).

Epeira reinwardtii Doleschall, 1859: 31, pl. 15, f. 5 (Df).
Argiope concinna Thorell, 1881: 71 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060800].
Argiope fasciata Keyserling, 1886a: 133 (Df).
Argiope reinwardti Simon, 1895a: 765, f. 841-842.
Argiope reinwardti Workman, 1896: 29, pl. 29 (f).
Argiope celebesiana Merian, 1911: 203, pl. 9, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060798].
Argiope aetherea confusa Kulczyński, 1911c: 475 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060779].
Argiope aetherea coniuncta Kulczyński, 1911c: 475 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060780].
Argiope barbipoda Strand, 1911d: 144, pl. 5, f. 44 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060792].
Argiope reinwardti Roewer, 1938: 35, f. 24 (f).
Argiope reinwardti Roewer, 1942a: 741 (S of Argiope plana, rejected by Chrysanthus, 1972: 156, see Argiope trifasciata).
Argiope reinwardti Chrysanthus, 1971: 15, f. 20-22 (f).
Argiope reinwardti Chrysanthus, 1972: 156, f. 1-4 (Dm).
Argiope reinwardti Levi, 1983: 276, f. 47-55 (mf, S of Argiope aetherea confusa, A. aetherea coniuncta, A. barbipoda, A. celebesiana and A. concinna).
Argiope reinwardti Jäger, 2012c: 283, f. 15-28, ph. 8-14 (mf).

Argiope doleschallii sumatrana van Hasselt, 1882: 18 (Df).

Argiope sapoa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 577, f. 358a-e (Dm).
Argiope sapoa Seyfulina & Kartsev, 2022: 118, f. 24 (m).

Aranea sector Forsskål, 1776: 7, pl. 25, f. C (Df).
Plectana sector Walckenaer, 1841: 200.
Argyopes clarkii Blackwall, 1865a: 98 (Df).
Argyopes sericea caboverdiana Brito Capello, 1866: 80 (Df).
Argiope lordii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871c: 820, pl. 50, f. 1 (Df).
Argiope fissiloba L. Koch, 1875b: 15, pl. 2, f. 1 (Df).
Argiope clarki Simon, 1890a: 101.
Argiope lordii Simon, 1894a: 760, f. 836-837.
Argiope clarki Pocock, 1903g: 188, pl. 14, f. 3 (f, Dm).
Argiope obscuripes Strand, 1906b: 618 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060824].
Argiope sector Simon, 1909c: 39.
Argiope clarki Denis, 1947a: 43, pl. II, f. 4 (f).
Argiope sector Bjørn, 1997: 224, f. 2, 14a-c, 62-67 (mf, S of Argiope obscuripes).
Argiope clarki Levy, 1998a: 354, f. 165-168 (mf).
Argiope sector Jäger, 2012c: 290, f. 54-58 (m).

Argiope squallica Strand, 1915d: 216, pl. 16, f. 54 (Dm).
Argiope squallica Jäger, 2012c: 311, f. 153-154 (m, removed from synonymy of Argiope brunnescentia contra Levi, 1983: 310 and from S of Argiope picta contra Chrysanthus, 1971: 14).

Argiope submaronica Strand, 1916b: 105 (Df; provisional name, regarded as valid by Levi and Jäger).
Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968a: 350, f. 154-169 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:015409].
Argiope savignyi Levi, 2002: 553, f. 238 (m).
Argiope savignyi Levi, 2004: 61, f. 55-63 (mf).
Argiope submaronica Jäger, 2012c: 298, f. 83 (m, removed from S of Argiope argentata, contra Levi, 1968a: 346, S of Argiope savignyi).

Argiope takum Chrysanthus, 1971: 17, f. 23-25 (Df).
Argiope takum Levi, 1983: 296, f. 183-187 (f).

Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997: 231, f. 80-85 (Df).
Argiope tapinolobata Jäger, 2012c: 291, f. 59-60, ph. 22-24 (f, Dm).
Argiope tapinolobata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 37, 4 unnumbered f. (f habitus).

Argiope taprobanica Thorell, 1887: 164 (Df).
Argiope taprobanica Levi, 1983: 302, f. 222-226 (f).

Aranea trifasciata Forsskål, 1775: 86 (D).
Aranea trifasciata Forsskål, 1776: 7, pl. 24, f. E (Df).
Aranea fastuosa Olivier, 1789: 202 (D).
Argiope aurelia Audouin, 1826: 331, pl. 2, f. 5 (Dmf).
Epeira webbii Lucas, 1838: 38, pl. 6, f. 5 (Df).
Epeira nephoda Walckenaer, 1841: 74 (Df).
Epeira aurelia Walckenaer, 1841: 107.
Epeira latreilla Walckenaer, 1841: 108 (Df).
Epeira mauricia Walckenaer, 1841: 108 (Df).
Epeira fastuosa Walckenaer, 1841: 109 (Dm).
Epeira argyraspides Walckenaer, 1841: 110 (Df).
Epeira fasciata Hentz, 1847: 468, pl. 30, f. 8 (Df).
Epeira flavipes Nicolet, 1849: 493 (Df).
Argiope avara Thorell, 1859: 299 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060787].
Epeira latreilla Vinson, 1863: 194, 311 (D).
Epeira mauritia Vinson, 1863: 194, 311, pl. 8, f. 2 (f).
Nephila aurelia Blackwall, 1867b: 210.
Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867b: 181 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060832].
Argiope plana L. Koch, 1871: 31, pl. 3, f. 1 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Thorell, 1873: 519.
Argyopes indecissa Holmberg, 1876: 19 (Df).
Argiope sticticalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 576 (Df).
Argiope hentzi Thorell, 1878b: 295.
Argiope fasciata McCook, 1882: 256.
Argiope mauricia van Hasselt, 1882: 18.
Argiope transversa Emerton, 1884: 330, pl. 34, f. 20, pl. 28, f. 15-18 (Dmf).
Argiope trifasciata Keyserling, 1886a: 133, pl. 10, f. 5 (m).
Argiope argyraspis McCook, 1894: 219, pl. 15, f. 7-12, pl. 16, f. 3, 4 (Dmf).
Argiope avara McCook, 1894: 222, pl. 14, f. 1 (f).
Argiope avara Simon, 1900a: 476 (Dm).
Argiope transversa Emerton, 1902: 197, f. 455-458 (mf).
Metargiope trifasciata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903a: 451, pl. 43, f. 2-3 (mf).
Argiope fastuosa Banks, 1909b: 161.
Metargiope trifasciata Tullgren, 1910: 156, pl. 4, f. 93 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 239, f. 87-89 (mf).
Argiope simplex Badcock, 1932: 17, f. 12 (Df).
Metargyope trifasciata Lawrence, 1936: 152.
Austrargiope plana Kishida, 1936a: 17 (T from Argiope).
Argiope abalosi Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 399 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060778].
Argiope seminola Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 96, f. 98-102 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060841].
Argiope stenogastra Mello-Leitão, 1945b: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060844].
Brachygea platycephala Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060833].
Argiope trifasciata Kaston, 1948: 222, f. 697-699, 722-723 (mf).
Brachygea platycephala Caporiacco, 1948a: 653, f. 61 (m).
Argiope pradhani Sinha, 1952: 76, f. 2a-c (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060834].
Argiope trifasciata Bücherl, 1959: 297, f. 22 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Main, 1964: 102, f. A-C (f).
Argiope trifasciata Shear, 1967: 9, f. 22-23 (m).
Argiope trifasciata Hickman, 1967: 59, f. 103 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Levi, 1968a: 340, f. 58-72, 74-91 (mf, S of Argiope abalosi, A. avara, A. seminola and A. stenogastra).
Argiope avara Chrysanthus, 1971: 12, f. 9-12 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Chrysanthus, 1972: 156 (S of Argiope plana, removed from S of Argiope reinwardti, rejecting Roewer, 1942a: 741).
Argiope pradhani Tikader, 1982a: 123, f. 231-234 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Levi, 1983: 286, f. 11, 112-119 (mf, S of Argiope pradhani and Brachygea platycephala).
Argiope trifasciata Roberts, 1983: 250, f. 124-132 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Feng, 1990: 69, f. 44.1-4 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Breene et al., 1993: 101, f. 148A-C (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Bjørn, 1997: 226, f. 5, 68-73 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Yin et al., 1997d: 76, f. 8a-c (f).
Argiope trifasciata Levy, 1998a: 355, f. 169-178 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152G-H, 154A (f).
Argiope trifasciata Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 45, f. 299-301 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Dondale et al., 2003: 157, f. 329-335 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Levi, 2004: 54, f. 18-26 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 207, f. 585-586 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Saaristo, 2010: 48, f. 4.72-76 (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Di Pompeo et al., 2011: 206, f. 1, 4, 5a-b (f).
Argiope trifasciata Jäger, 2012c: 294, f. 68 (m).
Argiope trifasciata Berry & Williams, 2017: 9, f. 3 (m).
Argiope trifasciata Soliman et al., 2018: 151, pl. 10B-D (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Al-Khazali, Khalaf & Al-Fayadhi, 2022: 512, f. 2-6 (f).
Argiope trifasciata Lemay & Paquin, 2022: 18, f. 2a-c, 4a-d (mf).
Argiope trifasciata Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022d: 38, p. 28: 1 unnumbered f., p. 39: 3 unnumbered f., p. 40: 4 unnumbered f. (f habitus).
Argiope trifasciata Morano, 2023: 85, f. 41-45 (mf).

Argiope trifasciata deserticola Simon, 1906a: 1162 (D; N.B.: omitted by Roewer).

Argiope avara kauaiensis Simon, 1900a: 477 (Df).
Argiope trifasciata kauaiensis Berry & Williams, 2017: 9, f. 1-3 (Dm).

Argiope truk Levi, 1983: 320, f. 324-328 (Df).

Epeira versicolor Doleschall, 1859: 31, pl. 9, f. 10 (Df).
Argiope succincta L. Koch, 1871: 35 (Df).
Argiope versicolor Thorell, 1890a: 95 (Dm).
Argiope versicolor Workman, 1896: 28, pl. 28 (f).
Argiope succincta Pocock, 1897c: 598, pl. 25, f. 7 (f).
Argiope versicolor Levi, 1983: 305, f. 3-4, 251-262 (mf).
Argiope versicolor Yin et al., 1989: 65, f. 6A-F (mf).
Argiope versicolor Chen & Gao, 1990: 53, f. 61a-e (mf).
Argiope versicolor Yin et al., 1997d: 88, f. 19a-i (mf).
Argiope versicolor Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 262, f. 152I-K, 153E, 154B (mf).
Argiope versicolor Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009: 38, f. 69-73 (mf).
Argiope versicolor Tyagi et al., 2019: Supplement, f. S2.2, S3.26 (f).

Argiope vietnamensis Ono, 2010b: 8, f. 10, 24-27 (Df).
Argiope vietnamensis Wang, Gan & Mi, 2021: 29, f. 8A-I, 9A-D (Dm, f).