Argiope savignyi

Argiope savignyi
yellow form from Costa Rica (female)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Argiope
Species: A. savignyi
Binomial name
Argiope savignyi
Levi, 1968

Argiope savignyi is a species of orb-weaving spider that occurs from Mexico to Bolivia[1]. It was observed to capture and feed on the proboscis bat Rhynchonycteris naso in Costa Rica, totally encasing the bat in silk during the course of a day.[2]

A. savignyi sometimes spins a silk disc, sometimes a cruciate pattern, and sometimes combines both types[3].

The species is named after French zoologist Marie Jules César Savigny, in whose volumes the name Argiope was first published in 1825.

Footnotes

  1. ^ Platnick 2008
  2. ^ Timm & Losilla 2007
  3. ^ Herberstein et al. 2000

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