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Argiope tapinolobata
Argiope tapinolobata is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found from Senegal to South Africa. It is commonly known as the long-bodied garden orb-web spider.
From the article Argiope tapinolobata on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The female of A. tapinolobata has a distinctive abdomen that is almost cylindrical and over twice as long as wide, with very shallow lobes. This distinguishes it from other Argiope species which typically have more rounded abdomens.
Range & habitat
Argiope tapinolobata is known from Senegal, Namibia, and South Africa. In South Africa, the species is recorded from a single locality in Gauteng.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
What it does
The species is characterized by a female abdomen that is almost cylindrical, over twice as long as wide, with very shallow lobes. The South African specimen was sampled from grassland in mid-January.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 349124.