Argiope sector (Forsskål, 1776)
Description
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Bjørn 1997)
Embolus
(Jäger 2012)
Median apophysis
(Jäger 2012)
Median apophysis
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Bjørn 1997)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Bjørn 1997)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Bjørn 1997)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levy 1998a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1998a)
Vulva
(Levy 1998a)
Sternum
(Bjørn 1997)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Bjørn 1997)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Bjørn 1997)
Distribution List
References
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 
Bjørn P P (1997) A taxonomic revision of the African part of the orb-weaving genus Argiope (Araneae: Araneidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 28: 199-239
Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369
Jäger P (2012) A review on the spider genus Argiope Audouin 1826 with special emphasis on broken emboli in female epigynes (Araneae: Araneidae: Argiopinae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 7: 272-331
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Levy G (1998a) Twelve genera of orb-weaver spiders (Araneae, Araneidae) from Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology 43: 311-365
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2