Spiders from Laos with descriptions of new species (Arachnida: Araneae) Author Jäger, Peter text Acta Arachnologica 2007 56 1 29 58 journal article 10.2476/asjaa.56.29 de014b0b-a500-4236-9610-b6fe83e74184 818339 Argiope versicolor (Doleschall 1859) Material examined. 1 female ( SMF 56339 ), L1 . 3 females , 1 juvenile ( SMF 56350 ), L5, 7.XI.2004 . 1 female ( SMF 56365 ), L6 . 1 male ( SMF 56367 ), L9, surroundings, by hand . 1 female ( SMF 56677 ), L10, at night, by hand, 4. + 9.III.2006 . 1 female ( SMF 56674 ), L 13, 4.III. 2006 . 1 subadult female ( SMF 56675 ), L 13, 5. III . 2006 . 1 female ( SMF 56384 ), L20, outside cave, sweeping . 1 female ( SMF 56383 ), L23 . 2 males ( SMF 56316 ), L29, by hand, 18.- 19.11.2003 . 1 male, 1 female, 1 subadult male, 2 juveniles ( SMF 56324 ) , 1 female ( SMF 56325 ), L29, sweeping, 23.11.2003 . 1 female ( SMF 56329 ), L33 . 1 female ( SMF 56331 ), L34, surroundings, sweeping, 30.X.2004 . Males could be clearly identified according to drawings of Levi (1983) . Copulatory organs of females are rather variable as shown in Yin et al. (1997) . The species occurred in various open habitats.