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<taxonomicName LSID="378DB032-38FE-5DA9-8E99-CA247746CAB4" authority="Schenkel, 1963" authorityName="Schenkel" authorityYear="1963" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Argiope" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Argiope perforata" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perforata">Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963</taxonomicName>
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Figures 5</figureCitation>
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Schenkel" authorityYear="1963" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Argiope" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Argiope perforata" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="perforata">Argiope perforata</taxonomicName>
Schenkel 1963: 135, fig. 79a, b (♀, female holotype from China locality Lunan fu City, Szetchuan Province and deposited in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, not examined); 
<bibRefCitation author="Levi, HW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" pagination="247 - 338" refId="B5" refString="Levi, HW, 1983. The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 247 - 338" title="The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae)." volume="150" year="1983">Levi 1983</bibRefCitation>
: 293, figs 162-166 (♀); Wang 1988: 101, figs 1-3 (♂, mismatched); 
<bibRefCitation author="Yin, CM" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" refId="B13" refString="Yin, CM, Wang, JF, Zhu, MS, Xie, LP, Peng, XJ, Bao, YH, 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing" title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae." year="1997">Yin et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
: 78, fig. 11a-i (♀; ♂, mismatched); Song et al. 1999: 262, figs 151V, Y, Z, 153B, M (♀; ♂, mismatched); Yin et al. 2012: 578, fig. 278a-i (♀; ♂, mismatched).
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<taxonomicName authorityName="Logunov &amp; Jager" authorityYear="2015" class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" genus="Argiope" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Argiope abramovi" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="abramovi">Argiope abramovi</taxonomicName>
<bibRefCitation DOI="https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.24.4.09" author="Logunov, DV" journalOrPublisher="Russian Entomological Journal" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" pagination="343 - 363" refId="B7" refString="Logunov, DV, Jaeger, P, 2015. Spiders from Vietnam (Arachnida: Aranei): new species and records. Russian Entomological Journal 24 (4): 343 - 363, DOI: https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.24.4.09" title="Spiders from Vietnam (Arachnida: Aranei): new species and records." url="https://doi.org/10.15298/rusentj.24.4.09" volume="24" year="2015">
Logunov and 
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2015
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: 345, figs 1-7 (♀, female holotype from Vietnam, locality 14 km N of Kon Plong Town, Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province and deposited in the Zoological Museum of Moscow University (ZMMU), Moscow, Russia, not examined). Syn. nov.
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<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Material examined.</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">China</emphasis>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Guizhou Province</emphasis>
• 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-42), Tongren City, Bijiang District, Wenbi Park (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="43.26" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.721">27°43.26'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="109" direction="east" minutes="10.03" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="109.16717">109°10.03'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 460 m), 19.v.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-43), same locality, 10.vi.2017, Cheng Wang leg. • 3♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-44-46), Tongren City, Jiangkou County, Dewang Township, Baxi Village, Nanmuping (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="51.68" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.861334">27°51.68'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="36.88" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.61467">108°36.88'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 900 m), 10.vi.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 5♀4♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-47-55), same locality, 14.vi.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 6♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-56-61), same locality, 15-16.vii.2015, Cheng Wang and Mingyong Liao leg. • 2♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-62-63), Tongren City, Jiangkou County, Dewang Township, Baxi Village, Datuzu, 10.vi.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-64), Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Muhuang Township, Jinchang Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="north" minutes="01.37" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="28.022833">28°01.37'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="45.00" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.75">108°45.00'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1300 m), 14.vii.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-65), Tongren City, Songtao County, Wuluo Township, Lengjiaba Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="54.93" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.9155">27°54.93'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="36.70" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.611664">108°36.70'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1150 m), 15.vii.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 3♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-66-68), same locality, 10.vii.2015, Cheng Wang and Mingyong Liao leg. • 3♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-69-71), Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Libo County, Dongtang Township, Yaosuo Village, Bizuo, Maolan National Nature Reserve (
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="16.37" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="25.272833">25°16.37'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="02.97" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.0495">108°02.97'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 550 m), 07-10.viii.2013, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-72), Tongren City, Jiangkou County, near the Kaima primary school (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="50.77" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.846167">27°50.77'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="46.43" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.773834">108°46.43'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 530 m), 07.vii.2015, Cheng Wang and Mingyong Liao leg. • 2♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-73-74), Tongren City, Jiangkou County, Taiping Township, Kuaichang Village, Macaohe (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="49.08" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.818">27°49.08'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="51.52" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.858665">108°51.52'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 680 m), 08.vii.2015, Cheng Wang and Mingyong Liao leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-75), Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Zhangjiaba Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="56.62" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.943666">27°56.62'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="36.60" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.61">108°36.60'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 780 m), 12.vii.2015, Cheng Wang and Mingyong Liao leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-76), Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Ziwei Township, Tuanlong Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="54.93" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.9155">27°54.93'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="42.70" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.71167">108°42.70'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1150 m), 14.vii.2015, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 3♀1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-77-80), Tongren City, Jiangkou County, Dengwang Township, Jinghe Village, Xujiagou (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="48.29" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.804832">27°48.29'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="37.45" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.62417">108°37.45'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 820 m), 20.vii.2015, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 2♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-81-82), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Shibing County, Yuntaishan Scenic Area (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="07.74" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.129">27°07.74'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="06.57" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.1095">108°06.57'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 990 m), 30.vii.2015, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 4♀1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-83-87), Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Libo County, Maolan National Nature Reserve (
<geoCoordinate degrees="25" direction="north" minutes="16.07" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="25.267834">25°16.07'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="59.07" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.9845">108°59.07'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 760 m), 30.iv.2016, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-88), Zunyi City, Xishui County, Sanchahe Township, Sanchahe Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="north" minutes="29.04" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="28.484">28°29.04'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="106" direction="east" minutes="25.28" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="106.42133">106°25.28'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 800 m), 29.vii.2016, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 4♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-89-92), Zunyi City, Xishui County, Sanchahe Township, Sanchahe Village, Tiantangba (
<geoCoordinate degrees="28" direction="north" minutes="26.37" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="28.4395">28°26.37'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="106" direction="east" minutes="24.96" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="106.416">106°24.96'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1000 m), 30.vii.2016, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 2♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-93-94), Tongren City, Bijiang District, Tianshengqiao Scenic Area (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="49.80" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.83">27°49.80'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="109" direction="east" minutes="12.77" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="109.21283">109°12.77'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 580 m), 12.v.2018, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♀1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-95-96), Tongren City, Shiqian County, Pingshan Township, Daping Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="17.97" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.2995">27°17.97'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="10.05" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.1675">108°10.05'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 720 m), 08.vi.2019, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-97), Tongren City, Songtao County, Wuluo Township, Taohuayuan Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="58.04" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.967333">27°58.04'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="47.73" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.7955">108°47.73'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 790 m), 29.v.2017, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 3♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-98-100), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Leishan County, Fangxiang Township, Getou Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="26" direction="north" minutes="24.09" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="26.4015">26°24.09'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="15.40" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.25667">108°15.40'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1100 m), night of 22.vii.2017, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
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-101), Guiyang City, Guanshanhu District, Donglinsi Park (
<geoCoordinate degrees="26" direction="north" minutes="39.60" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="26.66">26°39.60'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="106" direction="east" minutes="38.00" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="106.63333">106°38.00'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 1300 m), 23.v.2018, Cheng Wang leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-102), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Zhenyuan County, Dadi Township, Dadi Village (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="21.56" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.359333">27°21.56'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="12.29" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.204834">108°12.29'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 700 m), night of 23.v.2018, Xiaoqi Mi leg. • 3♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-103-105), Tongren City, Shiqian County, Pingshan Township, Fodingshan Village, Yaoshang (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="20.54" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.342333">27°20.54'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="09.50" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.15833">108°09.50'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 640 m), night of 24.v.2018, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 3♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-106-108), Tongren City, Yinjiang County, Yangxi Township (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="38.53" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.642166">27°38.53'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="26.43" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.4405">108°26.43'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 700 m), 17.vi.2018, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-109), Tongren City, Shiqian County, Ganxi Township, near the 524 road (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="25.10" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.418333">27°25.10'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="07.97" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.132835">108°07.97'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 550 m), night of 06.vi.2019, Cheng Wang et al. leg. • 2♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-110-111), Shibing County, Baiduo Township, Heichong (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="9.37" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.156166">27°9.37'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="07.40" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.12334">108°07.40'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 990 m), 20.vi.2019, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg. • 1♀(TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-112), Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Shibing County, Chengguan Township (
<geoCoordinate degrees="27" direction="north" minutes="03.02" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="27.050333">27°03.02'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="7.78" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.12967">108°7.78'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 700 m), night of 21.vi.2019, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg.; 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">China</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region</emphasis>
• 1♀2♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-113-115), Fangchenggang City, Shangsi County, Shiwandashan National Forest Park (
<geoCoordinate degrees="21" direction="north" minutes="53.87" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="21.897833">21°53.87'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="107" direction="east" minutes="54.26" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="107.904335">107°54.26'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 370 m), 14.viii.2017, Xiaoqi Mi et al. leg.; 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">China</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Hainan Province</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Ledong County</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Jianfeng Township</emphasis>
- 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Jianfengling National Nature Reserve</emphasis>
• 1♀ (TRU- 
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-116), Mingfeng Valley (
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="44.61" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="18.7435">18°44.61'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="51.24" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.854">108°51.24'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 810 m), night of 12.iv.2019, Cheng Wang and Yuanfa Yang leg. • 1♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-117), Sanfenqu (
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="45.24" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="18.754">18°45.24'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="51.57" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.8595">108°51.57'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 900 m), night of 13.iv.2019, Cheng Wang and Yuanfa Yang leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-118), Tianchi (
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="45.22" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="18.753666">18°45.22'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="51.53" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.85883">108°51.53'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 850 m), 14.iv.2019, Cheng Wang &amp; Yuanfa Yang leg. • 2♀1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-119-121), Sanfenqu (
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="45.24" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="18.754">18°45.24'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="51.57" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.8595">108°51.57'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 900 m), night of 14.iv.2019, Cheng Wang and Yuanfa Yang leg. • 2♀ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-122-123), Yulin Valley, Zijin Waterfull (
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="44.79" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="18.7465">18°44.79'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="55.76" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.92934">108°55.76'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 630 m), 15.iv.2019, Cheng Wang and Yuanfa Yang leg. • 1♂ (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-124), Tianchi (
<geoCoordinate degrees="18" direction="north" minutes="45.22" orientation="latitude" precision="9" value="18.753666">18°45.22'N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate degrees="108" direction="east" minutes="51.53" orientation="longitude" precision="9" value="108.85883">108°51.53'E</geoCoordinate>
, ca 850 m), night of 15.iv.2019, Cheng Wang and Yuanfa Yang leg.
</paragraph>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" start="Figure 5" startId="F5">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Figure 5.</emphasis>
Habitus of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Argiope perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Schenkel, 1963 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A-C</emphasis>
female (TRU- 
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-122) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">D, E</emphasis>
male (TRU- 
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-118) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A, D</emphasis>
dorsal 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">B</emphasis>
lateral 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">C, E</emphasis>
ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption doi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512495" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" start="Figure 6" startId="F6">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Male palp of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Argiope perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Schenkel, 1963 (TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-118) 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A</emphasis>
prolateral 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">B</emphasis>
apical 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">C</emphasis>
retrolateral 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">D</emphasis>
median apophysis, posterior. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="15" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
The male of this species resembles 
<taxonomicName family="Araneidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. aetheroides" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" rank="species" species="aetheroides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. aetheroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng &amp; Chen, 1989 in the general shape of the palp, but it differs in the distal end of embolus is slender (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Male palp of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A prolateral B apical C retrolateral D median apophysis, posterior. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512495" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">6A</figureCitation>
) versus flattened in 
<taxonomicName family="Araneidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. aetheroides" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" rank="species" species="aetheroides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. aetheroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Yin, CM" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" refId="B13" refString="Yin, CM, Wang, JF, Zhu, MS, Xie, LP, Peng, XJ, Bao, YH, 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing" title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae." year="1997">Yin et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 13h), and the median apophysis is bifurcated at its distal end in posterior view (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Male palp of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A prolateral B apical C retrolateral D median apophysis, posterior. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512495" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">6D</figureCitation>
) versus bifurcated at the base in 
<taxonomicName family="Araneidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. aetheroides" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" rank="species" species="aetheroides">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. aetheroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Yin, CM" journalOrPublisher="Science Press, Beijing" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" refId="B13" refString="Yin, CM, Wang, JF, Zhu, MS, Xie, LP, Peng, XJ, Bao, YH, 1997. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae. Science Press, Beijing" title="Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae." year="1997">Yin et al. 1997</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 13i). The female of the species closely resembles 
<taxonomicName family="Araneidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. anasuja" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" rank="species" species="anasuja">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. anasuja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Thorell, 1887 in having the epigynal flange and broad posterior plate, but it differs in the median septum being less than 1/3 of the posterior plate width in ventral view (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 7" captionStartId="F7" captionText="Figure 7. Epigyne-vulva of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A TRU- Araneidae - 116 B TRU- Araneidae - 122 C-F TRU- Araneidae - 123 A-C ventral D lateral E posterior F dorsal. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure7" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512496" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">7A-C</figureCitation>
), versus more than 1/3 of the posterior plate width in 
<taxonomicName family="Araneidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. anasuja" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" rank="species" species="anasuja">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. anasuja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Levi, HW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" pagination="247 - 338" refId="B5" refString="Levi, HW, 1983. The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 247 - 338" title="The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae)." volume="150" year="1983">Levi 1983</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 167) and the dorsal abdomen possesses white patches laterally (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5A, B</figureCitation>
), versus has three wide, transverse white patches in 
<taxonomicName family="Araneidae" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="A. anasuja" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" rank="species" species="anasuja">
<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. anasuja</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation author="Levi, HW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" pagination="247 - 338" refId="B5" refString="Levi, HW, 1983. The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 247 - 338" title="The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae)." volume="150" year="1983">Levi 1983</bibRefCitation>
: fig. 170).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="15" type="description">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Male</emphasis>
(TRU- 
<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Araneidae" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF,CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="" order="Araneae" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="family">Araneidae</taxonomicName>
-118). Total length 3.65. Carapace 1.98 long, 1.90 wide; abdomen 1.90 long, 1.37 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.14, ALE 0.07, PME 0.15, PLE 0.12, AME-AME 0.13, AME-ALE 0.07, PME-PME 0.18, PME-PLE 0.16. Legs: I 9.59 (2.67, 3.01, 2.81, 1.10), II 9.39 (2.67, 2.95, 2.67, 1.10), III 5.05 (1.67, 1.48, 1.14, 0.76), IV 7.59 (2.48, 2.24, 2.01, 0.86). Carapace (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5D</figureCitation>
) pale pink, flat, acutely narrowed anteriorly, with indistinct, brown, radial markings on the thorax. Fovea linear, chelicerae and endites (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5E</figureCitation>
) yellow. Labium (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5E</figureCitation>
) pale. Sternum (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5E</figureCitation>
) heart-shaped, paler medially. Legs (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5D</figureCitation>
) yellow, spiny. Abdomen (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Habitus of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 A-C female (TRU- Araneidae - 122) D, E male (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A, D dorsal B lateral C, E ventral. Scale bars: 1.0 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512494" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">5D, E</figureCitation>
) elongate-oval, dorsum pale, darker posteriorly, with two pairs of muscle depressions medially, covered with sparse dark long hairs; venter pale laterally and green-brown medially. Spinnerets yellow, hairy.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
Palp (Fig. 
<figureCitation captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Male palp of Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963 (TRU- Araneidae - 118) A prolateral B apical C retrolateral D median apophysis, posterior. Scale bars: 0.1 mm." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1019.59521.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/512495" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">6A-D</figureCitation>
): patella with a long bristle; tibia swollen; paracymbium curved medially, blunt at tip; median apophysis bifurcated, with a short terminal spur; conductor flat, slightly curled; embolus enlarged at proximal end, curved almost 90° medially in prolateral view and with a lance-like tip in apical view.
</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Female</emphasis>
(TRU- 
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-122). Total length 9.86. Carapace 4.67 long, 4.14 wide; abdomen 5.76 long, 4.48 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.26, ALE 0.15, PME 0.27, PLE 0.26, AME-AME 0.25, AME-ALE 0.34, PME-PME 0.49, PME-PLE 0.51. Legs: I 16.77 (5.13, 5.38, 4.63, 1.63), II 16.51 (5.13, 5.25, 4.50, 1.63), III 9.32 (3.25, 2.69, 2.25, 1.13), IV 14.76 (5.25, 4.38, 3.88, 1.25). Carapace (Fig. 
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) narrowed anteriorly and rounded in thorax region, pale yellow with brown butterfly-shaped markings, covered with sparse hairs. Fovea depressed. Chelicerae (Fig. 
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) pale yellow. Endites, labium (Fig. 
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) dark at base with pale tip. Sternum (Fig. 
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) heart-shaped, red-brown laterally, with a longitudinal white band and a pair of white spots posterio-laterally. Legs yellow to yellow-brown. Abdomen (Fig. 
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) suboval with a pair of anterior-lateral humps, dorsum silver with three pairs of lateral transverse brown stripes, and a broad golden marking gradually narrowing from the middle part to the terminus; venter dark-brown with a pair of white longitudinal bands laterally. Spinnerets yellow, hairy. Epigyne (Fig. 
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) longer than wide, with a narrow, constricted septum; the posterior plate broad, almost 3/4 of the epigynal width.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Figure 7.</emphasis>
Epigyne-vulva of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Argiope perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Schenkel, 1963 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A</emphasis>
TRU- 
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-116 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">B</emphasis>
TRU- 
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-122 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">C-F</emphasis>
TRU- 
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-123 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A-C</emphasis>
ventral 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">D</emphasis>
lateral 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">E</emphasis>
posterior 
<emphasis bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">F</emphasis>
dorsal. Scale bars: 0.1 mm.
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</caption>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="15" type="distribution">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">China (Hainan, Guangxi).</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="15" type="genbank accession numbers">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">GenBank accession numbers.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
TRU- 
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-116: MW464195, TRU- 
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-121: MW464196.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection pageId="0" pageNumber="15" type="comments">
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Comments.</paragraph>
<paragraph pageId="0" pageNumber="15">
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">Argiope perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was originally described based on the female holotype from Sichuan, China; the illustrations are poor. It was redescribed and better illustrated by 
<bibRefCitation author="Levi, HW" journalOrPublisher="Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="0" pageNumber="15" pagination="247 - 338" refId="B5" refString="Levi, HW, 1983. The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 150: 247 - 338" title="The orb-weaver genera Argiope, Gea, and Neogea from the western Pacific region (Araneae: Araneidae, Argiopinae)." volume="150" year="1983">Levi (1983)</bibRefCitation>
who based on a specimen from Guangdong, China. Herein, the opposite sexes of the new specimens were collected from the same localities, and their pairing has been supported by the result of DNA barcoding. Additionally, the male of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as described by Wang (1988), is considered to be mismatched and herein proposed to be the male of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. boesenbergi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Levi, 1983 due to the close resemblances in palp structure. Besides, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. abramovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
Logunov &amp; 
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, 2015 is almost indistinguishable from the new material of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the epigynal structures and generally habitus markings, except that there are some differences in the dorsal abdomen markings; thus, 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. abramovi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is suggested as a synonym of 
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="15">A. perforata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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