# Argiope

Argiope é um género de aranhas araneomorfas da família Araneidae que inclui aranhas grandes que apresentam um elevado dimorfismo sexual, sendo as fêmeas (aproximadamente 2,5 cm) cerca de 3 vezes maiores que os machos (aproximadamente 8 mm). As espécies deste género têm o abdómen conspicuamente colorido e estão distribuídas por todo o mundo; em países com climas temperados têm uma ou mais espécies com aparência similar.

## Lista de espécies

De acordo com o The World Spider Catalog 12.5 são reconhecidas como válidas as seguintes espécies:
* Argiope acuminata Franganillo, 1920
* Argiope aemula (Walckenaer, 1842)
* Argiope aetherea (Walckenaer, 1842)
* Argiope aetheroides Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng & Chen, 1989
* Argiope ahngeri Spassky, 1932
* Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878
* Argiope anasuja Thorell, 1887
* Argiope anomalopalpis Bjørn, 1997
* Argiope appensa (Walckenaer, 1842)
* Argiope argentata (Fabricius, 1775)
* Argiope aurantia Lucas, 1833
* Argiope aurocincta Pocock, 1898
* Argiope australis (Walckenaer, 1805)
* Argiope blanda O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898
* Argiope boesenbergi Levi, 1983
* Argiope bougainvilla (Walckenaer, 1847)
* Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)
* Argiope brunnescantia Strand, 1911
* Argiope buehleri Schenkel, 1944
* Argiope bullocki Rainbow, 1908
* Argiope caesarea Thorell, 1897
* Argiope caledonia Levi, 1983
* Argiope cameloides Zhu & Song, 1994
* Argiope catenulata (Doleschall, 1859)
* Argiope chloreis Thorell, 1877
* Argiope comorica Bjørn, 1997
* Argiope coquereli (Vinson, 1863)
* Argiope dang Jäger & Praxaysombath, 2009
* Argiope dietrichae Levi, 1983
* Argiope doboensis Strand, 1911
* Argiope ericae Levi, 2004
* Argiope flavipalpis (Lucas, 1858)
* Argiope florida Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944
* Argiope halmaherensis Strand, 1907
* Argiope intricata Simon, 1877
* Argiope jinghongensis Yin, Peng & Wang, 1994
* Argiope katherina Levi, 1983
* Argiope keyserlingi Karsch, 1878
* Argiope kochi Levi, 1983
* Argiope legionis Motta & Levi, 2009
* Argiope levii Bjørn, 1997
* Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772)
* Argiope luzona (Walckenaer, 1842)
* Argiope macrochoera Thorell, 1891
* Argiope madang Levi, 1984
* Argiope magnifica L. Koch, 1871
* Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906
* Argiope mangal Koh, 1991
* Argiope manila Levi, 1983
* Argiope mascordi Levi, 1983
* Argiope minuta Karsch, 1879
* Argiope modesta Thorell, 1881
* Argiope niasensis Strand, 1907
* Argiope ocula Fox, 1938
* Argiope ocyaloides L. Koch, 1871
* Argiope pentagona L. Koch, 1871
* Argiope perforata Schenkel, 1963
* Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871
* Argiope ponape Levi, 1983
* Argiope possoica Merian, 1911
* Argiope probata Rainbow, 1916
* Argiope protensa L. Koch, 1872
* Argiope pulchella Thorell, 1881
* Argiope pulchelloides Yin, Wang, Zhang, Peng & Chen, 1989
* Argiope radon Levi, 1983
* Argiope ranomafanensis Bjørn, 1997
* Argiope reinwardti (Doleschall, 1859)
* Argiope sapoa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995
* Argiope savignyi Levi, 1968
* Argiope sector (Forsskål, 1776)
* Argiope takum Chrysanthus, 1971
* Argiope tapinolobata Bjørn, 1997
* Argiope taprobanica Thorell, 1887
* Argiope thai Levi, 1983
* Argiope trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)
* Argiope truk Levi, 1983
* Argiope versicolor (Doleschall, 1859)
* Argiope vietnamensis Ono, 2010
* †Argiope furva (Hong, 1985)