N.B.: the original spelling Argyope suppressed by ICZN, 1975: Opinion 1038; considered a senior synonym of Miranda C. L. Koch, 1835: 128 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05539] (type M. transalpina C. L. Koch, 1835 = Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)) by Thorell, 1873: 518; considered a senior synonym of Austrargiope Kishida, 1936a: 17 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05231] (type Argiope plana L. Koch, 1867 = A. trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)), Chaetargiope Kishida, 1936a: 20 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05232] (type Argiope picta L. Koch, 1871), Coganargiope Kishida, 1936a: 18 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05233] (type Argiope amoena L. Koch, 1878) and Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 = Trichonephila clavata (L. Koch, 1878)) by Yaginuma, 1959c: 21 and of Brachygea Caporiacco, 1947a: 24 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05235] (type B. platycephala Caporiacco, 1947 = A. trifasciata (Forsskål, 1775)) by Levi, 1983: 258; Heterargiope Kishida, 1936a: 19 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05234] (type Argiope maja Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) instead synonymized with Nephila Leach, 1815 by Jäger, 2012c: 315 (by transfer of the type species) after Levi, 1983: 262), now in Trichonephila Dahl, 1911.

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