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Abstract

During the study of superfamily Araneoidea two unrecorded species of the genus Argiope were identified. These species are: Argiope lobata (Pallas, 1772) and A. bruennichi (Scoploi, 1772). A. lobata is found from Mediterranean to China and A. bruennchi distributed from Eurasia to Japan. In this study, description of the species in addition to further taxonomic notes for females and males of A. lobata and A.bruennichi are given.

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