Accepted name: Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772)
Common name: Wasp spider
Georgian name: ბრუნიქის არგიოპა
Taxonomic rank: Species
Taxonomy according to: http://caucasus-spiders.info/wp-content/themes/spiders/spidermap.php?region=1&country=6&primkey=273
Reference: Otto, S., & Dietzold, S. 2006. Caucasian Spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus. Version 1.3. Online at: http://caucasus-spiders.
Editor/Contact Person: Armen Seropian
Contributors: A. Seropian
Argiope bruennichi is recorded at 25 localities:
Tkibuli, (lat: 42.340648, lon: 42.993287, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1968b), Bitshvinta-Miusera Nature Reserve, (lat: 43.170882, lon: 40.432777, precision: >500m), Comment: Kovblyuk et al. (2011), Poti, (lat: 42.155133, lon: 41.673744, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Lagodekhi Nature Reserve, (lat: 41.898633, lon: 46.344806, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Kasristskali, (lat: 41.285623, lon: 46.472144, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Terjola, (lat: 42.181962, lon: 42.969068, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Lanchkhuti, (lat: 42.090489, lon: 42.036871, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park , (lat: 41.744164, lon: 42.835178, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Chakvi, (lat: 41.729869, lon: 41.735759, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Akhaltsikhe, (lat: 41.642706, lon: 42.995024, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Aspindza, (lat: 41.573236, lon: 43.251455, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Telavi, (lat: 41.918022, lon: 45.477449, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Sighnaghi, (lat: 41.61085, lon: 45.927348, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Gurjaani, (lat: 41.743303, lon: 45.789515, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Chokhatauri, (lat: 42.017591, lon: 42.237928, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Baghdati, (lat: 42.072962, lon: 42.821865, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1997), Bakhvi, (lat: 41.946398, lon: 42.106308, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Ozurgeti, (lat: 41.920409, lon: 41.992793, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Tbilisi, (lat: 41.71504, lon: 44.825764, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Khulo, (lat: 41.645977, lon: 42.311267, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Kobuleti, (lat: 41.815606, lon: 41.783508, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Akhali Atoni, (lat: 43.085799, lon: 40.815062, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Sukhumi, (lat: 43.001257, lon: 41.025228, precision: >500m), Comment: Mcheidze (1964), Gamarjveba, (lat: 41.6455, lon: 44.999552, precision: >500m), Comment: Krehenwinkel & Tautz (2013), Gori, (lat: 41.986088, lon: 44.108466, precision: >500m), Comment: personal observation by N. Bulbulashvili,
Bibliography:
1. Mcheidze, T. (1964): Spiders (Araneina). Zhivotnyi Mir Gruzii (AN Gruz. SSR Publ.), 2: 48-116, [in Georgian]
2. Mcheidze, T. (1968b): Study of the Arachnida distributed in the Tkibuli region. Studies of the Tbilisi State University 123, 213-223
3. Mcheidze, T. (1997): Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review [in Georgian]. Tbilisi University, Tbilisi, 390 pp
4. Kovblyuk, M.M., Y.M. Marusik, A.V. Ponomarev, V.A. Gnelitsa, & A.A. Nadolny (2011): Spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) of Abkhazia. Arthropoda Selecta 20 (1): 21-56
5. Krehenwinkel, H. & Tautz, D. (2013): Northern range expansion of European populations of the wasp spider Argiope bruennichi is associated with global warming-correlated genetic admixture and population-specific temperature adaptations. Molecular Ecology 22(8): 2232-2248
Citation: Armen Seropian, A. Seropian, 2020-03-19. [http://www.biodiversity-georgia.net/index.php?taxon=Argiope bruennichi]. .Argiope bruennichi. in: Tarkhnishvili D, Chaladze G (Editors). 2013. Georgian biodiversity database. http://www.biodiversity-georgia.net/. Downloaded on: 2 March 2021