Comparative morphology of the male palpal organ of the widespread A. argentata and the new A. butchko. No clearly diagnostic features were identified in the new species, though slight differences in the terminal parts of the median apophysis and the embolus are observed and merit further comparative investigation.

 
 
  Part of: Agnarsson I, LeQuier SM, Kuntner M, Cheng R-C, Coddington JA, Binford G (2016) Phylogeography of a good Caribbean disperser: Argiope argentata (Araneae, Araneidae) and a new ‘cryptic’ species from Cuba. ZooKeys 625: 25-44. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.625.8729