Silver Teardrop Food Stealer
Compared with Argyrodes sp. C (above), the abdomen is higher and looks more like a teardrop. The name "argentatus", meaning "silvery", refers to its predominantly silvery dorsum, The stark contrast between a silvery dorsum and a dark brown venter (along with a dark brown carapace) adds to the striking appearance of the spider.
| Length | ♀ 3 mm; ♂ 2 mm |
| Type Locality | "East Indies" |
| Distribution | Singapore, Indonesia (Papua), Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, China, India, Madagascar. |
| Habitat | In the orb webs of some araneid spiders. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Argyrodes argentata (Original description ♂♀)
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880b On some new and little known spiders of the genus Argyrodes: 325, pl. 28, f. 5 doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1880.tb06563.x
Argyrodes argenteus
Simon, 1894a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 499 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones: 403, pl. 38, f. 1-2
Argyrodes argentella (provisional name only)
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Exline & Levi, 1962 American spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Araneae, Theridiidae): 140, f. 148-150
Argyrodes argentatus (♀)
Chrysanthus, 1963 Spiders from south New Guinea V: 739, f. 59-62
Argyrodes argentatus (♂)
Chrysanthus, 1975 Further notes on the spiders of New Guinea II (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae): 39, f. 149-152
Conopistha bonadea (♀; misidentified per Zhu, 1998: 210)
Song, 1980 [Farm Spiders]: 140, f. 75a-c
Conopistha bonadea (♀; misidentified per Zhu & Song, 1991: 131)
Hu, 1984 The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests: 160, f. 164.1-3
Argyrodes bonadea (♀; misidentified per Zhu, 1998: 210)
Zhang, 1987 [Farm spiders from Hebei Province]: 106, f. 85.1-3
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Zhu & Song, 1991 Notes on the genus Argyrodes from China (Araneae: Theridiidae): 131, f. 1A-D
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Zhu, 1998 Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae: 210, f. 137A-E
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 95, f. 45A-B, K
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001 The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae: 97, f. 46A-D
Argyrodes argentatus (♂)
Rivera & Gillespie, 2010 New species of endemic kleptoparasitic spiders of the genus Argyrodes (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the Hawaiian Islands: 222, f. 25
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Javed, Srinivasulu & Tampal, 2010 Addition to araneofauna of Andhra Pradesh, India: occurrence of three species of Argyrodes Simon, 1864 (Araneae: Theridiidae): 982, f. 4-6 doi:10.11609/JoTT.o2194.980-5
Argyrodes argentatus (♂♀)
Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 276, f. 96a-e
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Indonesia (Papua), Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, China, India, Madagascar.