Split-faced Silver Food-Stealer
The male is recognised by having a conical projection from the clypeus leaving a recess that is distinctively deeper than other related species. In both sexes, the abdomen is shaped like a boomerang in side view, with the spinnerets pointing downwards. The posterior abdominal end is rounded in the male and bluntly conical in the female. In dorsal view, the male abdomen is slightly constricted at the one-third and second-third sections. Silvery streaks run on the lateral sides on the abdomen. In some cases, the streaks are broad and cover the dorsum as well. There is considerable variation in the species; females are mostly orangish, but some are black.
| Length | ♀ 4–6 mm; ♂ 3–6 mm |
| Type Locality | Sri Lanka |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Maluku), Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka. |
| Habitat | Webs of Cyrtophora, Nephila and other web builders. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Argyrodes fissifrons (Original description ♂)
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869b Catalogue of a collection of Ceylon Araneida lately received from Mr J: 380, pl. 12, f. 31-38 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1869.tb00667.x
Argyrodes inguinalis (Original description ♀)
Argyrodes procrastinans (Original description ♀)
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880b On some new and little known spiders of the genus Argyrodes: 330, pl. 29, f. 9 doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1880.tb06563.x
Argyrodes fissifrons (Synonym of Argyrodes procrastinans)
Thorell, 1895b Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum: 117 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂)
Strand, 1918 Zur Kenntnis japanischer Spinnen, I und II: 93, pl. 2, f. 18-19
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂)
Chrysanthus, 1963 Spiders from south New Guinea V: 737, f. 55-58
Argyrodes scutatus (Original description ♀)
Chrysanthus, 1975 Further notes on the spiders of New Guinea II (Araneae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiidae): 43, f. 153-155
Argyrodes fissifrons (♀, Synonym of Argyrodes scutatus)
Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 Two new Achaearanea species from Papua New Guinea with notes on other theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae): 106, f. 1
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂♀)
Feng, 1990 Spiders of China in colour: 115, f. 90.1-5
Argyrodes menlunensis (Original description ♀)
Zhu & Song, 1991 Notes on the genus Argyrodes from China (Araneae: Theridiidae): 139, f. 11A-C
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂♀)
Song, Zhu & Li, 1993 Arachnida: Araneae: 854, f. 5A-E
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂♀)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1994 Taxonomy of rice insect pests and their arthropod parasites and predators: 304, f. 1554-1557
Argyrodes menlunensis (♀)
Zhu, 1998 Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae: 220, f. 144A-C
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂♀, Synonym of Argyrodes menlunensis)
Chida & Tanikawa, 1999 A new species of the spider genus Argyrodes (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan previously misidentified with A: 33, f. 1-2 doi:10.2476/asjaa.48.31
Argyrodes menlunensis (♀)
Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999 The spiders of China: 100, f. 46G-H
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂♀)
Grostal, 1999 Five species of kleptobiotic Argyrodes Simon (Theridiidae: Araneae) from eastern Australia: descriptions and ecology with special reference to southeastern Queensland: 632, f. 2E, 7A-I
Argyrodes fissifrons (♂♀)
Yin et al., 2012 Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China: 279, f. 98a-e
* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.
Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (Maluku), Brunei, Thailand, Myanmar, Sri Lanka.