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Theridiidae Ariamnes

Ariamnes flagellum Doleschall, 1857

Green Whip Spider

This is the more common of the two species found in Singapore. It is green with a median yellow line on the carapace and anterior one-third of the abdomen. The margins of the carapace and the posterior end of the abdomen are yellow. The colours of legs I and II may vary from yellow to dark brown.

Length♀ 23–25 mm; ♂ 14 mm
Type LocalityAmbon, Maluku, Indonesia
DistributionSingapore, Indonesia (Maluku), Myanmar.
HabitatFoliage in mangrove and secondary forests.

Taxonomy

Type Deposits*

  1. Holotype

    Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands; ♀ (Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2025)

Taxonomic references*

  1. Ariadne flagellum (Original description ♀)

    Doleschall, 1857 Bijdrage tot de kennis der Arachniden van den Indischen Archipel: 411, pl. 1, f. 1 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.66068

  2. Ariamnes flagellum (generic replacement name)

    Thorell, 1869 On European spiders: 37

  3. Ariamnes flagellum (♀)

    Simon, 1894a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 498, f. 506 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973

  4. Ariamnes flagellum (♀)

    Thorell, 1895b Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum: 74 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.17492

  5. Ariamnes flagellum (♀)

    Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 61, pl. 61 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972

  6. Ariamnes flagellum (♀)

    Dyal, 1935 Fauna of Lahore: 163, pl. 14, f. 89

  7. Ariamnes flagellum (Transferred from Argyrodes, see note at the genus)

    Agnarsson, 2004 Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae): 478 doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x

  8. Ariamnes flagellum (♀, other records than from Indonesia (Ambon Is.)

    Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2025 Spiders resembling worms: notes on Ariamnes Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Theridiidae) with the description of a new species from Papua New Guinea and the female of A: 134, f. 2A-B

* Retrieved from the World Spider Catalog.

Distribution Map for Ariamnes flagellum Doleschall, 1857

Singapore, Indonesia (Maluku), Myanmar.

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