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. |
| Habitat | Foliage in mangrove and secondary forests. |
| Type Locality | Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia. |
| Distribution | Indonesia (Maluku), Myanmar, Singapore. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Holotype
Naturalis, National Museum of Natural History (RMNH), Leiden, Netherlands; ♀ (Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2025)
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
Ariamnes flagellum (generic replacement name)
Ariamnes flagellum (♀)
Simon, 1894a Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier: 498, f. 506 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973
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
Ariamnes flagellum (♀)
Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 61, pl. 61 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972
Ariamnes flagellum (♀)
Dyal, 1935 Fauna of Lahore: 163, pl. 14, f. 89
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
Ariamnes flagellum (♀, other records than from Indonesia (Ambon Is.)
Indonesia (Maluku), Myanmar, Singapore.