Black-and-Silver Orb Weaver
The smallest of the three Leucauge in Singapore, this species is easily identified by its short and nearly perpendicular abdomen. Conspicuous silvery patches adorn the abdomen whose background colour may be completely black, or one with a mixed pattern of brown and black. The female carapace is marked by a black Y-shaped median band and black lateral edges which are covered by wart-like sockets each with a short spine.
| Length | ♀ 3–5 mm; ♂ 3 mm. |
| Habitat | Low vegetation along jungle tracks. |
| Biology | The web, measuring about 20–30 cm in diameter, is usually suspended at an inclined plane of 45°. |
| Type Locality | "Soepajang", West Sumatra, Indonesia. |
| Distribution | Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (West Sumatra), Brunei, Philippines, China. |
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Suborder Araneomorphae (Typical Spiders)
Theridion argentinum (Original description ♀)
van Hasselt, 1882 Araneae: 34, pl. 2, f. 5 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.119451
Argyroepeira argentina
Argyroepeira argentina (♀)
Workman, 1896 Malaysian spiders: 54, pl. 54 doi:10.5962/bhl.title.101972
Leucauge argentina (♀)
Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 Riceland spiders of South and Southeast Asia: 543, f. 336a-e
Leucauge argentina (♂♀)
Tso & Tanikawa, 2000 New records of five orb-web spiders of the genera Leucauge, Mesida, and Eriovixia (Araneae: Tetragnathidae and Araneidae) from Taiwan: 126, f. 1-6 doi:10.2476/asjaa.49.125
Leucauge argentina (♀)
Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003 Fauna Sinica: Invertebrata Vol. 35: Arachnida: Araneae: Tetragnathidae: 217, f. 115A-G
Singapore, Malaysia (Sabah), Indonesia (West Sumatra), Brunei, Philippines, China.