''Argyrodes'', also called dewdrop spiders, is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864. They occur worldwide, and are best known for their

kleptoparasitism Kleptoparasitism (etymologically, parasitism by theft) is a form of feeding in which one animal deliberately takes food from another. The strategy is evolutionarily stable when stealing is less costly than direct feeding, which can mean when f ...

. They can spin their own webs, but tend to invade and reside in their hosts' webs. This relationship can be

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or even mutual if the dewdrop spider feeds on small trapped insects that are not eaten by the host.Tso 2000 Some species can even prey upon the host.Guarisco 1999 The genus name is a combination of the

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" argyros" (), meaning "silver", and the suffix "-odes", meaning "like".

Description

Most species are relatively small, and many are black with silvery markings. '' A. incursus'' has a body length of , while '' A. fissifrons'' has a body length of about . The body has a characteristic conical or triangle shape with a shorter third pair of legs, common in web dwelling spiders. The silver coloration of ''Argyrodes'' may be able to attract moths and other insects as it stimulates their photoreceptors and may resemble starlight.

Distribution

Most ''Argyrodes'' are found in the tropics, though fifteen species are found in the

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. The species found in the United States include ''elevatus,'' which are found in the southern parts of the US, ''nephilae,'' found in Florida, and ''pluto,'' found in Maryland, Virginia, and Missouri. ''Pluto'' species have been found as far south as Chihuahua and Jamaica as well.

Behavior

''Argyrodes'' are kleptoparasitic spiders that live on the webs created by

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s. These spiders feed on the small prey items caught in the host webs that they parasitize. In some instances, ''Argyrodes'' may even feed on previously digested carcasses that remain on the web. While these spiders are well known for being kleptoparasitic, they are also arachnophagous, meaning they prey on other spiders. ''Argyrodes'' will wait for a time when the host spider is vulnerable, such as during molting, and will attack and feed on it. This is true for the host spider's offspring as well, however ''Agyrodes'' will only feed on other spiders in some instances. It has been suggested that ''Argyrodes'' may have a mutualistic relationship with the host. The silver coloration of ''Argyrodes'' was found to attract more prey, particularly moths, to the host's web. This allows for larger prey items to be attracted for the host spider while ''Argyrodes'' is able to consume the smaller unwanted prey. A common misconception about ''Argyrodes'' is that it steals prey from the host spider, but recent research has showed that ''Argyrodes'' rarely steals large prey items from the host, and only eats what the host spider typically does not want. They have been noticed in complex

Joro spider ''Trichonephila clavata'', also known as the , is a member of the '' Trichonephila'' genus. The spider can be found throughout Japan (except Hokkaidō), Korea, Taiwan, China, and since 2020, much of northeastern Georgia and northwestern South C ...

webs, for example. Kleptoparasitic spiders such as ''Argyrodes'' tend to prefer larger host webs over small ones, and multiple spiders often inhabit the same host web. Clustered webs were found to be preferred by ''Arygrodes'', but only because these webs are generally larger than isolated ones. There does not appear to be any preference for clustered webs over isolated webs when comparing the number of spiders per web area. Kleptoparasitic spiders tend to spend much of their time on the outskirts of the host web, using this area as a safe place outside of the host spiders typical monitoring range. In addition to stealing food from the host web, dewdrop spiders are also known to use the host web as a location for mating as well as a place to hang their egg sacs.

Species

it contains ninety-three species and five subspecies, found in Asia, South America, North America, Oceania, Africa, the Caribbean, on the

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: *'' A. abscissus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 –

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*'' A. alannae'' Grostal, 1999 – Eastern Australia *'' A. ambalikae'' Tikader, 1970 –

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*'' A. amboinensis'' Thorell, 1878 –

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, Ambon), New Guinea,

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*'' A. antipodianus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 –

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*'' A. apiculatus'' Thorell, 1895 –

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*'' A. argentatus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – India, Indonesia to China. Introduced to Hawaii *'' A. argyrodes'' (Walckenaer, 1841) ( type) – Mediterranean to West Africa,

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*'' A. atriapicatus''

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*'' A. bandanus'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Banda Is.) *'' A. benedicti'' Lopez, 1988 –

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*'' A. binotatus'' Rainbow, 1915 – Australia *'' A. bonadea'' ( Karsch, 1881) – India,

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*'' A. borbonicus'' Lopez, 1990 –

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*'' A. callipygus'' Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar *'' A. calmettei'' Lopez, 1990 – Réunion *'' A. chionus'' Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra) *'' A. chiriatapuensis'' Tikader, 1977 – India (Andaman Is.) *'' A. chounguii'' Lopez, 2010 –

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*'' A. coactatus'' Lopez, 1988 – French Guiana *'' A. cognatus'' ( Blackwall, 1877) – Seychelles *'' A. convivans'' Lawrence, 1937 –

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*'' A. cylindratus'' Thorell, 1898 – China, Myanmar to Japan *'' A. cyrtophorae'' Tikader, 1963 – India *'' A. delicatulus'' Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia (Ambon) *'' A. dipali'' Tikader, 1963 – India *'' A. elevatus'' Taczanowski, 1873 – USA to Argentina, Galapagos Is. *'' A. exlineae'' ( Caporiacco, 1949) –

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*'' A. fasciatus'' Thorell, 1892 –

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*'' A. fissifrons'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 – Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, China, Australia (

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) **'' Argyrodes f. terressae'' Thorell, 1891 – India (Nicobar Is.) *'' A. fissifrontellus'' Saaristo, 1978 – Seychelles *'' A. flavescens'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – India, Sri Lanka to Japan, New Guinea *'' A. flavipes'' Rainbow, 1916 – Australia (Queensland) *'' A. fragilis'' Thorell, 1877 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) *'' A. gazedes'' Tikader, 1970 – India *'' A. gazingensis'' Tikader, 1970 – India *'' A. gemmatus'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *'' A. gouri'' Tikader, 1963 – India *'' A. gracilis'' (

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, 1872) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.), New Caledonia,

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*'' A. hawaiiensis'' Simon, 1900 –

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*'' A. ilipoepoe'' Rivera & Gillespie, 2010 – Hawaii *'' A. incertus'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *'' A. incisifrons'' Keyserling, 1890 – Australia (Queensland) *'' A. incursus'' Gray & Anderson, 1989 – Australia (

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, Lord Howe Is.) *'' A. insectus''

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, 2005 – Cape Verde Is. *'' A. jamkhedes'' Tikader, 1963 – India *'' A. kratochvili'' (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya *'' A. kualensis'' Hogg, 1927 – Malaysia *'' A. kulczynskii'' ( Roewer, 1942) – New Guinea *'' A. kumadai'' Chida & Tanikawa, 1999 – China, Taiwan, Japan *'' A. laja'' Rivera & Gillespie, 2010 – Hawaii *'' A. lanyuensis'' Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 1998 – Taiwan *'' A. latifolium'' Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2019 – China *'' A. lepidus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – New Zealand *'' A. levuca'' Strand, 1915 –

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*'' A. lucmae''

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, 1916 – Peru *''Argyrodes maculiger, A. maculiger'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Kei Is.) *''Argyrodes margaritarius, A. margaritarius'' (Rainbow, 1894) – Australia (New South Wales) *''Argyrodes mellissi, A. mellissi'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) – St. Helena *''Argyrodes mertoni, A. mertoni'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) **''Argyrodes meus, Argyrodes m. poecilior'' Strand, 1913 – Central Africa *''Argyrodes miltosus, A. miltosus'' Zhu & Song, 1991 – China *''Argyrodes minax, A. minax'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – Madagascar, Comoros *''Argyrodes miniaceus, A. miniaceus'' (Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Doleschall, 1857) – Korea, Japan to Australia *''Argyrodes modestus, A. modestus'' Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon *''Argyrodes nasutus, A. nasutus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – Sri Lanka *''Argyrodes neocaledonicus, A. neocaledonicus'' Lucien Berland, Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia *''Argyrodes nephilae, A. nephilae'' Taczanowski, 1873 – USA, Caribbean to Argentina, Galapagos Is. Introduced to India *''Argyrodes parcestellatus, A. parcestellatus'' Simon, 1909 – Vietnam *''Argyrodes pluto, A. pluto'' Nathan Banks, Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico, Jamaica *''Argyrodes praeacutus, A. praeacutus'' Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea *''Argyrodes projeles, A. projeles'' Tikader, 1970 – India *''Argyrodes rainbowi, A. rainbowi'' (Roewer, 1942) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *''Argyrodes reticola, A. reticola'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) *''Argyrodes rostratus, A. rostratus'' Blackwall, 1877 – Seychelles *''Argyrodes samoensis, A. samoensis'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – New Caledonia, Samoa *''Argyrodes scapulatus, A. scapulatus'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *''Argyrodes scintillulanus, A. scintillulanus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – India, Sri Lanka *''Argyrodes sextuberculosus, A. sextuberculosus'' Strand, 1908 – Mozambique, Madagascar **''Argyrodes sextuberculosus, Argyrodes s. dilutior'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia *''Argyrodes strandi, A. strandi'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia *''Argyrodes stridulator, A. stridulator'' Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa *''Argyrodes sublimis, A. sublimis'' L. Koch, 1872 – Fiji *''Argyrodes sundaicus, A. sundaicus'' (Doleschall, 1859) – Thailand, Indonesia (Java), Papua New Guinea (New Britain) *''Argyrodes tenuis, A. tenuis'' Thorell, 1877 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) **''Argyrodes tenuis, Argyrodes t. infumatus'' Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia (Ambon) *''Argyrodes tripunctatus, A. tripunctatus'' Simon, 1877 – Philippines *''Argyrodes unimaculatus, A. unimaculatus'' (Brian J. Marples, Marples, 1955) – Samoa, Tongatabu, Niue *''Argyrodes vatovae, A. vatovae'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia *''Argyrodes viridis, A. viridis'' (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar, Réunion *''Argyrodes vittatus, A. vittatus'' Bradley, 1877 – New Guinea *''Argyrodes weyrauchi, A. weyrauchi'' Exline & Herbert Walter Levi, Levi, 1962 – Peru *''Argyrodes wolfi, A. wolfi'' Strand, 1911 – New Guinea *''Argyrodes yunnanensis, A. yunnanensis'' Xu, Yin & Kim, 2000 – China *''Argyrodes zhui, A. zhui'' Zhu & Song, 1991 – China *''Argyrodes zonatus, A. zonatus'' (Walckenaer, 1841) – Equatorial Guinea (Bioko), East Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Mayotte **''Argyrodes zonatus, Argyrodes z. occidentalis'' Simon, 1903 – Guinea-Bissau Formerly included: *''A. aculeatus'' (Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. acuminatus'' Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. acuminatus'' (Schenkel, 1953) (Transferred to ''Chrysso'') *''A. affinis'' (Lessert, 1936) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. alticeps'' Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. altus'' Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. amates'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. americanus'' (Taczanowski, 1874) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. analiae'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. andamanensis'' Tikader, 1977 (Transferred to ''Meotipa'') *''A. angulipalpis'' (Thorell, 1877) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. anomalus'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (Transferred to ''Synotaxus'') *''A. argenteolus'' (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. argentiopunctatus'' Rainbow, 1916 (Transferred to ''Thwaitesia'') *''A. argyrodiformis'' (Yaginuma, 1952) (Transferred to ''Meotipa'') *''A. arthuri'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. atopus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. baboquivari'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. barycephalus'' Roberts, 1983 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. birgitae'' (Strand, 1917) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes (spider), Ariamnes'') *''A. bryantae'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. campestratus'' (Simon, 1903) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. canariensis'' (Schmidt, 1956) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. cancellatus'' (Hentz, 1850) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. carnicobarensis'' Tikader, 1977 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. caronae'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. caudatus'' (Taczanowski, 1874) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. ceraosus'' Zhu & Song, 1991 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. chicaensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. chickeringi'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. cochleaformus'' (Exline, 1945) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. colubrinus'' (Keyserling, 1890) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. cometes'' (L. Koch, 1872) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. concisus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. conus'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. convolutus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. cordillera'' (Exline, 1945) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. corniger'' (Simon, 1900) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. cristinae'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. crucinotus'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Transferred to ''Leucauge'') *''A. cubensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. cylindricus'' Franganillo, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. cylindrogaster'' (Simon, 1889) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. darlingtoni'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. davisi'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. delicatulus'' (Simon, 1883) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. dracus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. duckensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. ecaudatus'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. exiguus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. fictilium'' (Hentz, 1850) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. flagellum'' (Doleschall, 1857) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. flagellum'' (Simon, 1901) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. flavonotatus'' (Urquhart, 1890) (Transferred to ''Tekelloides'') *''A. floridanus'' Banks, 1900 (Transferred to ''Coleosoma'') *''A. frontatus'' Banks, 1908 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. fulvus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. fur'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. gansuensis'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. gapensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. gertschi'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. globosus'' Keyserling, 1884 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. godmani'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. haitensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. helminthoides'' (Simon, 1907) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. huangsangensis'' Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004 (Transferred to ''Spheropistha'') *''A. hyrcanus'' Logunov & Marusik, 1990 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. iguazuensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. indignus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. irroratus'' (Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. jamaicensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. jeanneli'' (Berland, 1920) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. labiatus'' Zhu & Song, 1991 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. lactifer'' (Simon, 1909) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. laraensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. leonensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. levii'' Zhu & Song, 1991 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. longispinus'' Saito, 1933 (Transferred to ''Cyclosa'') *''A. longissimus'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. longus'' (Kulczyński, 1905) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. manta'' (Exline, 1945) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. mariae'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. martinae'' (Exline, 1950) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. melanosoma'' (Yaginuma, 1957) (Transferred to ''Spheropistha'') *''A. metaltissimus'' (Soares & Camargo, 1948) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. mexicanus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. miyashitai'' Tanikawa, 1998 (Transferred to ''Spheropistha'') *''A. monoceros'' (Caporiacco, 1947) (Transferred to ''Synotaxus'') *''A. montanus'' Keyserling, 1884 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. morretensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. nasicus'' (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. nataliae'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. nigronodosus'' Rainbow, 1912 (Transferred to ''Thwaitesia'') *''A. nigroris'' Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 (Transferred to ''Spheropistha'') *''A. nipponicus'' Kumada, 1990 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. obscurus'' Keyserling, 1884 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. orbitus'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Spheropistha'') *''A. oris'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. ornatissimus'' (Dyal, 1935) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. pachysomus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. palmarensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. paradoxus'' Taczanowski, 1873 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. parvior'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. parvus'' (Exline, 1950) (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. patersoniensis'' (Hickman, 1927) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. pavesii'' (Leardi, 1902) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. peruensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. pignalitoensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. pizai'' (Soares & Camargo, 1948) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. plaumanni'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. pozonae'' (Schenkel, 1953) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. proboscifer'' (Exline, 1945) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. pulcher'' (Soares & Camargo, 1948) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. pusillus'' Saaristo, 1978 (Transferred to ''Argyrodella'') *''A. quasiobtusus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. recurvatus'' Saaristo, 1978 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. remotus'' (Bryant, 1940) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. rhomboides'' Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004 (Transferred to ''Spheropistha'') *''A. rigidus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. rioensis'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. rorerae'' (Exline, 1945) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. rossi'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. rostratus'' (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. rufopictus'' (Thorell, 1895) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. russulus'' (Simon, 1903) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. saganus'' (Dönitz & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. schlingeri'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. setipes'' (Hasselt, 1882) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. sicki'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. simoni'' (Petrunkevitch, 1911) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. sinicus'' Zhu & Song, 1991 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. sinuatus'' (Schenkel, 1953) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. sjostedti'' (Tullgren, 1910) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. socius'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. solidao'' Levi, 1967 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. spinicaudatus'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. spinosus'' (Badcock, 1932) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. spinosus'' Keyserling, 1884 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. striatus'' Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. subflavus'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. sullana'' (Exline, 1945) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. taeter'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. tanikawai'' (Yoshida, 2001) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. triangularis'' Taczanowski, 1873 (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. triangulatus'' (Urquhart, 1887) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. triangulus'' (Thorell, 1887) (Transferred to ''Ariamnes'') *''A. trigonum'' (Hentz, 1850) (Transferred to ''Neospintharus'') *''A. trituberculatus'' Becker, 1879 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. ululabilis'' Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. urquharti'' (Bryant, 1933) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. v-notatus'' (Petrunkevitch, 1925) (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. vadoensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. velhaensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. vexus'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. vittatulus'' (Roewer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Chrysso'') *''A. woytkowskii'' Exline & Levi, 1962 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. xiphias'' Thorell, 1887 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. yacuiensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') *''A. yesoensis'' Saito, 1934 (Transferred to ''Octonoba'') *''A. yutoensis'' González & Carmen, 1996 (Transferred to ''Faiditus'') Nomen dubium, Nomina dubia *''A. meus'' Strand, 1907 *''A. silvicola'' Saito, 1934

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Photos of Argyrodes in Portugal
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