''Argyrodes insectus'' is a species of spiders of the family

Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes ...

that is endemic in

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. The species was first described by Günter E. W. Schmidt in 2005.

References

*Schmidt (2005) ''Neupublikation einiger von mir in "Arachnol. Mag." und "Tarantulas of the World" zwischen 2000 und 2005 veröffentlichten Arbeiten.'' Tarantulas of the World, vol. 110 (Sond.), p. 3-49. *Schmidt (2001) ''Argyrodes insectus sp. n. (Araneae: Theridiidae), eine Spezies von Cabo Verde.'' (''Argytodes insectus sp n. (Araneae: Theridiidae), a Species of Cape Verde'') Arachnologisches Magazin (Arachnological Magazine), vol. 9, no 5, p. 1-3. Theridiidae Spiders of Africa Spiders described in 2005 Taxa named by Günter E. W. Schmidt Arthropods of Cape Verde Endemic fauna of Cape Verde {{Theridiidae-stub

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