''Argyrodes'', also called dewdrop spiders, is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Eugène Louis Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". They occur worldwide, and are best known for their kleptoparasitism. They can spin their own webs, but tend to invade and reside in their hosts' webs. This relationship can be commensal 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 Ancient Greek " 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 United States. 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 orb-weaver spiders. 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 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

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

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, 1873 – USA to Argentina, Galapagos Is. *'' A. exlineae'' ( Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya *'' A. fasciatus'' Thorell, 1892 – Malaysia, Singapore *'' A. fissifrons'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 – Sri Lanka to Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, China, Australia ( Queensland) **'' 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'' ( L. Koch, 1872) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.), New Caledonia, Samoa *'' A. hawaiiensis'' Simon, 1900 – Hawaii *'' A. ilipoepoe'' Rivera & Gillespie, 2010 – Hawaii *'' A. incertus'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *'' A. incisifrons''

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*'' A. lucmae'' Chamberlin, 1916 – Peru *'' A. maculiger'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Kei Is.) *'' A. margaritarius'' (Rainbow, 1894) – Australia (New South Wales) *'' A. mellissi'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1870) – St. Helena *'' A. mertoni'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) **'' Argyrodes m. poecilior'' Strand, 1913 – Central Africa *'' A. miltosus'' Zhu & Song, 1991 – China *'' A. minax'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – Madagascar,

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, 1857) – Korea, Japan to Australia *'' A. modestus'' Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon *'' A. nasutus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 –

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*'' A. neocaledonicus'' Berland, 1924 – New Caledonia *'' A. nephilae'' Taczanowski, 1873 – USA, Caribbean to Argentina, Galapagos Is. Introduced to India *'' A. parcestellatus'' Simon, 1909 – Vietnam *'' A. pluto'' Banks, 1906 – USA, Mexico, Jamaica *'' A. praeacutus'' Simon, 1903 –

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*'' A. projeles'' Tikader, 1970 – India *'' A. rainbowi'' (Roewer, 1942) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales) *'' A. reticola'' Strand, 1911 – Indonesia (Aru Is.) *'' A. rostratus'' Blackwall, 1877 – Seychelles *'' A. samoensis'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – New Caledonia, Samoa *'' A. scapulatus'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 – Cape Verde Is. *'' A. scintillulanus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – India, Sri Lanka *'' A. sextuberculosus'' Strand, 1908 – Mozambique, Madagascar **'' Argyrodes s. dilutior'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia *'' A. strandi'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia *'' A. stridulator'' Lawrence, 1937 – South Africa *'' A. sublimis'' L. Koch, 1872 – Fiji *'' A. sundaicus'' (Doleschall, 1859) – Thailand, Indonesia ( Java), Papua New Guinea (

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) *'' A. tenuis'' Thorell, 1877 – Indonesia (Sulawesi) **'' Argyrodes t. infumatus'' Thorell, 1878 – Indonesia (Ambon) *'' A. tripunctatus'' Simon, 1877 – Philippines *'' A. unimaculatus'' ( Marples, 1955) – Samoa, Tongatabu, Niue *'' A. vatovae'' (Caporiacco, 1940) – Ethiopia *'' A. viridis'' (Vinson, 1863) – Madagascar, Réunion *'' A. vittatus'' Bradley, 1877 – New Guinea *'' A. weyrauchi'' Exline & Levi, 1962 – Peru *'' A. wolfi'' Strand, 1911 – New Guinea *'' A. yunnanensis'' Xu, Yin & Kim, 2000 – China *'' A. zhui'' Zhu & Song, 1991 – China *'' A. zonatus'' (Walckenaer, 1841) – Equatorial Guinea ( Bioko),

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, Madagascar, Réunion, Mayotte **'' Argyrodes z. occidentalis'' Simon, 1903 – Guinea-Bissau Formerly included: *''A. aculeatus'' (Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to ''

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'') *''A. acuminatus'' Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to '' Faiditus'') *''A. acuminatus'' (Schenkel, 1953) (Transferred to ''

Chrysso ''Chrysso'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. ''C. pulcherrima'' is pantropical, ''C. spiniventris'' has been introduced to Europe, and ''C. nordica'' occurs both in Nor ...

'') *''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 ''Meotipa'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Species it contains eighteen species, found in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and on the Pacific Islands: *'' Meotipa andamanensis'' ( Tikader, 1977 ...

'') *''A. angulipalpis'' (Thorell, 1877) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. anomalus'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (Transferred to ''

Synotaxus ''Synotaxus'' is a genus of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders in the family Synotaxidae that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Originally placed with the Theridiidae, tangle web spiders, it was moved to the Monoty ...

'') *''A. argenteolus'' (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to ''Rhomphaea'') *''A. argentiopunctatus'' Rainbow, 1916 (Transferred to ''

Thwaitesia ''Thwaitesia'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. ''T. affinis'' females are long, and males are long. ''T. bracteata'' are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to m ...

'') *''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 ''

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'') *''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 ''

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'') *''A. floridanus'' Banks, 1900 (Transferred to ''

Coleosoma ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *'' Coleosoma acutiventer'' ( Keyserling, 1884) – USA to Argentina *''C ...

'') *''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 ''

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'') *''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 ''

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'') *''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'')

Nomina dubia In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...

*''A. meus'' Strand, 1907 *''A. silvicola'' Saito, 1934

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Photos of Argyrodes in Portugal
{{Taxonbar, from=Q1755286 Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Theridiidae