| Silver comb-footed spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Argyrodes |
| Species: | A. argentatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Argyrodes argentatus O. P-Cambridge, 1880 |
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Argyrodes argentatus is a kleptoparasitic spider.
In Singapore, it is often seen in webs of Nephila antipodiana.
On Guam it can often be found hanging in webs of the much larger spider Argiope appensa: while A. appensa can reach a body length of about 7 cm, A. argentatus females reach only 3mm, and males 2mm at the most.
Like in rats, following copulation the male seals the female's epigyne with a mating plug, preventing the female from further mating.
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It has been found in China, Japan, Guam, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, the East Indies (Singapore, New Guinea), and Hawai'i.
The species name argentatus means "silvery" in Latin.