Ariamnes is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869. Some species have greatly elongated abdomens, making them resemble a twig.
Life style These spiders are mostly free-living, at least as adults, although a number have been found to occur as kleptoparasites on the webs of other spiders, at least facultatively. They are nocturnal. The egg sac is elongated. They are rare and little is known about them in South Africa.
Taxonomy
Ariamnes was removed from the synonymy of Argyrodes by Agnarsson in 2004.
Species
, this genus includes thirty species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Africa, South America, Oceania, the Caribbean, Costa Rica, and Mexico
Ariamnes alepeleke Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 – Costa Rica, Panama, Caribbean, South America Ariamnes campestratus Simon, 1903 – Gabon, DR Congo, South Africa Ariamnes columnaceus Gao & Li, 2014 – China Ariamnes corniger Simon, 1900 – Hawaii Ariamnes cylindrogaster Simon, 1889 – Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Laos, Indonesia (Sulawesi), Australia Ariamnes flagellum (Doleschall, 1857) – Southeast Asia, Australia (type species) A. f. nigritus Simon, 1901 – Southeast Asia Ariamnes haitensis (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Hispaniola Ariamnes helminthoides Simon, 1907 – Guinea-Bissau Ariamnes hiwa Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes huinakolu Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes jeanneli Berland, 1920 – East Africa Ariamnes kahili Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes laau Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes longissimus Keyserling, 1891 – Peru, Brazil Ariamnes makue Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes melekalikimaka Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes mexicanus (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Mexico, Cuba Ariamnes papua Vanuytven, Jocqué & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2025 – Papua New Guinea Ariamnes patersoniensis Hickman, 1927 – Australia (Tasmania) Ariamnes pavesii Leardi, 1902 – India, Sri Lanka Ariamnes petilus Gao & Li, 2014 – China, Malaysia (Borneo) Ariamnes poele Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes russulus Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea Ariamnes schlingeri (Exline & Levi, 1962) – Peru Ariamnes setipes van Hasselt, 1882 – Indonesia (Sumatra) Ariamnes simulans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 – India Ariamnes triangulatus Urquhart, 1887 – New Zealand Ariamnes uwepa Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii Ariamnes waikula Gillespie & Rivera, 2007 – Hawaii
In synonymy: A. approximatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 A. gracillimus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 A. pulcher Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 A. sinuatus Schenkel, 1953 = Ariamnes attenuatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
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