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Genus Famakytta

Orange dewdrop spiders: small, shiny spiders that live in the webs of bigger spiders and steal their food

Classification
Order Araneae · Family Theridiidae (comb-footed spiders) · Subfamily Argyrodinae (dewdrop spiders) · Genus Famakytta Pett & Agnarsson, 2025
A new genus
Described in 2025 by Pett, Ferreira & Agnarsson from Madagascar. Two Asian species that were long called Argyrodes were moved into it: Argyrodes flavescens (now Famakytta flavescens) and Argyrodes miniaceus (now Famakytta miniacea). The name joins Malagasy famaky, "hammer", and TTA, a part of the male palp.
Species in the world
Four (World Spider Catalog): F. analamazaotra (Madagascar, the type species), F. fissifrontella (Seychelles), F. flavescens (India and Sri Lanka to Japan and New Guinea) and F. miniacea (India, Korea and Japan to Australia).
On this site
One species, F. flavescens, recorded in 2009 and 2026. It has a card below.

Species

One card for each species recorded on this site. The green Species page button leads to that species' own page, with all its records.

Famakytta flavescens: shiny orange abdomen with white-silver patches and a dark tip.

Famakytta flavescens NEW

formerly Argyrodes flavescens

Bukit Gemok, Tawau (8 and 9 Jul 2009); Tawau River Triangle (12 Jul 2009, not confirmed); AKI Backpackers inn by Kinabalu Park (21 Oct 2026). Females 3.5–6 mm.

iNaturalist, 2026: genus Famakytta, top suggestion F. flavescens

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All records, newest first

DatePlaceSpeciesWhat
21 Oct 2026AKI Backpackers inn, Kinabalu ParkF. flavescensFemale and two males in the web of a big spider
12 Jul 2009Tawau River TriangleF. flavescens?Two dark spiders in one web; name not confirmed
9 Jul 2009Bukit Gemok, TawauF. flavescensFemale
8 Jul 2009Bukit Gemok, TawauF. flavescensTwo females, 3.5–5 mm

Related pages

Photographs © Wong Fook Yee. Genus, species list and distributions: World Spider Catalog (Natural History Museum Bern); Pett, B. L., Ferreira, E. & Agnarsson, I. (2025), Megadiverse Madagascar: new species and genera of argyrodine spiders, Insect Systematics and Diversity 9(6): ixaf047; meaning of the name: Wikipedia, "Famakytta". Page built 24 October 2026.