Theridiosoma

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Theridiosoma
Temporal range: Neogene– Present
Theridiosoma gemmosum.jpg
T. gemmosum
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Genus: Theridiosoma
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879[1]
Type species
T. gemmosum
(L. Koch, 1877)
Species

33, see text

Synonyms[1]

Theridiosoma is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879.[3]

Species[]

As of June 2020 it contains thirty-three species, found in Oceania, Asia, Central America, Africa, South America, North America, Europe, and the Caribbean:[1]

Formerly included:

  • T. albonotatum Petrunkevitch, 1930 (Transferred to Baalzebub)
  • T. benoiti Roberts, 1978 (Transferred to Andasta)
  • T. brauni Wunderlich, 1976 (Transferred to Baalzebub)
  • T. fauna Simon, 1897 (Transferred to Naatlo)
  • T. nigrum (Keyserling, 1886) (Transferred to Wendilgarda)
  • T. semiargenteum (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Andasta)
  • T. splendidum (Taczanowski, 1873) (Transferred to Naatlo)
  • T. sylvicola Hingston, 1932 (Transferred to Naatlo)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Gen. Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
  2. ^ Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 30.
  3. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879). "On some new and rare British spiders, with characters of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (5): 190–215. doi:10.1080/00222937908679818.

Further reading[]

  • Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 3". American Museum Novitates. 1622: 1–27.
  • Dupérré, N.; Tapia, E. (2017). "On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species". Zootaxa. 4341 (3): 375–399. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4341.3.3. PMID 29245661.
  • Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422 (422): 1–96. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.422.
  • Zhao, Q. Y.; Li, S. Q. (2012). "Eleven new species of theridiosomatid spiders from southern China (Araneae, Theridiosomatidae)". ZooKeys (255): 1–48.
  • Keyserling, E. (1884). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. pp. 1–222. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.


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