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Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region Australia (Australasia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
490
2930
13324
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
441
2683
12509
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
91
1107
6632
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
87
1092
6510
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
73
990
5500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
70
987
5492
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
12
237
1091
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
45
262
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Australia
45 Genera with 262 Species
#ACDEFGHIJKLMNPRSTUY
Achaearanea Strand, 188510SpeciesTaxom
Anatea Berland, 20173SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 2012Social cobweb spiders9SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1911Dewdrop spiders33SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 1887Whip spiders6SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1895Comb-footed Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 19664SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1886cobweb spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Cyllognatha L. Koch, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 19517SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 18332SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18935SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18729SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 19962SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hadrotarsus Thorell, 19434SpeciesTaxom
Icona Forster, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Janula Strand, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Keijia Kocak & Kemal, 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Kochiura O. P.-Cambridge, 18862SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider13SpeciesTaxom
Magnopholcomma Wunderlich, 20082SpeciesTaxom
Meotipa Simon, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Moneta O. P.-Cambridge, 19205SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Nesticodes Archer, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 18844SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1982Comb-Clawed Spider13SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 19564SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 195111SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 18794SpeciesTaxom
Rhinoliparus Vanuytven, J..., 19422SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 19332SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19331SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Spheropistha Yaginuma, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1887False black widows13SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1886Tangle-Web Spiders67SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 1882
0SpeciesTaxom
Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 19113SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18801SpeciesTaxom
Ulesanis L. Koch, 19514SpeciesTaxom
Yoroa Baert, 20002SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Australia
262 Species and 6 Subspecies
Achaearanea decorata (L. Koch, 1867)⇒ Parasteatoda decorata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Achaearanea diversipes William Jose..., 1920
Achaearanea epicosma William Jose..., 1920
Achaearanea extrilida (Eugen von Ke..., 1890)⇒ Cryptachaea veruculata Urquhart, 1886
Achaearanea mundula (L. Koch, 1872)⇒ Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Achaearanea nigrodecorata William Jose..., 1920
Achaearanea propera Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Achaearanea tepidariorum (Koch, 1841)⇒ Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841
Achaearanea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884)⇒ Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Achaearanea veruculata (Urquhart, 1885)⇒ Cryptachaea veruculata Urquhart, 1886
Anatea elongata Smith, 2017
Anatea formicaria Lucien Berland, 1927
Anatea monteithi Smith, 2017
Anelosimus chonganicus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Anelosimus dianiphus Rainbow, 1916
Anelosimus eidur Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus luckyi Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus pomio Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus potmosbi Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus pratchetti I. Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus sulawesi Agnarsson, 2006Odorous house ant
Anelosimus terraincognita Agnarsson, 2012
Argyrodes alannae Grostal, 1999
Argyrodes amboinensis Tord Tamerla..., 1878
Argyrodes antipodiana (O.P.-Cambridge, 1880)⇒ Argyrodes antipodianus Octavius Pic..., 1880
Argyrodes antipodianus Octavius Pic..., 1880Dew Drop Spider
Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880Dewdrop spider
Argyrodes argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916)⇒ Thwaitesia argentiopunctata William Jose..., 1916
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Argyrodes binotata (Rainbow, 1915)⇒ Argyrodes binotatus William Jose..., 1915
Argyrodes binotatus William Jose..., 1915
Argyrodes colubrinus Keyserling, 1890Whip spider
Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Argyrodes fissifrons fissifrons O. P.-Cambridge, 1869
Argyrodes flagellum Doleschall, 1857
Argyrodes flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1880Red and silver dewdrop spider
Argyrodes flavipes William Jose..., 1916
Argyrodes gemmatus William Jose..., 1920
Argyrodes gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Argyrodes incisifrons Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Argyrodes incursus Gray & Anderson, 1989Red-spotted Argyrodes
Argyrodes kulczynskii Carl Friedri..., 1942
Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Argyrodes lepidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Argyrodes margaritarius William Jose..., 1894
Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Argyrodes neocaledonicus Lucien Berland, 1924
Argyrodes patersoniensis Hickman, 1927Whip spider
Argyrodes rainbowi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Argyrodes samoensis Octavius Pic..., 1880
Argyrodes scutatus Chrysanthus, 1975
Argyrodes sundaicus Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Argyrodes vittatus (Bradley, 1877)⇒ Chrysso vittatula Carl Friedri..., 1942
Argyrodes wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911
Ariamnes colubrinus (Eugen von Ke..., 1890)⇒ Anelosimus sulawesi Agnarsson, 2006
Ariamnes cylindrogaster Simon, 1889
Ariamnes flagellum Doleschall, 1857
Ariamnes flagellum flagellum Doleschall, 1857
Ariamnes patersoniensis (Vernon Victo..., 1927)⇒ Argyrodes patersoniensis Hickman, 1927
Ariamnes triangulatus Arthur T. Ur..., 1887
Chrysso nigrosterna Eugen von Ke..., 1891
Chrysso vesiculosa Simon, 1895
Coleosoma blandum O. P.-Cambridge, 1882Sheath-bellied spider
Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900Cobweb Spider
Coleosoma octomaculatum (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Chrysso octomaculata Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Crustulina bicruciata Eugène Simon, 1908
Crustulina grayi Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Crustulina lugubris Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Crustulina starmuehlneri Kritscher, 1966
Cryptachaea blattea Urquhart, 1886Theridiid spider
Cryptachaea gigantipes Keyserling, 1890
Cryptachaea meraukensis Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Cryptachaea veruculata Urquhart, 1886
Cyllognatha subtilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Dipoena aculeata Vernon Victo..., 1951
Dipoena alta (Keyserling, 1886)⇒ Phycosoma lineatipes Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Dipoena austera Eugène Simon, 1908
Dipoena banksi Arthur Merto..., 1943Cobweb spiders
Dipoena liguanea Herbert Walt..., 1963
Dipoena pacificana Lucien Berland, 1938
Dipoena setosa Vernon Victo..., 1951
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Enoplognatha bidens Eugène Simon, 1908
Enoplognatha thoracica (Carl Wilhelm..., 1833)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Episinus antipodianus Octavius Pic..., 1879
Episinus australis (Keyserling, 1890)⇒ Moneta australis Keyserling, 1890
Episinus bicornis Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Episinus similanus Arthur T. Ur..., 1893
Episinus similitudus Arthur T. Ur..., 1893
Euryopis elegans Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Euryopis maga Eugène Simon, 1908
Euryopis multipunctata Eugène Simon, 1895
Euryopis nana O. P.-Cambridge, 1879
Euryopis petricola Vernon Victo..., 1951
Euryopis splendens William Jose..., 1916
Euryopis splendida Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Euryopis superba William Jose..., 1896
Euryopis umbilicata Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Faiditus americanus Władysław ..., 1874Cobweb spiders
Faiditus chicaensis José Valentí..., 1996
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Hadrotarsus babirussa Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Hadrotarsus fulvus Vernon Victo..., 1943
Hadrotarsus ornatus Vernon Victo..., 1943
Hadrotarsus setosus Vernon Victo..., 1943
Icona alba Raymond Robe..., 1955
Icona drama Raymond Robe..., 1964
Janula bicornis Thorell, 1881
Kochiura attrita Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Kochiura decolorata Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus scelio (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Magnopholcomma adelphus Castanheira ..., 2023
Magnopholcomma globulus Jörg Wunderl..., 2008
Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Meotipa vesiculosa (Simon, 1895)⇒ Chrysso vesiculosa Simon, 1895
Moneta australis Keyserling, 1890
Moneta conifera Urquhart, 1887
Moneta longicauda Simon, 1908
Moneta triquetra Simon, 1889
Moneta variabilis Rainbow, 1920
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846Cobweb spiders
Nihonhimea mundula L. Koch, 1872
Nihonhimea mundula mundula L Koch, 1872
Nihonhimea mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963
Nihonhimea tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda camura Eugène Simon, 1877
Parasteatoda decorata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Parasteatoda hammeni Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Parasteatoda kaindi Levi, Lubin ..., 1982
Parasteatoda mundula Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Parasteatoda mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963
Parasteatoda polygramma Wladislaus K..., 1911
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841
Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Parasteatoda valoka Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Parasteatoda vervoorti Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Parasteatoda wau Levi, Lubin ..., 1982
Pholcomma antipodianum Forster, 1955
Pholcomma gibbium Westring, 1851
Pholcomma hickmani (Raymond Robe..., 1964)⇒ Pholcomma antipodianum Forster, 1955
Pholcomma turbotti Marples, 1956
Phoroncidia cygnea Vernon Victo..., 1951
Phoroncidia levii Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Phoroncidia musiva Eugène Simon, 1880
Phoroncidia personata Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Phoroncidia pukeiwa Marples, 1955
Phoroncidia puketoru Marples, 1955
Phoroncidia quadrata Octavius Pic..., 1879
Phoroncidia rotunda Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Phoroncidia sextuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Phoroncidia tina Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Phoroncidia trituberculata Vernon Victo..., 1951
Phycosoma altum Eugen von Ke..., 1886Cobweb spider
Phycosoma jamesi Michael J. R..., 1979Cobweb spiders
Phycosoma lineatipes Elizabeth Ba..., 1933
Phycosoma oecobioides Octavius Pic..., 1879
Rhinoliparus queensland Vanuytven, J..., 2024
Rhinoliparus rainbowi Roewer, 1942
Rhomphaea cometes Koch, 1872
Rhomphaea urquharti Bryant, 1933
Robertus vigerens Ralph Vary C..., 1933
Rugathodes sexpunctatus James Henry ..., 1882
Spheropistha incursa Gray & Anderson, 1989
Steatoda adumbrata Eugène Simon, 1908
Steatoda atrocyanea Eugène Simon, 1880
Steatoda bertkaui Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Steatoda borealis Nicholas Mar..., 1850Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda lepida (Cambridge, 1879)⇒ Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990
Steatoda livens Eugène Simon, 1894
Steatoda nasata Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Steatoda niveosignata Eugène Simon, 1908
Steatoda octonotata Eugène Simon, 1908
Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911
Steatoda truncata Urquhart, 1887
Theridion adjacens Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Theridion albocinctum Arthur T. Ur..., 1892
Theridion albodecoratum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion albostriatum Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Theridion ampliatum Arthur T. Ur..., 1892
Theridion apiculatum Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion argentatulum Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion asbolodes William Jose..., 1917
Theridion attritum (Eugène Simon, 1908)⇒ Kochiura attrita Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Theridion convexellum Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion cruciferum Arthur T. Ur..., 1886
Theridion decoratum (L. Koch, 1867)⇒ Parasteatoda decorata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Theridion diadematum Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Theridion dianiphum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion dividuum (Willis J. Ge..., 1942)⇒ Thymoites expulsus Willis J. Ge..., 1936
Theridion dubium Bradley, 1877
Theridion elevatum (Tord Tamerla..., 1881)⇒ Tidarren haemorrhoidale Philip Bertkau, 1880
Theridion epiense Lucien Berland, 1938
Theridion extrilidium Keyserling, 1890
Theridion extrilidum (Keyserling, 1890)⇒ Cryptachaea veruculata Urquhart, 1886
Theridion femorale Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Theridion flabelliferum Arthur T. Ur..., 1887
Theridion fuscodecoratum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion fuscomaculatum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion gibbum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion gigantipes (Eugen von Ke..., 1890)⇒ Cryptachaea gigantipes Keyserling, 1890
Theridion giraulti William Jose..., 1916
Theridion gracilipes Arthur T. Ur..., 1889
Theridion hartmeyeri Eugène Simon, 1908
Theridion hebridisianum Lucien Berland, 1938
Theridion hui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion idiotypum William Jose..., 1917
Theridion limitatum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Theridion lomirae Carl Friedri..., 1938
Theridion longicrure Brian John M..., 1956
Theridion ludius Eugène Simon, 1880
Theridion melanostictum Octavius Pic..., 1876Cobweb weaver
Theridion minutulum Tord Tamerla..., 1895
Theridion mollissimum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Theridion mortuale Eugène Simon, 1908
Theridion niphocosmum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion nivosum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion petraeum (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridion pilatum Arthur T. Ur..., 1893
Theridion piriforme Lucien Berland, 1938
Theridion porphyreticum Arthur T. Ur..., 1889
Theridion properum (Keyserling, 1890)⇒ Achaearanea propera Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Theridion pumilio Arthur T. Ur..., 1886
Theridion punicapunctatum Arthur T. Ur..., 1891
Theridion pyramidale Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Theridion sciaphilum Pierre L. G...., 1977
Theridion setosum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Theridion spinigerum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion squalidum Arthur T. Ur..., 1886
Theridion subpingue Eugène Simon, 1908
Theridion theridioides (Eugen von Ke..., 1890)⇒ Theridion hui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion thorelli (Ludwig Carl ..., 1865)⇒ Theridion adjacens Octavius Pic..., 1896
Theridion todinum Eugène Simon, 1880
Theridion triviale Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Theridion troglodytes (Higgins & Pe..., 1884)⇒ Hickmania troglodytes Higgins & Pe..., 1883
Theridion tubicola Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Theridion undulanotum Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion ventricosum William Jose..., 1916
Theridion viridanum Arthur T. Ur..., 1887
Theridion xanthostichum Rainbow, 1916
Theridion zantholabio Arthur T. Ur..., 1886
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata William Jose..., 1916Mirror spider
Thwaitesia nigronodosa William Jose..., 1912
Thwaitesia scintillans Wladislaus K..., 1911
Tidarren haemorrhoidale Philip Bertkau, 1880Cobweb spiders
Ulesanis cygnea (Hickman, 1951)⇒ Phoroncidia cygnea Vernon Victo..., 1951
Ulesanis rotunda Keyserling, 1890
Ulesanis sextuberculata (Keyserling, 1890)⇒ Phoroncidia sextuberculata Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Ulesanis trituberculata (Hickman, 1951)⇒ Phoroncidia trituberculata Vernon Victo..., 1951
Yoroa clypeoglandularis Léon Baert, 1984
Yoroa taylori Harvey & Wal..., 2000

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Australia
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
5
42
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
8
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
4
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
11
87
Genera
Species

Taxom



Theridiidae (Sundevall 1833)
Theridiidae (Sundevall 1833)


Links, sources and further information
Theridiidae at artfakta.se
Theridiidae at biodiversity.org.au
Theridiidae at dyntaxa.se
Theridiidae at gbif.org
Theridiidae at irmng.org
Theridiidae at itis.gov