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Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region China (East Asia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
352
2196
11836
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
315
2057
11495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
83
1165
8297
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
78
1153
8277
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
64
1097
7705
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
60
1076
7562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
434
2413
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
67
547
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for China
67 Genera with 547 Species
#ACDEFGHKLMNPRSTY
Achaearanea Strand, 18418SpeciesTaxom
Allothymoites Ono, 20143SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1986Social cobweb spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1991Dewdrop spiders13SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 2014Whip spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Asiopisinus Hu, Wei, Liu..., 20256SpeciesTaxom
Campanicola Yoshida, 202110SpeciesTaxom
Carniella Thaler & Ste..., 19795SpeciesTaxom
Cephalobares O. P.-Cambridge, 20102SpeciesTaxom
Chikunia Yoshida, 19983SpeciesTaxom
Chrosiothes Simon, 20004SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 2013Comb-footed Spiders31SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Coscinida Simon, 20126SpeciesTaxom
Craspedisia Simon, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Cretaraneus Selden, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 2014cobweb spiders4SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 201231SpeciesTaxom
Dipoenura Simon, 19094SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 20144SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 201223SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 199417SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 20018SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 18871SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Gushangzao Lin & Li, 20244SpeciesTaxom
Gyro Lin & Li, 20241SpeciesTaxom
Hadrotarsus Thorell, 19551SpeciesTaxom
Heterotheridion Wunderlich, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Keijiella Yoshida, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 199111SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider4SpeciesTaxom
Meotipa Simon, 202115SpeciesTaxom
Molione Thorell, 18923SpeciesTaxom
Moneta O. P.-Cambridge, 198315SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 19853SpeciesTaxom
Nesticodes Archer, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nipponidion Yoshida, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Nojimaia Yoshida, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Paidiscura Archer, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 2013Comb-Clawed Spider35SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 19942SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 197911SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 193626SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 19173SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Rhinocosmetus Vanuytven, J..., 18871SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 20016SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19448SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Spheropistha Yaginuma, 20137SpeciesTaxom
Spinembolia Saaristo, 20245SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 2001False black widows31SpeciesTaxom
Stemmops O. P.-Cambridge, 19695SpeciesTaxom
Takayus Yoshida, 199819SpeciesTaxom
Tekellina Levi, 20255SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1890Tangle-Web Spiders82SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 20063SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 19987SpeciesTaxom
Troglotheridion Hu & Liu, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Yaginumena Yoshida, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 19067SpeciesTaxom


Species list for China
547 Species and 3 Subspecies
Achaearanea baltoformis Yin & Peng, 2012
Achaearanea biarclata Yin & Bao, 2012
Achaearanea coilioducta Yin, 2012
Achaearanea extumida Xing, Gao & Zhu, 1994
Achaearanea flavomaculata Yin, 2012
Achaearanea linhan Yin & Bao, 2012
Achaearanea simaoica Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Achaearanea tepidariorum (Koch, 1841)⇒ Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841
Allothymoites kumadai Ono, 2007
Allothymoites repandus Gao & Li, 2014
Allothymoites sculptilis Gao & Li, 2014
Anelosimus chonganicus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Anelosimus crassipes Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Anelosimus exiguus Yoshida, 1986
Anelosimus membranaceus Zhang, Lui &..., 2011
Anelosimus seximaculatus Zhu, 1998
Anelosimus subcrassipes Zhang, Lui &..., 2011
Anelosimus taiwanicus Yoshida, 1986
Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880Dewdrop spider
Argyrodes bonadea (Karsch, 1881)⇒ Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880
Argyrodes cylindratus Thorell, 1898
Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Argyrodes huangsangensis (Chang-Min Yi..., 2004)⇒ Spheropistha huangsangensis Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004
Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Argyrodes lanyuensis Yoshida, Tso..., 1998
Argyrodes latifolium Liu, Irfan &..., 2019
Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Argyrodes rhomboides (Chang-Min Yi..., 2004)⇒ Spheropistha rhomboides Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004
Argyrodes yunnanensis Xu, Yin & Kim, 2000
Argyrodes zhui Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Ariamnes columnaceus Gao & Li, 2014
Ariamnes cylindrogaster Simon, 1889
Ariamnes petilus Gao & Li, 2014
Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882Two-Spotted Cobweb Spider
Asagena phalerata Panzer, 1801
Asiopisinus baoshanensis Liu, Irfan &..., 2019
Asiopisinus cheni Hu, Wei, Liu..., 2025
Asiopisinus implicatus Liang, Liu, ..., 2025
Asiopisinus nubilus Yaginuma, 1960
Asiopisinus ornithorrhynchus F. J. Liu, A..., 2022
Asiopisinus pseudonubilus Liang, Liu, ..., 2025
Campanicola anguilliformis Li & Liu, 2021
Campanicola campanulata Chen, 1993
Campanicola chitouensis Yoshida, 2015
Campanicola falciformis Li & Liu, 2021
Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Campanicola formosana Yoshida, 2015
Campanicola heteroidea Li & Liu, 2021
Campanicola tanakai Yoshida, 2015
Campanicola tauricornis Li & Liu, 2021
Campanicola volubilis Li & Liu, 2021
Carniella foliosa Gao & Li, 2014
Carniella forficata Gao & Li, 2014
Carniella strumifera Gao & Li, 2014
Carniella tsurui Ono, 2007
Carniella weyersi Paolo Marcel..., 1979
Cephalobares globiceps Octavius Pic..., 1870
Cephalobares yangdingi C.X. Gao & S..., 2010
Chikunia albipes Kendo Saito, 1935Lombardy leafminer
Chikunia nigra O.Pickard-Ca..., 1880
Chikunia subrapulum Zhu, 1998
Chrosiothes carajaensis Puchulú-Figu..., 2017
Chrosiothes fulvus Yoshida, Tso..., 2000
Chrosiothes sudabides Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Chrosiothes taiwan Yoshida, Tso..., 2000
Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Chrysso argyrodiformis Yaginuma, 1952
Chrysso bicuspidata Zhang & Zhang, 2012
Chrysso bifurca Zhang & Zhang, 2012
Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 1998
Chrysso caudigera Yoshida, 1993
Chrysso cyclocera Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso dentaria Gao & Li, 2014
Chrysso fanjingshan Da-xiang Son..., 2006
Chrysso foliata L. Koch, 1878
Chrysso hejunhuai Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Chrysso huae Guo Tang, Ch..., 2003
Chrysso hyoshidai Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Chrysso lativentris Yoshida, 1993
Chrysso lingchuanensis Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Chrysso longshanensis Yin, 2012
Chrysso octomaculata Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Chrysso orchis Yoshida, Tso..., 2000
Chrysso oxycera Zhu & Da-xia..., 1993
Chrysso scintillans Thorell, 1895
Chrysso shantinggui Lin & Li, 2024
Chrysso shimenensis (Guo Tang, Ch..., 2003)⇒ Thwaitesia glabicauda Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso subrapula Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso trimaculata Zhu, Zhang &..., 1991
Chrysso trispinula Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso vesiculosa Simon, 1895
Chrysso viridiventris Yoshida, 1996
Chrysso vitra Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso wangi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso wenxianensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Chrysso yulingu Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Coleosoma blandum O. P.-Cambridge, 1882Sheath-bellied spider
Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900Cobweb Spider
Coleosoma octomaculatum (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Chrysso octomaculata Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Coscinida asiatica Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Coscinida conica Yang, Irfan ..., 2019
Coscinida hantao Lin & Li, 2024
Coscinida hunanensis Chang-Min Yi..., 2006
Coscinida shimenensis Chang-Min Yi..., 2006
Coscinida yei Yin & Bao, 2012
Craspedisia longioembolia Chang-Min Yi..., 2003
Cretaraneus liaoningensis X. D. Cheng, 2008
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cryptachaea hirta Taczanowski, 1873Cobweb spiders
Cryptachaea riparia Blackwall, 1834
Cryptachaea rostra Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Cryptachaea uncina Gao & Li, 2014
Dipoena adunca Tso, Zhu & Z..., 2005
Dipoena arborea Zhang & Zhang, 2011
Dipoena bifida Zhang & Zhang, 2011
Dipoena calvata Gao & Li, 2014
Dipoena cathedralis Herbert Walt..., 1953
Dipoena complexa Gao & Li, 2014
Dipoena crescenta Yang, Irfan,..., 2019
Dipoena gui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena hainanensis (Chuandian Zhu, 1998)⇒ Phycosoma hainanensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena hana (Chuandian Zhu, 1998)⇒ Phycosoma hana Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena hui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena labialis (Chuandian Zhu, 1998)⇒ Phycosoma labialis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena linzhiensis Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Dipoena lirata Yang, Irfan,..., 2019
Dipoena longiducta Zhang & Zhang, 2011
Dipoena melanogaster C. L. Koch, 1837
Dipoena membranula Zhang & Zhang, 2011
Dipoena nipponica Yoshida, 2002
Dipoena pelorosa Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena redunca Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena ripa Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena shortiducta Zhang & Zhang, 2011
Dipoena sinica (Chuandian Zhu, 1992)⇒ Phycosoma sinica Chuandian Zhu, 1992
Dipoena stellaris (Chuandian Zhu, 1998)⇒ Phycosoma stellaris Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena sticta (Chuandian Zhu, 1992)⇒ Phycosoma stictum Chuandian Zhu, 1992
Dipoena submustelina Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena torva Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Dipoena turriceps Ehrenfried S..., 1936
Dipoena wangi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena yutian Hu & Wu, 1989
Dipoena zhangi Yin, 2012
Dipoenura aplustra Zhu & Zhang, 1997
Dipoenura bukolana Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Dipoenura cyclosoides Eugène Simon, 1895
Dipoenura fimbriata Eugène Simon, 1909
Emertonella hainanica Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Emertonella serrulata Gao & Li, 2014
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Emertonella trachypa Gao & Li, 2014
Enoplognatha abrupta Karsch, 1879
Enoplognatha angkora Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Enoplognatha bobaiensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha daweiensis Yin & Yan, 2012
Enoplognatha diodonta Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Enoplognatha fuyangensis Barrion & He, 2017
Enoplognatha goulouensis Yin & Yan, 2012
Enoplognatha gramineusa Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha lordosa Zhu & Song, 1992
Enoplognatha mandibularis (Lucas, 1846)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha mangshan Yin, 2012
Enoplognatha margarita Yaginuma, 1964
Enoplognatha mordax Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha orientalis Ehrenfried S..., 1963
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha qiuae Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Enoplognatha serratosignata Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Enoplognatha submargarita Yaginuma & Zhu, 1992
Enoplognatha thoracica (Carl Wilhelm..., 1833)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha yizhangensis Yin, 2012
Episinus affinis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Episinus baoshanensis Liu, Irfan &..., 2019
Episinus bonjovi Lin & Li, 2021
Episinus gibbus Zhu & Jia-Fu..., 1995
Episinus jiangweni Lin & Li, 2021
Episinus longabdomenus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Episinus makiharai Okuma, 1994
Episinus nanyue Yin, 2012
Episinus nubilus Yaginuma, 1960
Episinus papilionaceous F. J. Liu, A..., 2022
Episinus punctisparsus Hajime Yoshida, 1983
Episinus tongyani Lin & Li, 2021
Episinus truncatus (Latreille, 1809)⇒ Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Episinus variacorneus Jun Chen, Pe..., 1992
Episinus xiushanicus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Episinus yoshidai Okuma, 1994
Euryopis cyclosisa Zhu & Da-xia..., 1997
Euryopis deplanata Ehrenfried S..., 1936
Euryopis episinoides Charles Atha..., 1847
Euryopis flavomaculata C. L. Koch, 1836
Euryopis galeiforma Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Euryopis mingyaoi Yin, 2012
Euryopis sagittata Octavius Pic..., 1885
Euryopis sexmaculata Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Faiditus xiphias Thorell, 1887
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Gushangzao andaoquan Lin & Li, 2024
Gushangzao goemon Lin & Li, 2024
Gushangzao pelorosus Zhu, 1998
Gushangzao shiqian Lin & Li, 2024
Gyro zeppeli Lin & Li, 2024
Hadrotarsus yamius Jia-Fu Wang, 1955
Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum Eugène Simon, 1873
Keijiella oculiprominens Saito, 1939
Lasaeola castrata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Lasaeola complexa Gao & Li, 2014
Lasaeola fastigata Zhang, Liu &..., 2011
Lasaeola lunata Zhang, Liu &..., 2011
Lasaeola maculosa Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Lasaeola okinawana Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Lasaeola pinna Tang, F. Liu..., 2024
Lasaeola tengchongensis Tang, F. Liu..., 2024
Lasaeola wangi Zhu, 1998
Lasaeola xuanzan Lin & Li, 2024
Lasaeola yoshidai Ono, 1991
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Meotipa argyrodiformis Yaginuma, 1952
Meotipa capacifaba Li, Liu, Xu ..., 2020
Meotipa lingulata Liang, Yin & Xu, 2024
Meotipa luoqiae Lin & Li, 2021
Meotipa menglun Lin & Li, 2021
Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895
Meotipa pseudomultuma Liang, Yin & Xu, 2024
Meotipa pseudopicturata Deng, Agnars..., 2022
Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Meotipa spiniventris O.Pickard-Ca..., 1869
Meotipa striata Deng, Agnars..., 2022
Meotipa tortuosa Liang, Yin & Xu, 2024
Meotipa vesiculosa (Simon, 1895)⇒ Chrysso vesiculosa Simon, 1895
Meotipa wuzhishanensis Benjamin, 2024
Meotipa zhengguoi Lin & Li, 2021
Molione kinabalu Hajime Yoshida, 2003
Molione lemboda Gao & Li, 2010
Molione triacantha Tord Tamerla..., 1892
Moneta baoae Yin, 2012
Moneta caudifer Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Moneta caudifera Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Moneta furva Yin, 2012
Moneta hunanica Zhu, 1998
Moneta mirabilis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Moneta oupeng Lin & Li, 2024
Moneta spinigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1870
Moneta spinigeroides Zhu & Song, 1992
Moneta subspiniger Zhu, 1998
Moneta subspinigera Zhu, 1998
Moneta tumida Zhu, 1998
Moneta tumulicola Zhu, 1998
Moneta uncinata Zhu, 1998
Moneta yoshimurai Yoshida, 1983
Neospintharus fur Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Neospintharus nipponicus Kumada, 1990
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neottiura herbigrada Simon, 1873
Neottiura margarita Yoshida, 1985
Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846Cobweb spiders
Nihonhimea japonica Bösenberg &..., 1906
Nipponidion okinawense Yoshida, 2001
Nipponidion yaeyamense Yoshida, 1993
Nojimaia nipponica Hajime Yoshida, 2009Steel-blue cricket hunter
Paidiscura pallens John Blackwall, 1834
Paidiscura subpallens Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda aequipeiformis Yang, Irfan ..., 2019
Parasteatoda angulithorax Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda asiatica Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda campanulata (Jun Chen, 1993)⇒ Campanicola campanulata Chen, 1993
Parasteatoda camura Eugène Simon, 1877
Parasteatoda celsabdomina Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda celsadomina Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda cingulata Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda culicivora Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda daliensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda ducta Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda ferrumequina (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda galeiforma Zhu, Zhang &..., 1991
Parasteatoda gui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda japonica Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda jinghongensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda kentingensis Yoshida, 2015
Parasteatoda kompirensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda lanyuensis Yoshida, Tso..., 2000
Parasteatoda longiducta Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda lunata Carl Alexand..., 1757
Parasteatoda lunate Clerck, 1757
Parasteatoda oculiprominens S. Saito, 1939
Parasteatoda oxymaculata Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda palmata Gao & Li, 2014
Parasteatoda quadrimaculata Yoshida, Tso..., 2000
Parasteatoda ryukyu Yoshida, 2000
Parasteatoda songi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda subtabulata Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda subvexa Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Parasteatoda taiwanica Yoshida, 2015
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Parasteatoda transipora Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Parasteatoda wangi Jin & Zhang, 2013
Pholcomma gibbum Johan Peter ..., 1851
Pholcomma yunnanense Da-xiang Son..., 1994
Phoroncidia aculeata Westwood, 1835Tobacco
Phoroncidia alishanense (Chen, 1990)⇒ Phoroncidia alishanensis Jun Chen, 1990
Phoroncidia altiventris Yoshida, 1985
Phoroncidia concave Yin & Xu, 2012
Phoroncidia crustula Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Phoroncidia floripara Gao & Li, 2014
Phoroncidia minlangi Lin & Li, 2023
Phoroncidia minschana Ehrenfried S..., 1936
Phoroncidia nasuta Octavius Pic..., 1873
Phoroncidia pilula Karsch, 1879
Phoroncidia ryukyuensis Yoshida, 1979
Phycosoma amamiense Hajime Yoshida, 1985
Phycosoma amamiensis (Yoshida, 1985)⇒ Phycosoma amamiense Hajime Yoshida, 1985
Phycosoma corrugum Gao & Li, 2014
Phycosoma crenatum Gao & Li, 2014
Phycosoma diaoluo Zhang & Zhang, 2012
Phycosoma digitula Zhang & Zhang, 2012
Phycosoma flavomarginatum Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Phycosoma hainanense Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma hainanensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma hana Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma japonicum Hajime Yoshida, 1985
Phycosoma labiale Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma labialis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma ligulaceum Gao & Li, 2014
Phycosoma martinae Michael J. R..., 1983
Phycosoma mustelinum Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Phycosoma nigromaculatum Hajime Yoshida, 1987
Phycosoma ripa Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma sinica Chuandian Zhu, 1992
Phycosoma sinicum Zhu, 1992
Phycosoma stellare Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma stellaris Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma stictum Chuandian Zhu, 1992
Phycosoma stigmosum Yin, 2012
Phycosoma submustelinum Zhu, 1998
Phycosoma turriceps Schenkel, 1936
Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Phylloneta sisyphia Clerck, 1757Mothercare spider
Phylloneta sisyphia torandae Strand, 1917
Platnickina adamsoni Berland, 1934
Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014
Platnickina maculata Yoshida, 2001
Platnickina mneon Bösenberg & ..., 1906Theridiid spidereater
Platnickina qionghaiensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Platnickina sterninotata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Rhinocosmetus xiphias Thorell, 1887
Rhomphaea ceraosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Rhomphaea hyrcana Logunov & Ma..., 1990
Rhomphaea labiata Zhu & Song, 1991
Rhomphaea sagana Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Rhomphaea sinica Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Rhomphaea tanikawai Yoshida, 2001
Robertus arundineti Octavius Pic..., 1871
Robertus emeishanensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Robertus lividus John Blackwall, 1836
Robertus mediterraneus Kirill Yurye..., 1987
Robertus peregrinus Yang, Irfan ..., 2019
Robertus potanini Ehrenfried S..., 1963
Robertus truncorum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872
Robertus ungulatus Theodor Voge..., 1944
Rugathodes bellicosus Eugène Simon, 1873Rugathodes bellicosum
Spheropistha huangsangensis Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004
Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957
Spheropistha nigroris Yoshida, Tso..., 2000
Spheropistha orbita Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Spheropistha pingshan Lin & Li, 2022
Spheropistha rhomboides Yin, Peng & Bao, 2004
Spheropistha xinhua Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Spinembolia chonetum Zhu, 1998
Spinembolia enshiensis Hu & J. Liu, 2024
Spinembolia gaofani Lin & Li, 2024
Spinembolia jiangjing Lin & Li, 2024
Spinembolia lingzhen Lin & Li, 2024
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda castanea Clerck, 1758
Steatoda cingulata (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911
Steatoda craniformis Zhu & Da-xia..., 1992
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda gui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Steatoda hui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Steatoda kuytunensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Steatoda linzhiensis Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Steatoda mainlingensis Hu & S. Q. Li, 1987
Steatoda mainlingoides Chang-Min Yi..., 2003
Steatoda nigrimaculata Zhang, Jun C..., 2001
Steatoda nigrocincta Octavius Pic..., 1885
Steatoda panja Barrion, Bar..., 2013
Steatoda pardalia Chang-Min Yi..., 2003
Steatoda paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805
Steatoda pengyangensis Hu & Zhang, 2012
Steatoda sordidata Octavius Pic..., 1885
Steatoda spina Gao & Li, 2014
Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911
Steatoda terastiosa Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Steatoda terebrui Gao & Li, 2014
Steatoda tortoisea Chang-Min Yi..., 2003
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Steatoda uncata Zhang, Jun C..., 2001
Steatoda variata china Gertsch, 1960
Steatoda wangi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Steatoda wanshou Yin, 2012
Steatoda xishuiensis Zhang, Jun C..., 2001
Stemmops atratus Lin & S. Li, 2023
Stemmops forcipus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Stemmops lini Lin & S. Li, 2023
Stemmops nigrabdomenus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Stemmops nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969
Takayus chikunii Yaginuma, 1960
Takayus codomaculatus Yin, 2012
Takayus huanrenensis Zhu & Gao, 1993
Takayus kunmingicus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Takayus latifolium Yaginuma, 1960
Takayus latifolius Yaginuma, 1960
Takayus linimaculatus Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Takayus lunulatus Guan & Zhu, 1993
Takayus lushanensis Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Takayus naevius Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Takayus papiliomaculatus Yin, Peng & ..., 2005
Takayus quadrimaculatus Song & Kim, 1991
Takayus simplicus Yin, 2012
Takayus sublatifolium Zhu, 1998
Takayus sublatifolius Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Takayus takayensis S. Saito, 1939
Takayus wangi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Takayus xiaorang Lin & Li, 2024
Takayus xui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Tekellina haosiwen Lin & Li, 2024
Tekellina helixicis Gao & Li, 2014
Tekellina huihangi Lin & Li, 2024
Tekellina sadamotoi Yoshida & Ogata, 2016
Tekellina zhangziqingi Yao, Liu & Lin, 2025
Theridion acanthopodum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion albioculum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion atalus Chang, 2004
Theridion betteni (Wiehle, 1960)⇒ Theridion asopi Vanuytven, 2014
Theridion bidepressum Chang-Min Yi..., 2005
Theridion biforaminum Gao & Zhu, 1993
Theridion carinatum Chang-Min Yi..., 2005
Theridion cheni Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion chenzhangfui Lin & Li, 2024
Theridion chonetum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion circuitum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion clivalum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion confusum Octavius Pic..., 1885
Theridion cygneum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion dayongense Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion dukouense Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion echinatum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion elegantissimum Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion expallidatum Octavius Pic..., 1885
Theridion falcatum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion familiare Octavius Pic..., 1871
Theridion glaucinum Eugène Simon, 1881
Theridion gramineum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion gyirongense Hu & S. Q. Li, 1987
Theridion hainanense Zhu, 1998
Theridion hainenense Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion hufengense Tang, Yin & ..., 2005
Theridion hufengensis (Guo Tang, Ch..., 2005)⇒ Theridion hufengense Tang, Yin & ..., 2005
Theridion hui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion hummeli Ehrenfried S..., 1936
Theridion hupingense Yin, 2012
Theridion innocuum Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Theridion inquinatum continentale Strand, 1907
Theridion irrugatum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion karamayense Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion lanceatum Zhang & Zhu, 2007
Theridion liaoyuanense Zhu & Yu, 1982
Theridion linzhiense Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Theridion longiductum Liu & Peng, 2012
Theridion longihirsutum Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Theridion longioembolia Liu & Peng, 2012
Theridion longipalpum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion macropora Guo Tang, Ch..., 2006
Theridion melanostictum Octavius Pic..., 1876Cobweb weaver
Theridion mucidum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion mystaceum Koch, 1870
Theridion nojimai Hajime Yoshida, 1999
Theridion obscuratum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion odoratum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion papillatum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion petraeum (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion wiehlei Ehrenfried S..., 1938
Theridion pictum (Charles Atha..., 1802)⇒ Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion pinastri (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion poecilum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion pulanense Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Theridion qingzangense Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Theridion rubripes (Sundevall, 1830)⇒ Hylyphantes graminicola Sundevall, 1830
Theridion sangzhiense Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion serpatusum Guan & Zhu, 1993
Theridion setum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion seximaculatum (Chuandian Zhu, 1998)⇒ Anelosimus seximaculatus Zhu, 1998
Theridion squamosum Gao & Li, 2014
Theridion submirabile Zhu & Da-xia..., 1993
Theridion subplaumanni Liu & Peng, 2012
Theridion subundatum Zhou, Irfan ..., 2024
Theridion tengchongense Liu & Peng, 2012
Theridion tengchongensis Liu & Peng, 2012
Theridion theridioides (Eugen von Ke..., 1890)⇒ Theridion hui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion undatum (Chuandian Zhu, 1998)⇒ Cryptachaea hirta Taczanowski, 1873
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce
Theridion xianfengense Zhu & Da-xia..., 1992
Theridion xinjiangense (Hu & Wu, 1989)⇒ Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum Eugène Simon, 1873
Theridion yani Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion yunnanense Ehrenfried S..., 1963
Theridion yunnanensis Schenkel, 1963
Theridion zebrinum Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion zhangmuense Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Theridion zhaoi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion zhoui Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Theridion zonulatum Tord Tamerla..., 1890Sand bee
Theridula gonygaster Eugène Simon, 1873Cobweb spiders
Theridula zhangmuensis Hsen Hsu Hu, 2001
Thwaitesia glabicauda Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Thwaitesia margaritifera Octavius Pic..., 1881
Thwaitesia nigrimaculata Da-xiang Son..., 2006
Thymoites bellissimus Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Thymoites elongatus Peng, Chang-..., 2008
Thymoites hupingensis Gan & Peng, 2015
Thymoites ramosus Gao & Li, 2014
Thymoites trisetaceus Peng, Chang-..., 2008
Thymoites ulleungensis Paik, 1991
Thymoites wangi Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Troglotheridion lamellatum Hu & Liu, 2025
Troglotheridion sangzhiense Zhu, 1998
Yaginumena castrata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Yaginumena maculosa Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Yaginumena mutilata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Yunohamella gibbosa Gao & Li, 2014
Yunohamella gutenbergi R. Zhong, J...., 2025
Yunohamella jiugongensis Liu & Zhong, 2023
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Yunohamella mohorovicici R. Zhong, J...., 2025
Yunohamella serpatusa Guan & Zhu, 1993
Yunohamella subadulta Bösenberg & ..., 1906

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in China
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
6
32
Genera
Species

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SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
8
85
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
6
50
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
5
44
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
15
173
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