Species list, Checklist of Family Theridiidae (Cobweb And Widow Spiders) for Ghana (West Africa)

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Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region Ghana (West Africa)

Class	Arachnida Lamarck, 1801 Arachnids	79 205 357	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Micrura Ehrenberg, 1831	65 172 313	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraclass	Megoperculata Börner, 1902	24 107 172	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Araneae Clerck, 1757 Spider, Spiders, True Spiders	23 106 171	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Araneomorphae Smith, 1902 True Spiders	19 99 162	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Araneomorphi Smith, 1902	19 99 162	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Araneoidea Latreille, 1806	3 14 20	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Ghana
3 Genera with 4 Species

Gmogala Keyserling, 1890		1	Species	Taxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870	Black widow spider	2	Species	Taxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 1934		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for Ghana
4 Species

Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)	⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870	Jockey Spider
Platnickina adamsoni Berland, 1934

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Ghana

Subfamily	Hadrotarsinae Thorell, 1881	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928	1 2	Genus Species	Taxom

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