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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
154
640
1616
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
132
546
1394
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
52
338
1035
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
51
337
1034
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
44
325
999
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
43
324
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
7
100
225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
25
69
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Iran
25 Genera with 69 Species
#ACDEHKLNPRST
Achaearanea Strand, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1836Social cobweb spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 194610SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18092SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18465SpeciesTaxom
Heterotheridion Wunderlich, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Kochiura O. P.-Cambridge, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 18333SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider6SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 17671SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1884Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 19321SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18021SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 18362SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Simitidion Wunderlich, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows12SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1833Tangle-Web Spiders9SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Iran
69 Species
Achaearanea nigrovittata (Eugen von Ke..., 1884)⇒ Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Anelosimus pulchellus Walckenaer, 1802
Anelosimus vittatus Koch, 1836
Asagena phalerata Panzer, 1801
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Dipoena melanogaster C. L. Koch, 1837
Enoplognatha iraqi Najim, Al-Ha..., 2015
Enoplognatha macrochelis Levy & Amitai, 1981
Enoplognatha mandibularis (Lucas, 1846)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha mediterranea Levy & Amitai, 1981
Enoplognatha mordax Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha quadripunctata Eugène Simon, 1884White meadowbeauty
Enoplognatha submargarita Yaginuma & Zhu, 1992
Enoplognatha thoracica (Carl Wilhelm..., 1833)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha turkestanica Charitonov, 1946
Episinus mikhailovi Zamani & Mar..., 2021
Episinus truncatus (Latreille, 1809)⇒ Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Euryopis clara Ponomarev, 2005
Euryopis mallah Zakerzade, M..., 2022
Euryopis quinqueguttata Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Euryopis schwendingeri Zamani & Mar..., 2021
Euryopis sexalbomaculata Hippolyte Lucas, 1846
Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum Eugène Simon, 1873
Kochiura aulica Carl Ludwig ..., 1838
Lasaeola coracina C. L. Koch, 1837
Lasaeola prona Menge, 1868
Lasaeola tristis Carl Wilhelm..., 1833
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus dahli Herbert Walt..., 1959
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus pallidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872White steppe spider
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Parasteatoda lunata Carl Alexand..., 1757
Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Pholcomma gibbum Johan Peter ..., 1851
Phoroncidia minuta Spassky, 1932
Phycosoma inornatum Octavius Pic..., 1861Silky Gallows-spider
Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Rhomphaea sagana Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Robertus arundineti Octavius Pic..., 1871
Robertus lividus John Blackwall, 1836
Rugathodes bellicosus Eugène Simon, 1873Rugathodes bellicosum
Simitidion simile Carl Ludwig ..., 1836
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda bipunctata Linnaeus, 1758False widow
Steatoda castanea Clerck, 1758
Steatoda dahli Josef Nosek, 1905
Steatoda ephippiata Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda maura Eugène Simon, 1909
Steatoda nobilis Tord Tamerla..., 1875Cobweb weaver
Steatoda pallens Zamani & Mar..., 2025
Steatoda paykulliana Walckenaer, 1805
Steatoda trianguloides Gershom Levy, 1991
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Theridion arsia Zamani & Mar..., 2021
Theridion cinereum (Tord Tamerla..., 1875)⇒ Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Theridion cyprusense Wunderlich, 2011
Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion hermonense Gershom Levy, 1991
Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion innocuum Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Theridion ochreolum Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Iran
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
4
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
20
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
4
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
5
13
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