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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
307
1261
3831
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
276
1170
3646
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
68
628
2290
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
66
623
2283
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
54
599
2143
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
53
593
2131
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
10
259
913
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
57
200
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
57 Genera with 200 Species
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Achaearanea Strand, 18415SpeciesTaxom
Allothymoites Ono, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1986Social cobweb spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1986Dewdrop spiders14SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 1889Whip spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Asiopisinus Hu, Wei, Liu..., 19601SpeciesTaxom
Campanicola Yoshida, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Chikunia Yoshida, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Chrosiothes Simon, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1996Comb-footed Spiders11SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Coscinida Simon, 19941SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1834cobweb spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 19877SpeciesTaxom
Dipoenura Simon, 19091SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 17586SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 19605SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 20115SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 18872SpeciesTaxom
Gushangzao Lin & Li, 20241SpeciesTaxom
Keijia Kocak & Kemal, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Keijiella Yoshida, 19391SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 19918SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1935Black widow spider5SpeciesTaxom
Melychiopharis Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Meotipa Simon, 18954SpeciesTaxom
Moneta O. P.-Cambridge, 19914SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 19902SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 19852SpeciesTaxom
Nesopholcomma Ono, 20101SpeciesTaxom
Nesticodes Archer, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Nipponidion Yoshida, 19932SpeciesTaxom
Nojimaia Yoshida, 20091SpeciesTaxom
Okumaella Yoshida, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Paidiscura Archer, 19061SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider14SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 20071SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 19794SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19877SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 19064SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 20015SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19876SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Spheropistha Yaginuma, 19982SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1802False black widows6SpeciesTaxom
Stemmops O. P.-Cambridge, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Takayus Yoshida, 19066SpeciesTaxom
Tekellina Levi, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 0Tangle-Web Spiders17SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 20012SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 19952SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18422SpeciesTaxom
Yaginumena Yoshida, 19063SpeciesTaxom
Yunohamella Yoshida, 19063SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
200 Species
Achaearanea angulithorax (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Parasteatoda angulithorax Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Achaearanea culicivora (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Parasteatoda culicivora Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Achaearanea ferrumequina (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Achaearanea japonica (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Parasteatoda japonica Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Achaearanea tepidariorum (Koch, 1841)⇒ Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841
Allothymoites kumadai Ono, 2007
Anelosimus crassipes Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Anelosimus exiguus Yoshida, 1986
Anelosimus iwawakiensis Yoshida, 1986
Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880Dewdrop spider
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Argyrodes bonadea (Karsch, 1881)⇒ Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880
Argyrodes crucinotum Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Argyrodes cylindratus Thorell, 1898
Argyrodes elevatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1873)⇒ Chrysso pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869)⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Argyrodes flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1880Red and silver dewdrop spider
Argyrodes fur (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Neospintharus fur Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999
Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857)⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991
Argyrodes miyashitai Tanikawa, 1998
Argyrodes saganus (Yaginuma, 1986)⇒ Rhomphaea sagana Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Ariamnes cylindrogaster Simon, 1889
Asiopisinus nubilus Yaginuma, 1960
Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Chikunia albipes Kendo Saito, 1935Lombardy leafminer
Chikunia subrapulum Zhu, 1998
Chrosiothes sudabides Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Chrysso albipes (S. Saito, 1935)⇒ Chikunia albipes Kendo Saito, 1935
Chrysso argyrodiformis Yaginuma, 1952
Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 1998
Chrysso foliata L. Koch, 1878
Chrysso octomaculata Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Chrysso sasakii Yoshida, 2001
Chrysso scintillans Thorell, 1895
Chrysso spiniventris O. P.-Cambridge, 1869Kim Ji boulengeri spider
Chrysso urbasae Tikader, 1970
Chrysso vesiculosa Simon, 1895
Chrysso viridiventris Yoshida, 1996
Coleosoma blandum O. P.-Cambridge, 1882Sheath-bellied spider
Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900Cobweb Spider
Coleosoma octomaculatum (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Chrysso octomaculata Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Coscinida japonica Yoshida, 1994
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cryptachaea ogatai Yoshida, 2016
Cryptachaea projectivulva Yoshida, 2001
Cryptachaea riparia Blackwall, 1834
Dipoena amamiensis Yoshida, 1985
Dipoena flavomarginata
Dipoena mutilata (Boes.et Str., 1906)⇒ Yaginumena mutilata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Dipoena nipponica Yoshida, 2002
Dipoena pelorosa Chuandian Zhu, 1998
Dipoena punctisparsa Yaginuma, 1967
Dipoena striata (Jörg Wunderl..., 1987)⇒ Lasaeola striata Wunderlich, 1987
Dipoenura fimbriata Eugène Simon, 1909
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Enoplognatha abrupta Karsch, 1879
Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha lordosa Zhu & Song, 1992
Enoplognatha margarita Yaginuma, 1964
Enoplognatha melanicruciata Kendo Saito, 1939
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Episinus affinis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Episinus chikunii Yoshida, 1985
Episinus conifer Arthur T. Ur..., 1886
Episinus kitazawai Yaginuma, 1958
Episinus nubilus Yaginuma, 1960
Euryopis flavomaculata C. L. Koch, 1836
Euryopis iharai Yoshida, 1992
Euryopis nigra Yoshida, 2000
Euryopis octomaculata Paik, 1995
Euryopis perpusilla Ono, 2011
Faiditus phias
Faiditus xiphias Thorell, 1887
Gushangzao goemon Lin & Li, 2024
Keijia sterninotata (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Platnickina sterninotata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Keijiella oculiprominens Saito, 1939
Lasaeola castrata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Lasaeola maculosa Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Lasaeola mutilata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Lasaeola okinawana Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Lasaeola prona Menge, 1868
Lasaeola striata Wunderlich, 1987
Lasaeola yona Yoshida & Ono, 2000
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 hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Melychiopharis cynips Eugène Simon, 1895
Meotipa argyrodiformis Yaginuma, 1952
Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Meotipa spiniventris O.Pickard-Ca..., 1869
Meotipa vesiculosa (Simon, 1895)⇒ Chrysso vesiculosa Simon, 1895
Moneta caudifer Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Moneta caudifera Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Moneta mirabilis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Moneta tanikawai Yoshida, 1991
Neospintharus fur Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Neospintharus nipponicus Kumada, 1990
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neottiura margarita Yoshida, 1985
Nesopholcomma izuense Ono, 2010
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
Okumaella okumae Hajime Yoshida, 1988
Paidiscura subpallens Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda angulithorax Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda asiatica Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda corrugata Yoshida, 2016
Parasteatoda culicivora Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda ferrumequina (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda hatsushibai Hajime Yoshida, 2009Steel-blue cricket hunter
Parasteatoda japonica Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda kompirensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Parasteatoda lunata Carl Alexand..., 1757
Parasteatoda oculiprominens S. Saito, 1939
Parasteatoda ryukyu Yoshida, 2000
Parasteatoda simulans Thorell, 1875
Parasteatoda tabulata Levi, 1980Comb-footed spider
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pholcomma tokyoense Ono, 2007
Phoroncidia altiventris Yoshida, 1985
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 flavomarginatum Friedrich Wi..., 1906
Phycosoma japonicum Hajime Yoshida, 1985
Phycosoma martinae Michael J. R..., 1983
Phycosoma mustelinum Eugène Simon, 1889Fine-sculpted cerith
Phycosoma nigromaculatum Hajime Yoshida, 1987
Platnickina adamsoni Berland, 1934
Platnickina maculata Yoshida, 2001
Platnickina mneon Bösenberg & ..., 1906Theridiid spidereater
Platnickina sterninotata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Rhomphaea annulipedis Yoshida & No..., 2010
Rhomphaea hyrcana Logunov & Ma..., 1990
Rhomphaea labiata Zhu & Song, 1991
Rhomphaea sagana Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Rhomphaea tanikawai Yoshida, 2001
Robertus kastoni Eskov, 1987
Robertus nipponicus Yoshida, 1995
Robertus nojimai Yoshida, 2002
Robertus ogatai Yoshida, 1995
Robertus saitoi Yoshida, 1995
Robertus sibiricus Eskov, 1987
Rugathodes nigrolimbatus Yaginuma, 1972
Spheropistha melanosoma Yaginuma, 1957
Spheropistha miyashitai Tanikawa, 1998
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)⇒ Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Steatoda cingulata (Thorell, 1890)⇒ Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911
Steatoda erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911
Steatoda triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802Triangulate bud spider
Stemmops nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969
Takayus chikunii Yaginuma, 1960
Takayus fujisawai Yoshida, 2002
Takayus latifolium Yaginuma, 1960
Takayus latifolius Yaginuma, 1960
Takayus takayensis S. Saito, 1939
Takayus yunohamensis (Bösenberg & ..., 1906)⇒ Yunohamella yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Tekellina sadamotoi Yoshida & Ogata, 2016
Theridion argyrodiforme
Theridion ferrum-equinum (Bösenberg, ..., 1906)⇒ Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Theridion indicis
Theridion indicum Benoy Krishn..., 1977
Theridion japonicum (Bösenberg &..., 1906)⇒ Parasteatoda japonica Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Theridion kompirense (Bösenberg &..., 1906)⇒ Parasteatoda kompirensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Theridion makotoi Hajime Yoshida, 2009Steel-blue cricket hunter
Theridion mehlum Michael J. R..., 1983Jawla paste shrimp
Theridion melanostictum Octavius Pic..., 1876Cobweb weaver
Theridion meum (Bösenberg, ..., 1906)⇒ Campanicola ferrumequina Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Theridion nojimai Hajime Yoshida, 1999
Theridion ovatum (C. L. Koch, 1854)⇒ Enoplognatha margarita Yaginuma, 1964
Theridion pictum (Charles Atha..., 1802)⇒ Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion pinastri (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion subadultum
Theridion yunnanense Ehrenfried S..., 1963
Theridion yunohamense
Theridula gonygaster Eugène Simon, 1873Cobweb spiders
Theridula iriomotensis Hajime Yoshida, 2001
Thymoites chikunii Yoshida, 1988
Thymoites yaginumai Yoshida, 1995
Tidarren argo Knoflach & A..., 2001
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders
Yaginumena castrata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Yaginumena maculosa Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Yaginumena mutilata Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Yunohamella lyrica Walckenaer, 1842
Yunohamella subadulta Bösenberg & ..., 1906
Yunohamella yunohamensis Bösenberg & ..., 1906

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Japan
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
6
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
6
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
4
17
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
16
58
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