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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
172
629
1333
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
144
524
1085
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
54
329
777
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
51
324
769
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
45
309
735
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
44
308
733
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
87
241
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
15
41
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Kenya
15 Genera with 41 Species
Anelosimus Simon, 2006Social cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1949Dewdrop spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 19491SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870Black widow spider3SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 19492SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 19831SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 19201SpeciesTaxom
Pycnoepisinus Wunderlich, 20081SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1909False black widows1SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1949Tangle-Web Spiders20SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19203SpeciesTaxom
Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 19101SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 19102SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
41 Species and 2 Subspecies
Anelosimus monskenyensis Agnarsson, 2006Odorous house ant
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Argyrodes exlineae Lodovico di ..., 1949
Argyrodes kratochvili Lodovico di ..., 1949
Dipoena bristowei Lodovico di ..., 1949
Dipoena quadricuspis Lodovico di ..., 1949
Episinus hickmani Lodovico di ..., 1949
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Phoroncidia kibonotensis Albert Tullgren, 1910
Phoroncidia kibonotensis concolor Caporiacco, 1949
Phycosoma martinae Michael J. R..., 1983
Platnickina kijabei Lucien Berland, 1920
Pycnoepisinus kilimandjaroensis Jörg Wunderl..., 2008
Steatoda aethiopica Eugène Simon, 1909
Theridion angusticeps Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion banksi Lucien Berland, 1920
Theridion brunneonigrum Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion chamberlini Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion charitonowi Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion clypeatellum Albert Tullgren, 1910
Theridion comstocki Lucien Berland, 1920
Theridion convexisternum Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion emertoni Lucien Berland, 1920
Theridion femoratissimum Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion lacticolor Lucien Berland, 1920
Theridion mauense Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion meneghettii Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion nasinotum Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion nigroplagiatum Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion petrunkevitchi Lucien Berland, 1920
Theridion teutanoides Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion trifile Eugène Simon, 1907
Theridion trizonatum Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridion zebra Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridula albonigra Lodovico di ..., 1949
Theridula albonigra vittata Caporiacco, 1949
Theridula pulchra Lucien Berland, 1920
Thwaitesia argenteoguttata Albert Tullgren, 1910
Tidarren chevalieri (Berland, 1936)⇒ Tidarren cuneolatum Albert Tullgren, 1910
Tidarren cuneolatum Albert Tullgren, 1910

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Kenya
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
3
24
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