Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 270
1110
2490 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 232
968
2182 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 75
552
1385 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 69
537
1352 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 57
489
1210 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 56
488
1208 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 9
133
455 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders | 30
93 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Melanesia
30 Genera with 93 Species #ACDEFGLMNPRSTY
| Achaearanea Strand, 1982 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Anatea Berland, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anelosimus Simon, 1850 | Social cobweb spiders | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1911 | Dewdrop spiders | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Ariamnes Thorell, 2025 | Whip spiders | 2 | Species | Taxom | Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 | Comb-footed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1900 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Crustulina Menge, 1966 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptachaea Archer, 1963 | cobweb spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deelemanella Yoshida, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dipoena Thorell, 1938 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Emertonella Bryant, 1886 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Euryopis Menge, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Faiditus Keyserling, 1898 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Gmogala Keyserling, 1890 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1775 | Black widow spider | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Meotipa Simon, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Moneta O. P.-Cambridge, 1889 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nesticodes Archer, 1846 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nihonhimea Yoshida, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasteatoda Archer, 1982 | Comb-Clawed Spider | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1964 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 1992 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinoliparus Vanuytven, J..., 1924 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Spheropistha Yaginuma, 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Spintharus Hentz, 1850 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1911 | False black widows | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Stemmops O. P.-Cambridge, 1955 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Theridion Walckenaer, 1902 | Tangle-Web Spiders | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Yoroa Baert, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Melanesia
93 Species and 1 Subspecies | Achaearanea decorata (L. Koch, 1867) | ⇒ Parasteatoda decorata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867 | | Achaearanea kaindi (Levi, Lubin ..., 1982) | ⇒ Parasteatoda kaindi Levi, Lubin ..., 1982 | | Achaearanea meraukensis (Chrysanthus, 1963) | ⇒ Cryptachaea meraukensis Pater Chrysa..., 1963 | | Achaearanea mundula (L. Koch, 1872) | ⇒ Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884 | | Achaearanea wau (Levi, Lubin ..., 1982) | ⇒ Parasteatoda wau Levi, Lubin ..., 1982 | | Anatea formicaria Lucien Berland, 1927 | | | Anelosimus eidur Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus luckyi Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus pomio Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus potmosbi Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus studiosus (Nicholas Mar..., 1850) | ⇒ Anelosimus fraternus Agnarsson, 2006 | | Argyrodes amboinensis Tord Tamerla..., 1878 | | | Argyrodes antipodianus Octavius Pic..., 1880 | Dew Drop Spider | | Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842) | ⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | | Argyrodes fissifrons (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) | ⇒ Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999 | | Argyrodes flavescens O. P.-Cambridge, 1880 | Red and silver dewdrop spider | | Argyrodes gracilis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Argyrodes kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999 | | | Argyrodes lanyuensis Yoshida, Tso..., 1998 | | | Argyrodes levuca Embrik Strand, 1915 | | | Argyrodes linguatus O. Pickard-C..., 1898 | | | Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | | Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | Argyrodes neocaledonicus Lucien Berland, 1924 | | | Argyrodes samoensis Octavius Pic..., 1880 | | | Argyrodes sublimis Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Argyrodes sundaicus Carl Ludwig ..., 1859 | | | Argyrodes walckeri Rainbow, 1902 | | | Argyrodes wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Ariamnes colubrinus (Eugen von Ke..., 1890) | ⇒ Anelosimus sulawesi Agnarsson, 2006 | | Ariamnes papua Vanuytven, J..., 2025 | | | Coleosoma floridanum Banks, 1900 | Cobweb Spider | | Crustulina grayi Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Crustulina lugubris Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Crustulina starmuehlneri Kritscher, 1966 | | | Cryptachaea meraukensis Pater Chrysa..., 1963 | | | Deelemanella christae Vanuytven, 2023 | | | Dipoena pacificana Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 | Cobweb spiders | | Euryopis splendida Eugène Simon, 1889 | Fine-sculpted cerith | | Faiditus subdolus Octavius Pic..., 1898 | Cobweb spiders | | Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | Jockey Spider | | Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775) | ⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790 | | Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917 | | | Moneta triquetra Simon, 1889 | | | Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846 | Cobweb spiders | | Nihonhimea mundula L. Koch, 1872 | | | Parasteatoda camura Eugène Simon, 1877 | | | Parasteatoda decorata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867 | | | Parasteatoda kaindi Levi, Lubin ..., 1982 | | | Parasteatoda mundula Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Parasteatoda mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963 | | | Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841 | American house false widow spider | | Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884 | Cobweb spiders | | Parasteatoda valoka Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Parasteatoda wau Levi, Lubin ..., 1982 | | | Phoroncidia chelys L. Koch, 1872 | | | Phoroncidia dino Vanuytven, 2022 | | | Phoroncidia levii Pater Chrysa..., 1963 | | | Phoroncidia musiva Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Phoroncidia personata Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Phoroncidia tina Herbert Walt..., 1964 | Crested anoda | | Phycosoma sinica Chuandian Zhu, 1992 | | | Rhinoliparus kulczynskii Roewer, 1942 | | | Rhinoliparus missai Vanuytven, J..., 2024 | | | Rhinoliparus nafithiamae Vanuytven, J..., 2024 | | | Rhinoliparus neocaledonicus Berland, 1924 | | | Spheropistha nigroris Yoshida, Tso..., 2000 | | | Spintharus flavidus Nicholas Mar..., 1850 | Cobweb spiders | | Steatoda atrocyanea Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Steatoda bertkaui Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | | Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838 | Brown house spider | | Steatoda nasata Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911 | | | Stemmops bicolor Octavius Pic..., 1894 | Cobweb spiders | | Stemmops cambridgei Herbert Walt..., 1955 | Cobweb spiders | | Theridion dividuum (Willis J. Ge..., 1942) | ⇒ Thymoites expulsus Willis J. Ge..., 1936 | | Theridion epiense Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion epiensis Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion hebridisianum Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion kraussi Brian John M..., 1957 | | | Theridion ludius Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Theridion melanostictum Octavius Pic..., 1876 | Cobweb weaver | | Theridion melanurum Carl Wilhelm..., 1831 | Balsam fir | | Theridion piriforme Lucien Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion piriformis Berland, 1938 | | | Theridion setosum Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Theridion todinum Eugène Simon, 1880 | | | Theridion undulanotum Carl Friedri..., 1942 | | | Theridion undulatum (Bösenberg, 1902) | ⇒ Theridion undulanotum Carl Friedri..., 1942 | | Yoroa clypeoglandularis Léon Baert, 1984 | |
Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Melanesia
 | | 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
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