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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
126
448
1135
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
101
372
837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
54
287
710
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
53
284
705
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
43
265
668
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
42
264
667
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
6
37
72
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
8
22
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Namibia
8 Genera with 22 Species
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 19821SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18091SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 18371SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider14SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1990False black widows1SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1904Tangle-Web Spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 20061SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Namibia
22 Species
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Episinus truncatus (Latreille, 1809)⇒ Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Lasaeola coracina C. L. Koch, 1837
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870Jockey Spider
Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin &..., 1935Western black widow
Latrodectus indistinctus O. P.-Cambridge, 1904
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus rhodesiensis Mackay, 1972
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990Black cobweb
Theridion mystaceum Koch, 1870
Theridion purcelli Octavius Pic..., 1904
Tidarren circe Knoflach & A..., 2006

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Namibia
SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
2
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
2
3
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