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


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
278
1388
5408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
233
1164
4582
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
72
649
3228
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
68
642
3209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
53
614
3101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
52
613
3100
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
9
201
635
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
41
186
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Near East
41 Genera with 186 Species
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Achaearanea Strand, 18412SpeciesTaxom
Achaeridion Wunderlich, 19141SpeciesTaxom
Anatolidion Wunderlich, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1836Social cobweb spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1842Dewdrop spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 1872Whip spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18011SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1882Comb-footed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Coscinida Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18615SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1834cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18374SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 194625SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18096SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 184614SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Heterotheridion Wunderlich, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Kochiura O. P.-Cambridge, 18381SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 18336SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider15SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Neottiura Menge, 18463SpeciesTaxom
Nesticodes Archer, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Paidiscura Archer, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1841Comb-Clawed Spider4SpeciesTaxom
Pholcomma Thorell, 18511SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 18462SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 17572SpeciesTaxom
Platnickina Kocak & Kemal, 18022SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 19062SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Rugathodes Archer, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Sardinidion Wunderlich, 18711SpeciesTaxom
Simitidion Wunderlich, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1982False black widows17SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 2007Tangle-Web Spiders39SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 20066SpeciesTaxom
Yaginumena Yoshida, 20001SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Near East
186 Species
Achaearanea nigrovittata (Eugen von Ke..., 1884)⇒ Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Achaearanea tepidariorum (Koch, 1841)⇒ Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841
Achaeridion conigerum Eugène Simon, 1914
Anatolidion gentile Eugène Simon, 1881
Anelosimus dialeucon Eugène Simon, 1890
Anelosimus pulchellus Walckenaer, 1802
Anelosimus vittatus Koch, 1836
Argyrodes ammonia Denis, 1947
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Ariamnes longicaudatus Octavius Pic..., 1872
Asagena phalerata Panzer, 1801
Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Coscinida tibialis Simon, 1895
Crustulina conspicua Octavius Pic..., 1872
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Crustulina hermonensis Levy & Amitai, 1979
Crustulina scabripes Eugène Simon, 1881
Crustulina sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861)⇒ Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cryptachaea riparia Blackwall, 1834
Dipoena braccata Carl Ludwig ..., 1841
Dipoena erythropus Eugène Simon, 1881
Dipoena galilaea Levy & Amitai, 1981
Dipoena melanogaster C. L. Koch, 1837
Enoplognatha afrodite Heikki Hippa..., 1983
Enoplognatha caricis Fickert, 1876
Enoplognatha deserta Levy & Amitai, 1981
Enoplognatha diodonta Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Enoplognatha diversa John Blackwall, 1859
Enoplognatha franzi Jörg Wunderl..., 1995
Enoplognatha gemina Robert Bosma..., 1999
Enoplognatha gershomi Robert Bosma..., 1999
Enoplognatha giladensis Levy & Amitai, 1982
Enoplognatha iraqi Najim, Al-Ha..., 2015
Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha lineata Clerck, 1757
Enoplognatha macrochelis Levy & Amitai, 1981
Enoplognatha mandibularis (Lucas, 1846)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha margarita Yaginuma, 1964
Enoplognatha mediterranea Levy & Amitai, 1981
Enoplognatha mordax Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1758)⇒ Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Enoplognatha parathoracica Levy & Amitai, 1981
Enoplognatha penelope Heikki Hippa..., 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 angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Episinus fontinalis Gershom Levy, 1985
Episinus israeliensis Gershom Levy, 1985
Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876
Episinus mikhailovi Zamani & Mar..., 2021
Episinus truncatus (Latreille, 1809)⇒ Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Euryopis albomaculata J. Denis, 1951
Euryopis campestrata Eugène Simon, 1907
Euryopis clara Ponomarev, 2005
Euryopis episinoides Charles Atha..., 1847
Euryopis flavomaculata C. L. Koch, 1836
Euryopis funebris Hentz, 1850
Euryopis hebraea Levy & Amitai, 1981
Euryopis laeta Johan Peter ..., 1861
Euryopis mallah Zakerzade, M..., 2022
Euryopis orsovensis Wladislaus K..., 1894
Euryopis quadrimaculata O. Pickard-C..., 1876
Euryopis quinqueguttata Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Euryopis schwendingeri Zamani & Mar..., 2021
Euryopis sexalbomaculata Hippolyte Lucas, 1846
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum Eugène Simon, 1873
Kochiura aulica Carl Ludwig ..., 1838
Lasaeola convexa Blackwall, 1870
Lasaeola coracina C. L. Koch, 1837
Lasaeola dbari Kovblyuk, Ma..., 2012
Lasaeola maculosa Yoshida & Ono, 2000
Lasaeola prona Menge, 1868
Lasaeola tristis Carl Wilhelm..., 1833
Latrodectus cinctus (Blackwall, 1865)⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870
Latrodectus dahli Herbert Walt..., 1959
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 hystrix Eugène Simon, 1890
Latrodectus karrooensis Smithers, 1944
Latrodectus katipo Powell, 1871Red Katipo
Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius, 1775)⇒ Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790
Latrodectus pallidus O. P.-Cambridge, 1872White steppe spider
Latrodectus renivulvatus Dahl, 1902
Latrodectus revivensis Shulov, 1948
Latrodectus tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Neospintharus syriacus Octavius Pic..., 1872
Neottiura bimaculata Linnaeus, 1767
Neottiura herbigrada Simon, 1873
Neottiura uncinata Hippolyte Lucas, 1846
Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846Cobweb spiders
Paidiscura dromedaria Eugène Simon, 1880
Paidiscura pallens John Blackwall, 1834
Parasteatoda lunata Carl Alexand..., 1757
Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda simulans Thorell, 1875
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Pholcomma gibbum Johan Peter ..., 1851
Phoroncidia minuta Spassky, 1932
Phoroncidia paradoxa Hippolyte Lucas, 1846
Phycosoma inornatum Octavius Pic..., 1861Silky Gallows-spider
Phylloneta impressa Ludwig Carl ..., 1881
Phylloneta sisyphia Clerck, 1757Mothercare spider
Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Platnickina tincta Walckenaer, 1802
Rhomphaea longicaudata O. P.-Cambridge, 1872
Rhomphaea sagana Dönitz & Str..., 1906
Robertus arundineti Octavius Pic..., 1871
Robertus brachati Wunderlich, 2011
Robertus lividus John Blackwall, 1836
Rugathodes bellicosus Eugène Simon, 1873Rugathodes bellicosum
Sardinidion blackwalli Octavius Pic..., 1871
Simitidion agaricographum Levy & Amitai, 1982
Simitidion lacuna Jörg Wunderl..., 1992
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 erigoniformis O. P.-Cambridge, 1872Cobweb spiders
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda latifasciata Eugène Simon, 1873
Steatoda maura Eugène Simon, 1909
Steatoda mexicana Herbert Walt..., 1957
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
Steatoda venator Jean Victor ..., 1826
Steatoda xerophila Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion accoense Gershom Levy, 1985
Theridion adrianopoli Drensky, 1915
Theridion albidum (Richard C. B..., 1895)⇒ Theridion berlandi Carl Friedri..., 1942
Theridion arsia Zamani & Mar..., 2021
Theridion asopi Vanuytven, 2014
Theridion betteni (Wiehle, 1960)⇒ Theridion asopi Vanuytven, 2014
Theridion bifoveolatum Denis, 1944
Theridion cairoense Wunderlich, 2011
Theridion cinereum (Tord Tamerla..., 1875)⇒ Platnickina alabamensis Willis J. Ge..., 1942
Theridion cyprusense Wunderlich, 2011
Theridion dafnense Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion differens (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridion glaucescens Lawrence Becker, 1879
Theridion egyptium (Fawzy & El E..., 2002)⇒ Theridion jordanense Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion frondeum Nicholas Mar..., 1850Eastern Long-Legged Cobweaver
Theridion fruticum (Eugène Simon, 1890)⇒ Theridion macropora Guo Tang, Ch..., 2006
Theridion furfuraceum Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion gekkonicum Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion hannoniae J. Denis, 1944
Theridion helena Wunderlich, 2011
Theridion hemerobium Eugène Simon, 1914
Theridion hermonense Gershom Levy, 1991
Theridion hierichonticum Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion incanescens Eugène Simon, 1890
Theridion innocuum Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Theridion jordanense Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion lacticolor Lucien Berland, 1920
Theridion macropora Guo Tang, Ch..., 2006
Theridion melanurum Carl Wilhelm..., 1831Balsam fir
Theridion murarium James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion mystaceum Koch, 1870
Theridion negebense Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion ochreolum Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion pinastri (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion spinitarse (Octavius Pic..., 1876)⇒ Theridula aelleni Hubert, 1970
Theridion vallisalinarum Levy & Amitai, 1982
Theridion varians Carl Wilhelm..., 1833Red spruce
Theridion vespertinum Gershom Levy, 1985
Theridion zekharya Gershom Levy, 2007
Theridula aelleni Hubert, 1970
Thymoites unimaculatus James Henry ..., 1882
Tidarren argo Knoflach & A..., 2001
Tidarren cuneolatum Albert Tullgren, 1910
Tidarren dentigerum Knoflach & A..., 2006
Tidarren gracile Knoflach & A..., 2006
Tidarren konrad Knoflach & A..., 2006
Tidarren sheba Knoflach & A..., 2006
Yaginumena maculosa Yoshida & Ono, 2000

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Near East
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
6
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
37
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
4
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
11
59
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