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Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region New Guinea (Australasia)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
114
422
1174
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
94
352
1027
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
53
284
878
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
49
278
869
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
42
259
789
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
42
259
789
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
67
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
17
43
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for New Guinea
17 Genera with 43 Species
Anelosimus Simon, 2012Social cobweb spiders3SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1911Dewdrop spiders8SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1942Comb-footed Spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 19752SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1963cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Gmogala Keyserling, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hadrotarsus Thorell, 18811SpeciesTaxom
Meotipa Simon, 19171SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 18842SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1982Comb-Clawed Spider11SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 18721SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1911False black widows2SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1859Tangle-Web Spiders5SpeciesTaxom
Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Yoroa Baert, 19841SpeciesTaxom


Species list for New Guinea
43 Species and 3 Subspecies
Anelosimus eidur Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus luckyi Agnarsson, 2012
Anelosimus potmosbi Agnarsson, 2012
Argyrodes amboinensis Tord Tamerla..., 1878
Argyrodes argentatus Octavius Pic..., 1880Dewdrop 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, 1880Red and silver dewdrop spider
Argyrodes kulczynskii Carl Friedri..., 1942
Argyrodes vittatus (Bradley, 1877)⇒ Chrysso vittatula Carl Friedri..., 1942
Argyrodes wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911
Chrysso vittatula Carl Friedri..., 1942
Crustulina grayi Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Crustulina lugubris Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Cryptachaea meraukensis Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Gmogala scarabaeus Eugen von Ke..., 1890
Hadrotarsus babirussa Tord Tamerla..., 1881Golden cricket wasp
Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Nihonhimea mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963
Nihonhimea tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda camura Eugène Simon, 1877
Parasteatoda decorata Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Parasteatoda hammeni Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Parasteatoda kaindi Levi, Lubin ..., 1982
Parasteatoda mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963
Parasteatoda polygramma Wladislaus K..., 1911
Parasteatoda tepidariorum australis Thorell, 1895
Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Parasteatoda valoka Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Parasteatoda vervoorti Pater Chrysa..., 1975
Parasteatoda wau Levi, Lubin ..., 1982
Phoroncidia levii Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Rhomphaea cometes Koch, 1872
Steatoda bertkaui Tord Tamerla..., 1881
Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911
Theridion albostriatum Ludwig Carl ..., 1867
Theridion diadematum Pater Chrysa..., 1963
Theridion dubium Bradley, 1877
Theridion lomirae Carl Friedri..., 1938
Theridion tubicola Carl Ludwig ..., 1859
Thwaitesia scintillans Wladislaus K..., 1911
Yoroa clypeoglandularis Léon Baert, 1984

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in New Guinea
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
2
6
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