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Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region Palaearctic (Ecozones)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
41
271
745
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
35
255
709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
29
236
664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
29
236
664
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
27
234
643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
27
234
643
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
5
138
296
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
15
35
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Palaearctic
15 Genera with 35 Species
Achaearanea Strand, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1836Social cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Asagena Sundevall, 18012SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 18341SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1834cobweb spiders1SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 18795SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 18092SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 18361SpeciesTaxom
Heterotheridion Wunderlich, 18731SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1875Comb-Clawed Spider2SpeciesTaxom
Phylloneta Archer, 17571SpeciesTaxom
Robertus O. P.-Cambridge, 19444SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1801False black widows2SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1757Tangle-Web Spiders8SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Palaearctic
35 Species
Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Parasteatoda lunata Carl Alexand..., 1757
Achaearanea riparia (Blackwall, 1834)⇒ Cryptachaea riparia Blackwall, 1834
Achaearanea simulans (Thorell, 1875)⇒ Parasteatoda simulans Thorell, 1875
Anelosimus vittatus Koch, 1836
Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882Two-Spotted Cobweb Spider
Asagena phalerata Panzer, 1801
Crustulina guttata Wider, 1834
Cryptachaea riparia Blackwall, 1834
Dipoena torva Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha diodonta Zhu & Zhang, 1992
Enoplognatha mandibularis (Lucas, 1846)⇒ Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha mordax Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha oelandica Tord Tamerla..., 1875
Enoplognatha serratosignata Ludwig Carl ..., 1879
Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Episinus truncatus (Latreille, 1809)⇒ Episinus angulatus John Blackwall, 1836
Euryopis flavomaculata C. L. Koch, 1836
Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum Eugène Simon, 1873
Parasteatoda lunata Carl Alexand..., 1757
Parasteatoda simulans Thorell, 1875
Phylloneta sisyphia Clerck, 1757Mothercare spider
Robertus arundineti Octavius Pic..., 1871
Robertus neglectus O. P.-Cambridge, 1871
Robertus scoticus Jackson, 1914
Robertus ungulatus Theodor Voge..., 1944
Steatoda castanea Clerck, 1758
Steatoda phalerata (Panzer, 1801)⇒ Asagena americana James Henry ..., 1882
Theridion asopi Vanuytven, 2014
Theridion betteni (Wiehle, 1960)⇒ Theridion asopi Vanuytven, 2014
Theridion familiare Octavius Pic..., 1871
Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion mystaceum Koch, 1870
Theridion nigrovariegatum (Simon, 1873)⇒ Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum Eugène Simon, 1873
Theridion pinastri (Ludwig Carl ..., 1872)⇒ Theridion hotanense Zhu & Zhou, 1993
Theridion sisyphium (Clerck, 1757)⇒ Phylloneta sisyphia Clerck, 1757

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

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
2
11
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