Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)
Class
| Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids | 173
628
1291 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
| 150
540
1112 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
| 60
314
670 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders | 55
304
650 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders | 46
281
600 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
| 46
281
600 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
| 9
70
242 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Theridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders | 16
43 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Papua New Guinea
16 Genera with 43 Species | Achaearanea Strand, 1982 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Anelosimus Simon, 2012 | Social cobweb spiders | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Argyrodes Simon, 1911 | Dewdrop spiders | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Ariamnes Thorell, 2025 | Whip spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 | Comb-footed Spiders | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Crustulina Menge, 1975 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptachaea Archer, 1963 | cobweb spiders | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Deelemanella Yoshida, 2023 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1870 | Black widow spider | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Meotipa Simon, 1917 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nihonhimea Yoshida, 1872 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Parasteatoda Archer, 1982 | Comb-Clawed Spider | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Phoroncidia Westwood, 1963 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Rhinoliparus Vanuytven, J..., 2024 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Steatoda Sundevall, 1911 | False black widows | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Yoroa Baert, 1984 | | 1 | Species | Taxom |
Species list for Papua New Guinea
43 Species and 1 Subspecies | 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 | | Anelosimus eidur Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus luckyi Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus pomio Agnarsson, 2012 | | | Anelosimus potmosbi Agnarsson, 2012 | | | 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 kumadai Chida & Tani..., 1999 | | | Argyrodes levuca Embrik Strand, 1915 | | | Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | | Argyrodes miniaceus (Doleschall, 1857) | ⇒ Argyrodes miltosus Zhu & Da-xia..., 1991 | | Argyrodes sundaicus Carl Ludwig ..., 1859 | | | Argyrodes wolfi Embrik Strand, 1911 | | | Ariamnes papua Vanuytven, J..., 2025 | | | Crustulina grayi Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Crustulina lugubris Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Cryptachaea meraukensis Pater Chrysa..., 1963 | | | Deelemanella christae Vanuytven, 2023 | | | Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841 | Brown black widow | | Latrodectus hasselti (Thorell, 1870) | ⇒ Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | | Latrodectus hasseltii Thorell, 1870 | Jockey Spider | | Meotipa pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917 | | | Nihonhimea mundula L. Koch, 1872 | | | Parasteatoda camura Eugène Simon, 1877 | | | Parasteatoda kaindi Levi, Lubin ..., 1982 | | | Parasteatoda mundula Ludwig Carl ..., 1872 | | | Parasteatoda mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963 | | | Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884 | Cobweb spiders | | Parasteatoda valoka Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Parasteatoda wau Levi, Lubin ..., 1982 | | | Phoroncidia dino Vanuytven, 2022 | | | Phoroncidia levii Pater Chrysa..., 1963 | | | Rhinoliparus kulczynskii Roewer, 1942 | | | Rhinoliparus missai Vanuytven, J..., 2024 | | | Rhinoliparus nafithiamae Vanuytven, J..., 2024 | | | Steatoda bertkaui Tord Tamerla..., 1881 | | | Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838 | Brown house spider | | Steatoda nasata Pater Chrysa..., 1975 | | | Steatoda subannulata Wladislaus K..., 1911 | | | Yoroa clypeoglandularis Léon Baert, 1984 | |
Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Papua New Guinea
 | | 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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