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Checklist for Family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Cobweb And Widow Spiders)
and region Peru (Northern South America)


Class
 
Arachnida
Lamarck, 1801
Arachnids
265
1111
2516
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Micrura
Ehrenberg, 1831
229
922
2149
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Megoperculata
Börner, 1902
68
543
1635
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Araneae
Clerck, 1757
Spider, Spiders, True Spiders
63
536
1626
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Araneomorphae
Smith, 1902
True Spiders
52
486
1474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Araneomorphi
Smith, 1902
52
486
1474
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Araneoidea
Latreille, 1806
8
146
672
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTheridiidae
Sundevall, 1833
Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Cobweb spider, Cobweb spiders
43
187
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Peru
43 Genera with 187 Species
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Achaearanea Strand, 18735SpeciesTaxom
Ameridion Wunderlich, 18913SpeciesTaxom
Anelosimus Simon, 1916Social cobweb spiders9SpeciesTaxom
Argyrodes Simon, 1962Dewdrop spiders7SpeciesTaxom
Ariamnes Thorell, 1962Whip spiders2SpeciesTaxom
Chrosiothes Simon, 18951SpeciesTaxom
Chrysso O. P.-Cambridge, 1942Comb-footed Spiders10SpeciesTaxom
Coleosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Coscinida Simon, 1895
0SpeciesTaxom
Crustulina Menge, 1868
0SpeciesTaxom
Cryptachaea Archer, 1959cobweb spiders14SpeciesTaxom
Dipoena Thorell, 196311SpeciesTaxom
Emertonella Bryant, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Enoplognatha Pavesi, 19623SpeciesTaxom
Episinus Walckenaer, 19646SpeciesTaxom
Euryopis Menge, 19631SpeciesTaxom
Exalbidion Wunderlich, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Faiditus Keyserling, 196214SpeciesTaxom
Glebych Eskov & Marusik, 20211SpeciesTaxom
Helvibis Keyserling, 19645SpeciesTaxom
Janula Strand, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Lasaeola Simon, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1790Black widow spider12SpeciesTaxom
Melychiopharis Simon, 20241SpeciesTaxom
Neopisinus Marques, Buc..., 18943SpeciesTaxom
Neospintharus Exline, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Nesticodes Archer, 18461SpeciesTaxom
Nihonhimea Yoshida, 18841SpeciesTaxom
Parasteatoda Archer, 1884Comb-Clawed Spider3SpeciesTaxom
Paratheridula Levi, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Phoroncidia Westwood, 19643SpeciesTaxom
Phycosoma O. P.-Cambridge, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Rhomphaea L. Koch, 18963SpeciesTaxom
Spintharus Hentz, 18501SpeciesTaxom
Steatoda Sundevall, 1884False black widows7SpeciesTaxom
Stemmops O. P.-Cambridge, 20183SpeciesTaxom
Styposis Simon, 1894
0SpeciesTaxom
Theridion Walckenaer, 1884Tangle-Web Spiders27SpeciesTaxom
Theridula Emerton, 19072SpeciesTaxom
Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 19503SpeciesTaxom
Thymoites Keyserling, 19679SpeciesTaxom
Tidarren Chamberlin &..., 18425SpeciesTaxom
Wirada Keyserling, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Peru
187 Species
Achaearanea hieroglyphica (Mello-Leitao, 1940)⇒ Cryptachaea ingijonathorum Buckup, Marq..., 2012
Achaearanea koepckei (Levi, 1963)⇒ Cryptachaea koepckei Levi, 1963
Achaearanea nigrovittata (Eugen von Ke..., 1884)⇒ Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Achaearanea tingo Levi, 1963
Achaearanea trapezoidalis Taczanowski, 1873Cobweb spiders
Ameridion petrum Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Ameridion progum Herbert Walt..., 1959Cobweb spiders
Ameridion unanimum Eugen von Ke..., 1891
Anelosimus baeza Agnarsson, 2006Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus chickeringi Herbert Walt..., 1956Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus domingo Herbert Walt..., 1963
Anelosimus elegans Agnarsson, 2006Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus eximius Eugen von Ke..., 1884Cobweb spiders
Anelosimus jucundus (Octavius Pic..., 1896)⇒ Anelosimus tosus Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Anelosimus rupununi Herbert Walt..., 1956
Anelosimus studiosus (Nicholas Mar..., 1850)⇒ Anelosimus fraternus Agnarsson, 2006
Anelosimus tosus Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Argyrodes americanus (Taczanowski, 1874)⇒ Faiditus americanus WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1874
Argyrodes argyrodes (Walckenaer, 1842)⇒ Neospintharus trigonum Nicholas Mar..., 1850
Argyrodes elevatus (WÅ‚adysÅ‚aw ..., 1873)⇒ Chrysso pulcherrima Mello-Leitao, 1917
Argyrodes lucmae Chamberlin, 1916
Argyrodes nephilae Władysław ..., 1873
Argyrodes vittatus (Bradley, 1877)⇒ Chrysso vittatula Carl Friedri..., 1942
Argyrodes weyrauchi H. Exline & ..., 1962
Ariamnes longissimus Eugen von Ke..., 1891
Ariamnes schlingeri H. Exline & ..., 1962
Chrosiothes albostriatus Simon, 1895
Chrysso albomaculata O. P.-Cambridge, 1882
Chrysso compressa Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Chrysso diplosticha Ralph Vary C..., 1936
Chrysso ecuadorensis Herbert Walt..., 1957
Chrysso huanuco Herbert Walt..., 1957
Chrysso indicifer Chamberlin &..., 1936
Chrysso indicifera Ralph Vary C..., 1936Cobweb spiders
Chrysso mariae Herbert Walt..., 1957
Chrysso sulcata Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Chrysso vittatula Carl Friedri..., 1942
Coleosoma acutiventer Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Cryptachaea blattea Urquhart, 1886Theridiid spider
Cryptachaea dromedariformis Roewer, 1942
Cryptachaea gigantea Keyserling, 1884
Cryptachaea ingijonathorum Buckup, Marq..., 2012
Cryptachaea kaspi Levi, 1963
Cryptachaea koepckei Levi, 1963
Cryptachaea maldonado Buckup, Marq..., 2012
Cryptachaea migrans Keyserling, 1884
Cryptachaea paquisha Rodrigues & ..., 2015
Cryptachaea taeniata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Cryptachaea tambopata Rodrigues & ..., 2015
Cryptachaea trinidensis Levi, 1959
Cryptachaea uviana Levi, 1963
Cryptachaea zonensis Levi, 1959Cobweb spiders
Dipoena atlantica Arthur Merto..., 1943Cobweb spiders
Dipoena cornuta Arthur Merto..., 1943Cobweb spiders
Dipoena dorsata Muma, 1944Cobweb spiders
Dipoena esra Herbert Walt..., 1963
Dipoena militaris Arthur Merto..., 1943Cobweb spiders
Dipoena nigra (James Henry ..., 1882)⇒ Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Dipoena pallisteri Herbert Walt..., 1963
Dipoena peruensis Herbert Walt..., 1963
Dipoena rubella Eugen von Ke..., 1884Cobweb spiders
Dipoena tingo Herbert Walt..., 1963
Dipoena woytkowskii Herbert Walt..., 1963
Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886Cobweb spiders
Enoplognatha juninensis Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Enoplognatha peruviana Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Enoplognatha puno Herbert Walt..., 1962
Episinus albostriatus Eugène Simon, 1895
Episinus cognatus (Octavius Pic..., 1893)⇒ Neopisinus putus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894
Episinus cuzco Herbert Walt..., 1967
Episinus immundus Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Episinus malachinus (Eugène Simon, 1895)⇒ Janula malachina Simon, 1895
Episinus moyobamba Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Euryopis pickardi Levi, 1963Cobweb spiders
Exalbidion fungosum Keyserling, 1886
Faiditus americanus Władysław ..., 1874Cobweb spiders
Faiditus amplifrons Octavius Pic..., 1880Cobweb spiders
Faiditus caudatus Władysław ..., 1874Cobweb spiders
Faiditus cochleaforma Exline, 1945
Faiditus cochleaformus H. Exline, 1945
Faiditus convolutus H. Exline & ..., 1962Cobweb spiders
Faiditus dracus Ralph Vary C..., 1936Cobweb spiders
Faiditus peruensis H. Exline & ..., 1962
Faiditus proboscifer H. Exline, 1945
Faiditus spinosus Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Faiditus subflavus H. Exline & ..., 1962
Faiditus sullana H. Exline, 1945
Faiditus ululans Octavius Pic..., 1880Cobweb spiders
Faiditus woytkowskii H. Exline & ..., 1962
Glebych minutissimus Eskov & Marusik, 2021
Helvibis brasiliana Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Helvibis germaini Eugène Simon, 1895
Helvibis rossi Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Helvibis thorelli Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Helvibis tingo Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Janula cuzco Levi, 1967
Janula malachina Simon, 1895
Janula moyobamba Levi, 1964
Lasaeola spinithorax Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Latrodectus curacaviensis (Müller, 1776)⇒ Latrodectus variegatus Hercule Nicolet, 1849
Latrodectus diaguita Carcavallo, 1960
Latrodectus elegans Thorell, 1898
Latrodectus geometricus C. L. Koch, 1841Brown black widow
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 tredecimguttatus Rossi, 1790European black widow
Melychiopharis peruviana Eskov & Marusik, 2024
Neopisinus cognatus O.Pickard-Ca..., 1893Cobweb spiders
Neopisinus longipes Keyserling, 1884
Neopisinus putus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894Cobweb spiders
Neospintharus obscurus Keyserling, 1884
Nesticodes rufipes Lucas, 1846Cobweb spiders
Nihonhimea tesselata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda nigrovittata Keyserling, 1884
Parasteatoda tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841American house false widow spider
Parasteatoda tesselata Keyserling, 1884Cobweb spiders
Paratheridula perniciosa Eugen von Ke..., 1886Cobweb spiders
Phoroncidia moyobamba Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Phoroncidia scutellata Władysław ..., 1879
Phoroncidia studo Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Phycosoma altum Eugen von Ke..., 1886Cobweb spider
Rhomphaea paradoxa Władysław ..., 1873Cobweb spiders
Rhomphaea procera O. P.-Cambridge, 1898Cobweb spiders
Rhomphaea projiciens O. P.-Cambridge, 1896Cobweb spiders
Spintharus flavidus Nicholas Mar..., 1850Cobweb spiders
Steatoda anchorata Holmberg, 1876
Steatoda ancorata Holmberg, 1876Cobweb spiders
Steatoda andina Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Steatoda chinchipe Herbert Walt..., 1962
Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch, 1838Brown house spider
Steatoda moesta Octavius Pic..., 1896Cobweb spiders
Steatoda variipes Eugen von Ke..., 1884
Stemmops belavista Marques & Bu..., 1996
Stemmops cambridgei Herbert Walt..., 1955Cobweb spiders
Stemmops carauari Santanna & R..., 2018
Theridion exlinae Levi, 1963
Theridion exlineae Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion fastosum Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridion fungosum (Eugen von Ke..., 1886)⇒ Exalbidion fungosum Keyserling, 1886
Theridion giganteum
Theridion grandiosum Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion huanuco Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion humboldti Herbert Walt..., 1967
Theridion isorium Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion leguiai Ralph Vary C..., 1916
Theridion machu Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion minutissimum Eugen von Ke..., 1884Cobweb spiders
Theridion monzonense Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion nigriceps Eugen von Ke..., 1891
Theridion nigroannulatum Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridion nigromaculatum Keyserling, 1884
Theridion nigrosacculatum Albert Tullgren, 1910
Theridion onticolum Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion parvum Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridion rampum Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion rossi Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion schlingeri Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion torosum Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridion utcuyacu Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion volubile Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridion weyrauchi Herbert Walt..., 1963
Theridion zonarium Eugen von Ke..., 1884Guinea ant
Theridula nigerrima Alexander Pe..., 1911
Theridula theriella Embrik Strand, 1907Carpenter bees
Thwaitesia adamantifera Keyserling, 1884
Thwaitesia affinis Octavius Pic..., 1882Cobweb spiders
Thwaitesia bracteata H. Exline, 1950
Thymoites confraternus Richard C. B..., 1898
Thymoites crassipes Keyserling, 1884Guinea ant
Thymoites lori Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Thymoites machu Herbert Walt..., 1967
Thymoites mirus Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Thymoites peruanus Eugen von Ke..., 1886
Thymoites ramon Herbert Walt..., 1964Crested anoda
Thymoites sanctus Ralph Vary C..., 1916Bicolor cactussnail
Thymoites urubamba Herbert Walt..., 1967
Tidarren afrum Knoflach & A..., 2006
Tidarren fordum Keyserling, 1884
Tidarren haemorrhoidale Philip Bertkau, 1880Cobweb spiders
Tidarren migrans
Tidarren sisyphoides Charles Atha..., 1842Cobweb spiders
Wirada punctata Eugen von Ke..., 1886

Subnodes of Theridiidae with occurrences in Peru
SubfamilyArgyrodinae
Simon, 1894
5
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyHadrotarsinae
Thorell, 1881
5
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyLatrodectinae
Petrunkevitch, 1928
3
19
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPholcommatinae
Simon, 1894
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilySphintharinae
5
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyTheridiinae
Sundevall, 1833
13
71
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