Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881 (removed from the synonymy of Oonopidae by Roewer, 1963a: 122, contra Roewer, 1942a: 287) by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 111 (after Wunderlich, 1978a: 25 and Wunderlich, 1986: 95, contra Baert, 1984a: 615 and Davies, 1985: 67), who recognized an expanded Hadrotarsinae as well as a separate subfamily Spintharinae.
Gen. Crustulina Menge, 1868 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00679
N.B.: not a senior synonym of Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Levi, 1959b: 112); for comments on species from New Guinea, see Yoshida, 1985c: 10; Breitling, 2019b: 26 discusses Crustulina might be a subgenus of Steatoda (based mainly on COI, see FAQ 7).

Transferred to other genera:

Crustulina congenera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) -- see Wamba

In synonymy:

Crustulina argus Lucas, 1846 = Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881 (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012b: 133)

Crustulina borealis Banks, 1900 = Crustulina sticta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861 (Kaston, 1948: 75)

Crustulina lineiventris (Pavesi, 1884) = Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881 (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012b: 133)

Crustulina nitida Simon, 1885 = Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881 (Knoflach, 1994: 332)

Crustulina pallipes Banks, 1906 = Crustulina sticta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861 (Levi, 1957b: 371)

Crustulina rugosa (Thorell, 1875) = Crustulina sticta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861 (Knoflach, 1994: 334)

Crustulina albovittata (Thorell, 1875) | | Ukraine urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007315
Steatoda albo-vittata Thorell, 1875b: 67 (Df)
Steatoda albovittata Thorell, 1875c: 57 (Df) Original description
Crustulina albovittata Simon, 1881a: 161
Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer, 1942 | | USA, Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007316
Steatoda guttata Emerton, 1882: 20, pl. 4, f. 2 (mf; misidentified per Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 1)
Crustulina sticta Keyserling, 1886b: 37, pl. 12, f. 154 (mf; misidentified per Levi, 1957b: 372)
Crustulina altera Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 1, f. 9 (Dmf) Original description
Crustulina altera Kaston, 1948: 74, f. 30-33, 2119 (mf)
Crustulina altera Levi, 1957b: 372, f. 4-6, 8-10 (mf)
Crustulina altera Levi & Levi, 1962: 60, f. 272-274 (m)
Crustulina altera Levi & Randolph, 1975: 37, f. 4-5 (m)
Crustulina altera Roth, 1982: 47-8, f. 4-5 (m)
Crustulina altera Roth, 1985: B43-7, f. 4-5 (m)
Crustulina altera Roth, 1994: 181, f. 5 (m)
Crustulina ambigua Simon, 1889 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007317
Crustulina ambigua Simon, 1889b: 229 (Df) Original description
Crustulina bicruciata Simon, 1908 | | Australia (Western Australia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007318
Crustulina bicruciata Simon, 1908d: 412 (Df) Original description
Crustulina conspicua (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | | Egypt, Israel, Syria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007319
Theridion conspicuum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 285, pl. 13, f. 11 (Dmf) Original description
Crustulina conspicua Simon, 1881a: 160
Crustulina conspicua Levy & Amitai, 1979: 117, f. 1-16 (mf)
Crustulina conspicua Levy, 1998b: 17, f. 1-16 (mf)
Crustulina erythropus (Lucas, 1846) | | Morocco, Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007320
Theridion erythropus Lucas, 1846: 265, pl. 17, f. 7 (Df) Original description
Crustulina erythropus Simon, 1881a: 160
Crustulina grayi Chrysanthus, 1975 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007321
Crustulina grayi Chrysanthus, 1975: 32, f. 124-125 (Df) Original description
Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834) | | Canary Is., Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007322
Theridion guttatum Wider, 1834: 241, pl. 16, f. 7 (Dmf) Original description
Theridion guttatum C. L. Koch, 1835: 131, pl. 5-6 (mf)
Theridium guttatum C. L. Koch, 1841a: vol. 8: 81, f. 651-652 (mf)
Steatoda guttata Thorell, 1856: 108
Theridion guttatum Blackwall, 1864a: 200, pl. 14, f. 131 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Menge, 1868: 168, pl. 31, f. 73 (mf)
Ceratina globosa Menge, 1868: 174, pl. 32, f. 77 (Df)
Crustulina guttata Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 38, pl. 2, f. 2 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Becker, 1896: (2): 113, pl. 25, f. 3 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Bösenberg, 1902: 125, pl. 11, f. 162 (mf)
Steatoda guttata Emerton, 1902: 120, f. 280-281 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Wiehle, 1937: 191, f. 194-199 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Locket & Millidge, 1953: 51, f. 26D, 35A-C (mf)
Crustulina guttata Azheganova, 1968: 50, f. 93-94 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Palmgren, 1974b: 36, f. 8.22-24 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Roberts, 1985: 178, f. 79a (mf)
Crustulina guttata Yaginuma, 1986a: 48, f. 26.2 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Chikuni, 1989b: 31, f. 11 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 282, f. 761 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Knoflach, 1994: 328, f. 1, 3, 5-8, 10-11, 14, 23, 28-29, 31, 34-38, 45, 47 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Roberts, 1995: 272, f. (mf)
Crustulina guttata Zhu, 1998: 322, f. 216A-D (mf)
Crustulina guttata Roberts, 1998: 287, f. (mf)
Crustulina guttata Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 53A-B, E (mf)
Crustulina guttata Yoshida, 2001b: 47, f. 53-55 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Namkung, 2002: 120, f. 13.38a-b (mf)
Crustulina guttata Namkung, 2003: 122, f. 13.38a-b (mf)
Crustulina guttata Yoshida, 2003a: 49, f. 103-105, 556 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Knoflach & Pfaller, 2004: 140, f. 140, f. 22a-f (mf)
Crustulina guttata Agnarsson, 2004: 557, f. 42A-H (m)
Crustulina guttata Almquist, 2005: 57, f. 83a-h (mf)
Crustulina guttata Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 348, f. 28-32 (m)
Crustulina guttata Wunderlich, 2008b: 200, f. 38-41 (m)
Crustulina guttata Yoshida, 2009b: 365, f. 78-80 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Le Peru, 2011: 438, f. 669 (mf)
Crustulina guttata Zamani et al., 2020: 587, f. 11D (m)
Crustulina guttata Kim, 2021: 48, f. 17A-G (mf)
Crustulina hermonensis Levy & Amitai, 1979 | | Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007323
Crustulina hermonensis Levy & Amitai, 1979: 122, f. 17-20 (Df) Original description
Crustulina hermonensis Levy, 1998b: 21, f. 17-20 (f)
Crustulina incerta Tullgren, 1910 | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007324
Crustulina incerta Tullgren, 1910: 138, pl. 3, f. 56 (Dmf) Original description
Crustulina jeanneli Berland, 1920 | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007325
Crustulina jeanneli Berland, 1920c: 170, f. 211-216 (Dmf) Original description
Crustulina lugubris Chrysanthus, 1975 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007327
Crustulina lugubris Chrysanthus, 1975: 34, f. 126-127 (Df) Original description
Crustulina molesta (Pavesi, 1883) | | Ethiopia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007328
Steatoda molesta Pavesi, 1883: 34 (Df) Original description
Crustulina molesta Simon, 1894a: 578
Crustulina obesa Berland, 1920 | | East Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007329
Crustulina obesa Berland, 1920c: 173, f. 217-223 (Dmf) Original description
Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881 | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007330
Theridion argus Lucas, 1846: 264, pl. 17, f. 6 (Df; N.B.: removed from S of C. guttata, contra Simon, 1881, considered nomen oblitum, by Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012b: 133)
Steatoda scabripes Becker, 1880: 140 (nomen nudum)
Crustulina scabripes Simon, 1881a: 159 (Dmf) Original description
Steatoda lineiventris Pavesi, 1884a: 461 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007326]
Crustulina nitida Simon, 1885c: 331 (Df)
Crustulina scabripes Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 38, pl. 2, f. 1 (mf)
Crustulina lineiventris Simon, 1894a: 578
Crustulina scabripes Brignoli, 1967e: 180, f. 1-2 (mf)
Crustulina scabripes Levy & Amitai, 1979: 126, f. 29-36 (mf)
Crustulina scabripes Knoflach, 1994: 332, f. 2, 4, 9a-b, 12-13, 15-17, 21-22, 25, 30, 33, 43-44, 46, 48-52 (mf, S)
Crustulina scabripes Levy, 1998b: 26, f. 29-36 (mf)
Crustulina scabripes Knoflach & Pfaller, 2004: 140, f. 22g (f)
Crustulina scabripes Trotta, 2005: 175, f. 447 (m)
Crustulina scabripes Le Peru, 2011: 438, f. 670 (mf)
Crustulina scabripes Bosmans & Van Keer, 2012b: 133 (S)
Crustulina scabripes Lecigne, 2021a: 33, f. 31 (m)
Crustulina starmuehlneri Kritscher, 1966 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007331
Crustulina starmühlneri Kritscher, 1966b: 375, f. 1 (Df) Original description
Crustulina starmuehlneri Brignoli, 1983c: 398
Crustulina sticta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861) | | North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007332
Theridion stictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1861a: 432 (Df) Original description
Theridion stictum Blackwall, 1864a: 196, pl. 14, f. 126 (f)
Theridion stictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871a: 420 (Dm)
Steatoda sticta Thorell, 1873: 439 (T from Theridion)
Steatoda rugosa Thorell, 1875a: 93 (Df)
Steatoda rugosa Thorell, 1875c: 57 (Df)
Steatoda sticta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 97, pl. 3, f. 4 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Simon, 1881a: 158 (T from Steatoda)
Crustulina rugosa Simon, 1881a: 161 (T from Steatoda)
Crustulina rugosa Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 38, pl. 2, f. 3 (f)
Crustulina borealis Banks, 1900a: 98 (Dm)
Crustulina pallipes Banks, 1906b: 96, pl. 2, f. 15 (Df)
Crustulina sticta Kaston, 1948: 75, f. 34, 2120 (mf, S of Crustulina borealis)
Crustulina sticta Locket & Millidge, 1953: 53, f. 35D-F (mf)
Crustulina sticta Levi, 1957b: 370, f. 1-3, 7 (mf, S of Crustulina pallipes)
Crustlina sticta Ohno & Yaginuma, 1967: 36, f. 2.1-4 (m)
Crustulina sticta Yaginuma, 1971: 125, f. 103.1-3 (m)
Crustulina sticta Palmgren, 1974b: 36, f. 8.25-27 (mf)
Crustulina rugosa Pakhorukov & Utochkin, 1977a: 91, f. 1a-b (f)
Crustulina sticta Levy & Amitai, 1979: 123, f. 21-28 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Roberts, 1985: 178, f. 79b (mf)
Crustulina sticta Kim, 1985a: 17, f. 1-5 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Yaginuma, 1986a: 47, f. 26.1 (m)
Crustulina sticta Holm, 1987: 160, f. 4 (f)
Crustulina sticta Chikuni, 1989b: 31, f. 10 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 282, f. 762 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Knoflach, 1994: 334, f. 18-20, 24, 26-27, 32, 39-42 (mf, S of Crustulina rugosa)
Crustulina sticta Roberts, 1995: 273, f. (mf)
Crustulina sticta Kupryjanowicz, 1997a: 183, f. 1-2 (m)
Crustulina sticta Zhu, 1998: 320, f. 215A-E (mf)
Crustulina sticta Roberts, 1998: 287, f. (mf)
Crustulina sticta Levy, 1998b: 23, f. 21-28 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 110, f. 53C-D, F (mf)
Crustulina sticta Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 101, f. 48A-E (mf)
Crustulina sticta Yoshida, 2001b: 47, f. 56-58 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 214, f. 2396-2398 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Yoshida, 2003a: 51, f. 106-108 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Almquist, 2005: 58, f. 84a-e (mf)
Crustulina sticta Yoshida, 2009b: 365, f. 81-83 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Le Peru, 2011: 438, f. 671 (mf)
Crustulina sticta Kim, 2021: 50, f. 18A-D (f)
Crustulina sticta Seropian et al., 2023: 282, f. 120 (m)

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