World Spider Catalog

Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881: 190 (sub Hardotarsoidae, 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 Simon, 1894a: 512 (sub Spinthareae); the subfamily Theonoeinae Simon, 1894a: 586 (sub Theonoeae) (synonym Pholcommatinae Simon, 1894a: 589, sub Pholcommateae), which include Theonoe Simon, 1881, Carniella Thaler & Steinberger, 1988, Robertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 and Pholcomma Thorell, 1869, is circumscribed by Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 51; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 also mention the subfamilies Argyrodinae Simon, 1881a: 14 (sub Argyrodini) and Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928: 117 (junior synyonym of Dipoeninae Simon, 1894a: 561, sub Dipoeneae).

Gen. Chikunia Yoshida, 2009 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03914

type Theridula albipes Saito, 1935; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Chikunia caudata (Saito, 1933, T from Theridula) = Chikunia nigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) (Yoshida, 1978a: 23, sub Chrysso)

Chikunia oxyura (Thorell, 1890) = Chikunia nigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) (Reimoser, 1931a: 760, sub Theridion)

Chikunia rapulum (Yaginuma, 1960, T from Theridula) = Chikunia albipes (Saito, 1935) (Yoshida, 2001c: 175, sub Chrysso)

Chikunia yulingu (Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013, T from Chrysso) = Chikunia nigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) (Lin et al., 2023a: 520)

Chikunia albipes (Saito, 1935) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037395 TYPE SPECIES

Theridula albipes Saitō, 1935a: 59, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Theridula albipes Saitō, 1935b: 52 (f)

Theridion rapulum Yaginuma, 1960: append. 2, pl. 9, f. 55, f. 101C (Dmf; specific epithet is a noun) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007266]

Theridion rapulum Akiyama, 1961: 77, unnumbered f. (f)

Theridion rapulum Yaginuma, 1986a: 35, f. 20.5 (mf)

Theridion rapulum Chikuni, 1989b: 42, f. 58 (mf)

Theridion rapulum Feng, 1990: 122, f. 97.1-2 (f)

Theridion rapulum Chen & Zhang, 1991: 154, f. 150.1-3 (mf)

Theridula albipes Marusik et al., 1993b: 83 (dubious species = nomen dubium, probable senior S of Theridion rapulum)

Chrysso rapulum Yoshida, 1993c: 32, f. 21 (T from Theridion)

Chrysso rapulum Zhu, 1998: 57, f. 30A-D (mf)

Chrysso rapula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 50C-D, K (mf)

Chrysso albipes Yoshida, 2001c: 175, f. 12, 72-74 (mf, S of Chrysso rapulum)

Chrysso rapula Namkung, 2002: 113, f. 13.31a-c (mf)

Chrysso albipes Namkung, 2003: 115, f. 13.31a-c (mf)

Chrysso albipes Yoshida, 2003a: 131, f. 351-355, 585-586 (mf)

Chikunia albipes Yoshida, 2009a: 72 (T from Chrysso)

Chikunia albipes Yoshida, 2009b: 378, f. 217-219 (mf)

Chrysso albipes Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 86, f. 47A-D (mf)

Chrysso albipes Yin et al., 2012: 291, f. 105a-f (mf)

Chikunia albipes Kim, 2021: 31, f. 9A-H, pl. 4 (mf)

Chikunia bilde Smith, Agnarsson & Grinsted, 2019 | | Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051452

Chikunia bilde Smith, Agnarsson & Grinsted in Smith et al., 2019: 345, f. 1D-H, 7A-L, 8A-D, 9J-O (Dmf) Original description

Chikunia nigra (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | | India, Sri Lanka to Taiwan, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007254

Argyrodes nigra O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880b: 341, pl. 30, f. 20 (Dmf) Original description

Theridium oxyurum Thorell, 1890a: 266 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064837]

Theridion nigrum Simon, 1905c: 58

Theridium nigrum Reimoser, 1931a: 760 (S of Theridion oxyurum)

Theridula caudata Saitō, 1933b: 44, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064836]

Chrysso nigra Levi, 1962b: 209, f. 1-2 (mf, T from Theridion)

Theridula caudata Lee, 1966: 30, f. 7e-g (f)

Chrysso nigra Yoshida, 1978a: 23, f. 4 (m, S of Theridula caudata)

Theridula caudata Hu, 1984: 174, f. 182.1-5 (f)

Chrysso nigra Yoshida, 1993c: 33, f. 15, 18-19 (m)

Chrysso nigra Zhu, 1998: 53, f. 27A-E (mf)

Chrysso nigra Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 103, f. 49G-H, O (mf)

Chrysso nigra Yin et al., 2012: 298, f. 110a-d (mf)

Chikunia nigra Grinsted, Agnarsson & Bilde, 2012: 1027 (T from Chrysso)

Chrysso yulingu Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong in Barrion et al., 2013: 36, f. 40A-F (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048452]

Chrysso nigra Jin, 2018: 17, f. 4-6.A-D, pl. 3 (f)

Chikunia nigra Smith et al., 2019: 341, f. 1A-C, 6A-L, 9A-I (mf)

Chikunia nigra Lin et al., 2023a: 520 (S of Chrysso yulingu)

Chikunia subrapulum (Zhu, 1998) | | China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007274

Chrysso subrapulum Zhu, 1998: 65, 361, f. 37A-C (Dm; specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Chrysso subrapulum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 107, f. 50M-N (m)

Chrysso subrapula Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 88, f. 49A-C (m)

Chikunia subrapulum Kumada & Ono, 2023: 124, f. 1-9 (m, Df, T from Chrysso)

Chikunia subrapulum Suzuki et al., 2025: 44, f. 5A-C (mf)