World Spider Catalog

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. Emertonella Bryant, 1945 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03431

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Euryopis Menge, 1868 by Yoshida, 2002a: 17, contra Levi, 1954b: 3.

Transferred to other genera:

Emertonella hainanica Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 -- see Euryopis

In synonymy:

Emertonella dentata (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936, T from Euryopis) = Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 1954b: 24, sub Euryopis nigripes)

Emertonella floricola (Keyserling, 1886, T from Euryopis) = Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 1963a: 132, sub Euryopis)

Emertonella georgiana (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944, T from Euryopis) = Emertonella emertoni Bryant, 1933 (Levi, 1954b: 15, sub Euryopis)

Emertonella nigripes (Banks, 1929, T from Euryopis) = Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 1963a: 132, sub Euryopis)

Emertonella rosascostai (Mello-Leitão, 1944, T from Euryopis) = Emertonella taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 1963a: 132, sub Euryopis)

Emertonella emertoni (Bryant, 1933) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007700

Euryopis emertoni Bryant, 1933a: 172, pl. 1, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Euryopis emertoni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 41 (S E. deridens, rejected)

Euryopis georgiana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 41, f. 90, 104 (Df)

Emertonella emertoni Bryant, 1945b: 182 (Tmf from Euryopis)

Euryopis emertoni Kaston, 1948: 98, f. 200-203 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Levi, 1954b: 15, f. 19-22, 29, 31, 34, 37 (m, Sf)

Euryopis emertoni Levi, 1961: 5, f. 5 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Levi & Levi, 1962: 39, f. 30, 32-34 (mf)

Euryopis emertoni Levi, 1963a: 130, f. 27-28 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Levi & Randolph, 1975: 38, f. 41, 43 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Roth, 1982: 47-9, f. 41, 43 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Roth, 1985: B43-9, f. 41, 43 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Coddington, 1990: 17, f. 77 (m)

Euryopis emertoni Roth, 1994: 183, f. 43 (m)

Emertonella emertoni Jiménez et al., 2015: 326, f. 6c-f (mf)

Emertonella serrulata Gao & Li, 2014 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046687

Emertonella serrulata Gao & Li, 2014: 45, f. 36A-D, 37A-C, 38A-E, 39A-D (Dmf) Original description

Emertonella taczanowskii (Keyserling, 1886) | | USA to Argentina. Introduced to India, Sri Lanka, China, Japan (Ryukyu Is.), New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007749

Euryopis taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886b: 47, pl. 12, f. 160 (Df) Original description

Euryopis floricola Keyserling, 1886b: 261, pl. 21, f. 309 (Df)

Euryopis nigripes Banks, 1929: 86, pl. 3, f. 47, pl. 4, f. 60 (Df)

Euryopis dentata Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936b: 6, f. 10-11 (Dmf)

Euryopis rosascostai Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 325, f. 6 (Df)

Euryopis nigripes Levi, 1954b: 24, f. 38-52 (f, Sm)

Euryopis taczanowskii Levi, 1963a: 132, f. 10 (Sm)

Euryopis taczanowskii Levi, 1967c: 178, f. 37-41 (mf)

Euryopis taczanowskii Yoshida, 1992a: 139, f. 1-4 (mf)

Euryopis taczanowskii Zhu, 1998: 37, f. 17A-D (mf)

Euryopis taczanowskii Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 123, f. 63C-D, G (mf)

Emertonella taczanowskii Yoshida, 2002a: 17, f. 31-34 (Tmf from Euryopis)

Emertonella taczanowskii Yoshida, 2003a: 187, f. 524-527 (mf)

Emertonella taczanowskii Yoshida, 2009b: 393, f. 357-359 (mf)

Emertonella taczanowskii Yin et al., 2012: 329, f. 130a-f (mf)

Emertonella taczanowskii Rajoria, 2015d: 46, f. 5-8 (f)

Emertonella trachypa Gao & Li, 2014 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046688

Emertonella trachypa Gao & Li, 2014: 50, f. 40A-D, 41A-B, 42A-E, 43A-D (Dmf) Original description