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. Dipoenata Wunderlich, 1988 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00682
type Dipoenata stipes Wunderlich, 1988; gender feminine
N.B.: the genus and type species are described from Dominican amber (Wunderlich, 1988: 154, 155).

Transferred to other genera:

Dipoenata canariensis (Wunderlich, 1987) -- see Lasaeola

Dipoenata flavitarsis Wunderlich, 1992 -- see Lasaeola

Dipoenata sicki (Levi, 1963) -- see Dipoena

In synonymy:

Dipoenata cylindrica (Soares & Camargo, 1955) = Dipoenata conica (Chickering, 1943) (Levi, 1963a: 162, sub Dipoena)

Dipoenata balboae (Chickering, 1943) | | Panama, Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007516
Dipoena balboae Chickering, 1943b: 334, f. 6-9 (Dmf) Original description
Dipoena balboae Levi, 1963a: 148, f. 39-43 (mf)
Dipoenata balboae Wunderlich, 1988: 158 (Tmf from Dipoena)
Dipoenata cana Kritscher, 1996 | | Malta urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007517
Dipoenata cana Kritscher, 1996: 128, f. 2 (Df) Original description
Dipoena cana Le Peru, 2011: 439, f. 674 (f)
Dipoenata conica (Chickering, 1943) | | Panama, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007519
Dipoena conica Chickering, 1943b: 341, f. 18-19 (Df) Original description
Dipoena cylindrica Soares & Camargo, 1955: 580, f. 9, 12-13 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055578]
Dipoena conica Levi, 1963a: 162, f. 56, 143-146 (mf, S of Dipoena cylindrica)
Dipoenata conica Wunderlich, 1988: 161 (T from Dipoena)
Dipoenata longitarsis (Denis, 1962) | | Madeira urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007521
Dipoena longitarsis Denis, 1962a: 57, f. 49-55 (Df) Original description
Dipoenata longitarsis Wunderlich, 1992a: 89 (Tf from Dipoena; N.B.: may belong to Lasaeola, per Wunderlich, 2011: 254)
Dipoenata morosa (Bryant, 1948) | | Hispaniola to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007522
Dipoena morosa Bryant, 1948b: 376, f. 50, 52-53 (Dm) Original description
Dipoena morosa Levi, 1963a: 153, f. 84-86 (m)
Dipoenata morosa Wunderlich, 1988: 156 (Tm from Dipoena)

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