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. Echinotheridion Levi, 1963 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00684

type Echinotheridion cartum Levi, 1963; gender neuter

N.B.: the synonymy with Tidarren Chamberlin & Ivie, 1934 by Wunderlich, 1987a: 207 has not been followed by subsequent workers and was explicitly rejected by Wunderlich, 1992a: 410.

Transferred to other genera:

Echinotheridion pseudogibberosum (Schmidt, 1973) -- see Tidarren

Echinotheridion andresito Ramírez & González, 1999 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007527

Echinotheridion andresito Ramírez & González, 1999: 197, f. 8-13 (Df) Original description

Echinotheridion cartum Levi, 1963 | | Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007528 TYPE SPECIES

Echinotheridion cartum Levi, 1963b: 236, f. 117-121 (Df) Original description

Echinotheridion cartum Ramírez & González, 1999: 195, f. 1-7 (Dm, f)

Echinotheridion cartum Vanuytven, 2021: 18, 127, f. A.3a, B.98a (f)

Echinotheridion elicolum Levi, 1963 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007529

Theridion cidrelicola Simon, 1894a: 536, f. 553 (f; misidentified per Gertsch, 1960a: 28 and Levi, 1963b: 237)

Theridion cidrelicola Simon, 1895g: 139 (f; misidentified per Gertsch, 1960a: 28 and Levi, 1963b: 237)

Echinotheridion elicolum Levi, 1963b: 237, f. 115-116 (Df; N.B.: "arbitrary combination of letters", compare FAQ 6) Original description

Echinotheridion gibberosum (Kulczyński, 1899) | | Madeira, Canary Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007530

Theridion gibberosum Kulczyński, 1899: 364, pl. 6, f. 27, pl. 7, f. 37-40 (Df) Original description

Achaearanea gibberosa Denis, 1962a: 62 (T from Theridion)

Echinotheridion gibberosum Schmidt, 1973: 369 (T from Achaearanea)

Tidarren pseudogibberosum Schmidt, 1981: 96, f. 5 (m; misidentified per Knoflach & van Harten, 2006: 1605,)

Tidarren gibberosum Wunderlich, 1987a: 207, f. 544-545 (f, S of Tidarren pseudogibberosum, rejected by Wunderlich, 1992a: 410, see Tidarren cuneolatum)

Echinotheridion gibberosum Knoflach, 2002a: 140, f. 1-10 (f, Dm)

Echinotheridion gibberosum Knoflach & van Harten, 2006: 1605, f. 3-4, 10, 21, 23-24, 28-30, 36, 39-40, 290-310 (mf)

Echinotheridion gibberosum Wunderlich, 2008b: 388, f. 506-508 (f)

Echinotheridion levii Ramírez & González, 1999 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007531

Echinotheridion cartum Levi, 1981c: 178, f. 1-2 (m; misidentified per Ramírez & González, 1999: 197)

Echinotheridion levii Ramírez & González, 1999: 197 (Dm) Original description

Echinotheridion levii Vanuytven, 2021: 18, 127, f. A.3b, B.98b (m)

Echinotheridion lirum Marques & Buckup, 1989 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007532

Echinotheridion lirum Marques & Buckup, 1989: 103, f. 7-12 (Df) Original description

Echinotheridion otlum Levi, 1963 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007533

Echinotheridion otlum Levi, 1963b: 236, f. 122-124 (Df) Original description

Echinotheridion urarum Buckup & Marques, 1989 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007534

Echinotheridion urarum Buckup & Marques, 1989: 124, f. 1-3 (Dm) Original description

Echinotheridion utibile (Keyserling, 1884) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007535

Theridion utibile Keyserling, 1884a: 28, pl. 1, f. 13 (Df) Original description

Echinotheridion utibile Levi, 1963b: 237, f. 125-126 (f, T from Theridion)