World Spider Catalog

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. Exalbidion Wunderlich, 1995 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00689

type Theridion sexmaculatum Keyserling, 1884; gender neuter

In synonymy:

Exalbidion tungurahua (Levi, 1963, T from Theridion) = Exalbidion fungosum (Keyserling, 1886) (Buckup, Marques & Rodrigues, 2010: 351)

Exalbidion barroanum (Levi, 1959) | | Panama, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007760

Theridion barroanum Levi, 1959b: 122, f. 234-235 (Df) Original description

Exalbidion barroanum Wunderlich, 1995n: 613 (Tf from Theridion)

Exalbidion dotanum (Banks, 1914) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007761

Singa dotana Banks, 1914a: 679, pl. 28, f. 1, 11 (Df) Original description

Theridion dotanum Levi, 1959b: 120, f. 245-248 (Tf from Singa, Dm)

Exalbidion dotanum Wunderlich, 1995n: 613 (Tmf from Theridion)

Exalbidion fungosum (Keyserling, 1886) | | Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008378

Theridion mirabile Keyserling, 1884a: 39, pl. 2, f. 20 (Dm, preoccupied)

Theridion fungosum Keyserling, 1886b: 294 (replacement name) Original description

Theridion guriae Strand, 1917c: 72 (superfluous replacement name)

Theridion fungosum Levi, 1963c: 561, f. 179 (m)

Theridion tungurahua Levi, 1963c: 563, f. 158-160 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008752]

Exalbidion fungosum Buckup, Marques & Rodrigues, 2010: 351 (Tm from Theridion, Sf)

Exalbidion pallisterorum (Levi, 1959) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007762

Theridion pallisterorum Levi, 1959b: 121, f. 242-244 (Dmf) Original description

Exalbidion paisterorum Wunderlich, 1995n: 613 (Tmf from Theridion)

Exalbidion rufipunctum (Levi, 1959) | | Mexico, Panama, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007763

Theridion rufipunctum Levi, 1959b: 118, f. 230-233 (Dmf) Original description

Theridion rufipunctum Levi, 1963c: 543, f. 80-81 (f)

Exalbidion rufipunctatum Wunderlich, 1995n: 613 (Tmf from Theridion)

Exalbidion rufipunctum Campuzano et al., 2019: 8, f. 6A-J (mf)

Exalbidion sexmaculatum (Keyserling, 1884) | | Guatemala, Caribbean to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007764 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion sexmaculatum Keyserling, 1884a: 82, pl. 4, f. 51 (Df) Original description

Theridion sexmaculatum Keyserling, 1886b: 238, pl. 20, f. 292 (Dm)

Steatoda sexmaculata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 386, pl. 36, f. 22 (f)

Theridion sexmaculatum Levi, 1959b: 119, f. 236-239 (mf)

Exalbidion sexmaculatum Wunderlich, 1995n: 613, f. 4-6 (Tmf from Theridion)

Exalbidion sexmaculatum Vanuytven, 2021: 146, f. B.129a-b (m)