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).

In synonymy:

Formicinoides Keyserling, 1884 = Helvibis Keyserling, 1884 (Levi & Levi, 1962: 21)

Gen. Helvibis Keyserling, 1884 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00694

type Helvibis thorelli Keyserling, 1884; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Formicinoides Keyserling, 1884a: 213 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05721] (type F. brasiliana Keyserling, 1884) by Levi & Levi, 1962: 21.

In synonymy:

Helvibis keyserlingi Banks, 1929 = Helvibis longistylum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) (Levi, 1964g: 140)

Helvibis brasiliana (Keyserling, 1884) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007774

Formicinoides brasiliana Keyserling, 1884a: 214, pl. 10, f. 128 (Df) Original description

Formicinoides brasiliana Simon, 1894a: 507, f. 509

Helvibis brasiliana Levi, 1964g: 135, f. 7-13 (f, Dm)

Helvibis chilensis (Keyserling, 1884) | | Chile, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007775

Formicinoides chilensis Keyserling, 1884a: 215, pl. 10, f. 129 (Df) Original description

Helvibis chilensis Levi, 1964g: 135, f. 1-6 (f)

Helvibis chilensis Levi, 1967b: 29, f. 17-21 (Dm)

Helvibis germaini Simon, 1895 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007776

Helvibis germaini Simon, 1894a: 504, f. 508 (nomen nudum)

Helvibis germaini Simon, 1895g: 132 (Dmf) Original description

Helvibis germaini Levi, 1964g: 137, f. 26-33 (mf)

Helvibis germaini Vanuytven, 2021: 18, 154, f. A.2b, B.139 (m)

Helvibis infelix (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007777

Argyrodes infelix O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880b: 340, pl. 30, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Helvibis infelix Exline & Levi, 1962: 91 (Tf from Argyrodes)

Helvibis infelix Levi, 1964g: 137, f. 34-37 (f)

Helvibis longicauda Keyserling, 1891 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007778

Helvibis longicauda Keyserling, 1891: 204, pl. 7, f. 146 (Df) Original description

Helvibis longicauda Levi, 1964g: 140, f. 50-59 (f, Dm)

Helvibis longicaudatus Agnarsson, 2004: 564, f. 49A-G, 50A-F (mf, lapsus)

Helvibis longistylum (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) | | Panama, Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007779

Steatoda longistylum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 386, pl. 36, f. 23 (Dm; specific epithet is a noun) Original description

Theridion longistylum Petrunkevitch, 1911: 199

Helvibis keyserlingi Banks, 1929: 87, pl. 3, f. 34, 37, pl. 4, f. 67 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055835]

Helvibis longistylum Levi & Levi, 1962: 49, f. 166 (m, T from Theridion)

Helvibis longistylum Levi, 1964g: 140, f. 60-71 (mf, S of Helvibis keyserlingi)

Helvibis monticola Keyserling, 1891 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007780

Helvibis monticola Keyserling, 1891: 205, pl. 7, f. 147 (Dm) Original description

Helvibis monticola Levi, 1964g: 138, f. 47-49 (m)

Helvibis rossi Levi, 1964 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007781

Helvibis rossi Levi, 1964g: 137, f. 21-25 (Df) Original description

Helvibis thorelli Keyserling, 1884 | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007782 TYPE SPECIES

Helvibis thorellii Keyserling, 1884a: 173, pl. 8, f. 105 (Dmf) Original description

Helvibis thorelli Levi & Levi, 1962: 49, f. 160-165 (mf)

Helvibis thorelli Levi, 1964g: 138, f. 38-46 (mf)

Helvibis tingo Levi, 1964 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007783

Helvibis tingo Levi, 1964g: 135, f. 14-20 (Dmf) Original description