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. Neopisinus Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04051

In synonymy:

Neopisinus simplicifrons (Simon, 1898) = Neopisinus cognatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 (Levi, 1964c: 13, sub Episinus)

Neopisinus bigibbosus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) | | Mexico, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007615

Episinus bigibbosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 167, pl. 20, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Episinus bigibbosus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 208, pl. 26, f. 6 (Dm)

Episinus bigibbosus Wunderlich, 1986: 76, f. 110, 116-125 (removed mf from S of E. putus)

Neopisinus bigibbosus Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 374 (Tmf from Episinus)

Neopisinus bigibbosus Campuzano et al., 2019: 8, f. 4A-J (mf)

Neopisinus bruneoviridis (Mello-Leitão, 1948) | | Panama, Trinidad to Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007619

Faiditus bruneoviridis Mello-Leitão, 1948: 156, f. 4-5 (Df) Original description

Episinus bruneoviridis Levi, 1955b: 70, f. 13, 19-20, 34 (Tf from Faiditus sub Theridion, Dm)

Neopisinus bruneoviridis Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 379, f. 15-17 (Tmf from Episinus)

Neopisinus cognatus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) | | USA to Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007624

Episinus cognatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893b: 109, pl. 15, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Episinopsis simplicifrons Simon, 1898i: 860 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055274]

Episinus cognatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 398, pl. 37, f. 26-27 (m, Df)

Episinus cognatus Banks, 1929: 87, pl. 2, f. 23, pl. 3, f. 45, 49, 53, pl. 4, f. 76 (mf)

Episinus cognatus Levi, 1955b: 71, f. 8-10, 21-22, 33, 41 (mf, S, rejected)

Episinus cognatus Levi, 1964c: 13 (S of Episinus simplicifrons)

Episinus cognatus Wunderlich, 1982: 35, f. 18 (m)

Episinus cognatus Wunderlich, 1986: 76, f. 111, 126-129 (m)

Neopisinus cognatus Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 374 (T from Episinus)

Episinus cognatus Durán-Barrón, Rosas & Contreras-Ramos, 2013: 184, f. 7B (m)

Neopisinus fiapo Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044954

Neopisinus fiapo Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 375, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Neopisinus fiapo Vanuytven, 2021: 34, 194, f. A.20m, B.191a-c (m)

Neopisinus gratiosus (Bryant, 1940) | | Cuba, Hispaniola urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007635

Episinus gratiosus Bryant, 1940: 313, f. 65 (Df) Original description

Meotipa clementina Bryant, 1940: 314, f. 79-80 (Dm, misidentified)

Episinus gratiosus Levi, 1955b: 71, f. 23 (f)

Episinus gratiosus Levi, 1964c: 13, f. 1-4 (mf)

Neopisinus gratiosus Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 374 (Tmf from Episinus)

Neopisinus longipes (Keyserling, 1884) | | Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044953

Episinus longipes Keyserling, 1884a: 207, pl. 10, f. 125 (Df) Original description

Neopisinus longipes Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 377, f. 9-11 (Tf from Episinus, where it was considered a nomen dubium by Levi, 1964c: 13, Dm)

Neopisinus putus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894) | | Mexico to Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007664

Episinus putus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894a: 132, pl. 18, f. 7 (Dm) Original description

Episinus putus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 397, pl. 37, f. 25 (m)

Episinus cognatus Levi, 1955b: 71 (S, rejected)

Episinus putus Wunderlich, 1986: 76, f. 112, 130-133 (m)

Neopisinus putus Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 374 (Tmf from Episinus)

Neopisinus recifensis (Levi, 1964) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007667

Episinus recifensis Levi, 1964c: 12, f. 8 (Dm) Original description

Neopisinus recifensis Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 380, f. 18-20 (Tm from Episinus, Df)

Neopisinus urucu Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044955

Neopisinus urucu Marques, Buckup & Rodrigues, 2011: 379, f. 12-14 (Dmf) Original description