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. Paratheridula Levi, 1957 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00710

In synonymy:

Paratheridula arcadica (Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from Allotheridion=Theridion) = Paratheridula perniciosa Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 1957a: 21, sub Mysmena quadrimaculata)

Paratheridula quadrimaculata (Banks, 1896) = Paratheridula perniciosa Keyserling, 1886 (Levi, 1966b: 130)

Paratheridula perniciosa (Keyserling, 1886) | | USA to Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007864

Theridion perniciosum Keyserling, 1886b: 233, pl. 20, f. 288 (Dmf) Original description

Mysmena 4-maculata Banks, 1896e: 66 (Df)

Theridion quadrimaculatum Bryant, 1933a: 173, f. 4 (Tf from Mysmena, Dm)

Theridion arcadicum Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 4, f. 24 (Df)

Allotheridion arcadicum Archer, 1950: 20 (Tf from Theridion)

Mysmena quadrimaculata Levi, 1957a: 21 (S)

Paratheridula quadrimaculata Levi, 1957d: 106, f. 1-6 (Tmf from Theridion)

Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1961: 5, f. 3 (Tmf from Theridion)

Paratheridula perniciosa Levi & Levi, 1962: 42, f. 67-68 (m)

Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1966b: 128 (S)

Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1967c: 176, f. 1-4 (mf)

Paratheridula perniciosa Levi & Randolph, 1975: 39, f. 61-63 (mf)

Paratheridula perniciosa Gruia, 1977: 159, f. 1 (f)

Paratheridula quadrimaculata Heimer, 1982: 42, f. 9 (m)

Paratheridula perniciosa Roth, 1982: 47-11, f. 61-63 (mf)

Paratheridula perniciosa Roth, 1985: B43-10, f. 61-63 (mf)

Paratheridula perniciosa Roth, 1994: 184, f. 62-63 (mf)

Paratheridula perniciosa Vanuytven, 2021: 42, 222, f. A.30c, B.227a-b (m)