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. Nesticodes Archer, 1950 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00708

type Theridion rufipes Lucas, 1846; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805 by Wunderlich, 1987a: 214, contra Levi, 1957a: 19.

In synonymy:

Nesticodes albonotatus (Taczanowski, 1874) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 384, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes bajulans (L. Koch, 1875) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1900a: 450, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes borbonicus (Vinson, 1863) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1898c: 277, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes flavoaurantiacus (L. Koch, 1875) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1900a: 450, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes longipes (van Hasselt, 1882) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1900a: 450, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes luteipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Simon, 1900a: 450, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes luteolus (Blackwall, 1859) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Kulczyński, 1899: 374, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes nelsoni (Bryant, 1945, T from Anelosimus) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Levi, 1956b: 413, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes pilosus (Denis, 1956, T from Robertus) = Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) (Levi, 1957a: 56, sub Theridion)

Nesticodes rufipes (Lucas, 1846) | | Central and South America. Introduced to Macaronesia, St. Helena, North Africa, Europe, Middle East, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, Pacific Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007859 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion rufipes Lucas, 1846: 263, pl. 16, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Theridion luteolum Blackwall, 1859b: 259 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066085]

Theridion borbonicum Vinson, 1863: 318, pl. 14, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066086]

Theridion luteipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869b: 382, pl. 12, f. 46-51 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066087]

Theridion albonotatum Taczanowski, 1874: 56 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066088]

Theridion bajulans L. Koch, 1875b: 21, pl. 2, f. 4-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066089]

Theridion flavo-aurantiacum Simon, 1880i: 171 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066090]

Theridion longipes van Hasselt, 1882: 33 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066091]

Theridion albonotatum Keyserling, 1884a: 15, pl. 1, f. 4 (mf)

Theridion rufipes Simon, 1898b: 271

Theridion rufipes Simon, 1898c: 277 (S of Theridion borbonicum)

Theridion rufipes Kulczyński, 1899: 374, pl. 6, f. 33 (Dm, S of Theridion luteolum)

Theridion rufipes Simon, 1900a: 450 (S of Theridion bajulans, T. flavoaurantiacum, T. longipes and T. luteipes)

Theridion rufipes F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 384, pl. 36, f. 15-16 (mf, S of Theridion albonotatum)

Anelosimus nelsoni Bryant, 1945c: 200, f. 8 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048876]

Nesticodes rufipes Archer, 1950: 22, pl. 2, f. 7-8 (m, T from Theridion)

Robertus pilosus Denis, 1956a: 203, f. 15-16 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054078]

Theridion rufipes Levi, 1956b: 413 (S of Anelosimus nelsoni)

Theridion rufipes Levi, 1957a: 56, f. 188-193 (mf, S of Robertus pilosus)

Theridion rufipes Levi & Levi, 1962: 45, f. 95 (m)

Theridion rufipes Chrysanthus, 1963: 748, f. 106-109 (mf)

Theridion rufipes Levi, 1967c: 179, f. 24-27 (mf)

Theridion rufipes Roberts, 1978: 913, f. 20-26 (mf)

Theridion rufipes Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 86, f. 1-5 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Wunderlich, 1987a: 215, f. 570 (mf)

Theridion rufipes González & Estévez, 1988: 500, f. 1-3 (f)

Theridion rufipes Tanikawa, 1991b: 2, f. 1-5 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Zhu, 1998: 117, f. 71A-E (mf)

Theridion rufipes Levy, 1998b: 171, f. 322-326 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 127, f. 65N-Q (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Yoshida, 2001c: 167, f. 36-39 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Yoshida, 2003a: 82, f. 196-199 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Agnarsson, 2004: 573, f. 58A-F, 59A-F (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Saaristo, 2006: 67, f. 51-54 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Wunderlich, 2008b: 391, f. 534-438 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Yoshida, 2009b: 374, f. 163-164 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Saaristo, 2010: 259, f. 37.90-94 (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Gabriel, 2010a: 40, f. 1A-C, 2-4 (f)

Nesticodes rufipes Talukdar & Sanyal, 2013: 42, unnumbered f. (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Sekhar & Sunil Jose, 2017: 478, f. 1A-F (f)

Nesticodes rufipes Vanuytven, 2021: 46, 204, f. A.36f, B.203-204 (m)

Nesticodes rufipes Baert et al., 2023: 32, f. 119A-D (mf)

Nesticodes rufipes Di Pompeo et al., 2025: 129, f. 1a-b, 3 (f)

Nesticodes rufipes Sherwood, 2025b: 132, f. 9A-E (m)