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

type Mysmena quadrimaculata Banks, 1896; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Paratheridula arcadica (Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from Allotheridion) = 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 TYPE SPECIES

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

Mysmena 4-maculata Banks, 1896e: 66 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062855]

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

Theridion arcadicum Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 4, f. 24 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062854]

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

Mysmena quadrimaculata Levi, 1957a: 21 (S of Allotheridion arcadicum)

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

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

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

Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1966b: 128 (S of Paratheridula quadrimaculata)

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 Song & Qiu, 1987: 82, f. 18 (m)

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

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