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. Selkirkiella Berland, 1924 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03644

N.B.: transferred from the Araneidae by Levi, 1972b: 536; removed from the synonymy of Anelosimus Simon, 1891 by Agnarsson, 2004: 476, contra Levi, 1972b: 536.

In synonymy:

Selkirkiella portazuelo (Levi, 1967) = Selkirkiella alboguttata Berland, 1924 (Levi, 1972b: 536, sub Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella recurvata (Tullgren, 1901) = Selkirkiella ventrosa Nicolet, 1849 (Levi, 1967a: 13, sub Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella transversa (Nicolet, 1849, T from Theridion) = Selkirkiella purpurea Nicolet, 1849 (Levi, 1967a: 11, sub Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella triangulifer (Simon, 1902, T from Enoplognatha) = Selkirkiella ventrosa Nicolet, 1849 (Levi, 1962a: 12, sub Anelosimus recurvatus)

Selkirkiella alboguttata Berland, 1924 | | Chile (Juan Fernandez Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006918

Selkirkiella alboguttata Berland, 1924b: 431, f. 20-24 (Df) Original description

Anelosimus portazuelo Levi, 1967a: 14, f. 34-36 (Dmf)

Anelosimus alboguttatus Levi, 1972b: 536 (S)

Selkirkiella alboguttata Agnarsson, 2004: 476, f. 92L (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella carelmapuensis (Levi, 1963) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006923

Anelosimus carelmapuensis Levi, 1963f: 45, f. 45-48 (Df) Original description

Anelosimus carelmapuensis Levi, 1967a: 13, f. 33 (Dm)

Selkirkiella carelmapuensis Agnarsson, 2004: 476 (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella carelmapuensis Vanuytven, 2021: 42, 253, f. A.31, B.271a-b (m)

Selkirkiella luisi (Levi, 1967) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006943

Anelosimus albolineatus Levi, 1963f: 42, f. 35-38 (f, Dm, misidentified)

Anelosimus luisi Levi, 1967a: 13 (name for above misidentified specimens) Original description

Selkirkiella luisi Agnarsson, 2004: 476 (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella magallanes (Levi, 1963) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006944

Anelosimus magallanes Levi, 1963f: 42, f. 31-34 (Dmf) Original description

Selkirkiella magallanes Agnarsson, 2004: 476, f. 67G-H, 68A-G (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella michaelseni (Simon, 1902) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006945

Theridion michaelseni Simon, 1902h: 14 (Df) Original description

Anelosimus michaelseni Levi, 1963c: 491 (Tf from Theridion)

Anelosimus michaelseni Levi, 1963f: 44, f. 41-44 (f, Dm)

Selkirkiella michaelseni Agnarsson, 2004: 476 (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella purpurea (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006952

Theridion purpureum Nicolet, 1849: 529 (Df) Original description

Theridion transversum Nicolet, 1849: 529 (Df)

Anelosimus bucculentus Levi, 1963f: 41, f. 27-30 (f, Dm, misidentified)

Anelosimus purpureus Levi, 1967a: 11 (Tf from Theridion, S)

Selkirkiella purpurea Agnarsson, 2004: 476 (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella ventrosa (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile, Argentina, Falkland Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006961

Theridion ventrosum Nicolet, 1849: 536 (Df) Original description

Theridion recurvatum Tullgren, 1901b: 191 (Dj)

Enoplognatha triangulifera Simon, 1902h: 14 (Df) [cf. note by Dupérré & Harms, 2018: 10]

Anelosimus recurvatus Levi, 1962a: 12 (Tf from Theridion, S)

Anelosimus recurvatus Levi, 1963f: 45, f. 49-52 (f, Dm)

Anelosimus ventrosus Levi, 1967a: 13 (Tf from Theridion, Sm)

Anelosimus recurvatus Schiapelli & Gerschman, 1974: 86, f. 36-38 (mf)

Selkirkiella ventrosa Agnarsson, 2004: 476 (Tmf from Anelosimus)

Selkirkiella wellingtoni (Levi, 1967) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006963

Anelosimus wellingtoni Levi, 1967a: 14, f. 37-38 (Df) Original description

Selkirkiella wellingtoni Agnarsson, 2004: 476 (Tf from Anelosimus)