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).

In synonymy:

Keijia Yoshida, 2001 = Platnickina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 (Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3, preoccupied, replacement name)

Gen. Platnickina Koçak & Kemal, 2008 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03846

type Keijia maculata Yoshida, 2001; gender feminine

N.B.: replacement name for Keijia Yoshida, 2001c: 169 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03432], preoccupied in Crustacea by Manning, 1995.

Transferred to other genera:

Platnickina mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) -- see Yunohamella

In synonymy:

Platnickina blatchleyi (Bryant, 1945) = Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) (Archer, 1946: 46, sub Theridion hobbsi)

Platnickina cinerascens (Roewer, 1942) = Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) (Levi, 1957a: 58, sub Theridion)

Platnickina hobbsi (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) = Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) (Levi, 1959b: 112, sub Theridion)

Platnickina insulicola (Bryant, 1947) = Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) (Levi, 1957a: 62, sub Theridion hobbsi)

Platnickina irrorata (C. L. Koch, 1838) = Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) (Walckenaer, 1841: 308, sub Theridion)

Platnickina longimana (Sundevall, 1831) = Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1870a: 83, sub Theridion)

Platnickina magnificum (Archer, 1950) = Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) (Levi, 1957a: 63, sub Theridion hobbsi)

Platnickina punctata (Walckenaer, 1802, T from Aranea) = Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) (Bonnet, 1959: 4542, sub Theridion)

Platnickina punctulata (Menge, 1868, T from Steatoda) = Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) (Thorell, 1870a: 84, sub Theridion)

Platnickina talmo (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) = Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) (Levi, 1957a: 58, sub Theridion)

Homonym replaced:

Platnickina cinerea (Emerton, 1913) -- see Platnickina alabamensis Gertsch & Archer, 1942 Gertsch & Archer, 1942

Platnickina adamsoni (Berland, 1934) | | USA, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to St. Helena, Ascension Is., Ghana, South Africa, Seychelles, Indonesia (Sumatra), China, Korea, Japan, Pacific Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007290

Theridion adamsoni Berland, 1934a: 102, f. 6-9 (Df) Original description

Theridion hobbsi Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 5, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056248]

Theridion blatchleyi Bryant, 1945c: 205, f. 5 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056246]

Theridion hobbsi Archer, 1946: 46 (S of Theridion blatchleyi)

Theridion insulicola Bryant, 1947b: 88, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056249]

Chindellum magnificum Archer, 1950: 13, pl. I, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056250]

Theridion hobbsi Levi, 1957a: 62, f. 198-199, 209, 213-214 (mf, S of Chindellum magnificum and Theridion insulicola)

Theridion adamsoni Levi, 1959b: 111 (S of Theridion hobbsi)

Theridion adamsoni Marples, 1964: 409, f. 11 (Dm)

Theridion adamsoni Levi, 1967c: 181, f. 20-23 (mf)

Coleosoma adamsoni Saaristo, 1978: 117, f. 183-191 (m, Df, T from Theridion)

Theridion adamsoni Kumada, 1986: 2, f. 1-8 (mf)

Theridion adamsoni Chikuni, 1989b: 43, f. 61 (mf)

Theridion adamsoni Saito, 1992c: 946, f. 6 (f)

Theridion adamsoni Zhu, 1998: 162, f. 101A-E (mf)

Theridion adamsoni Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 137, f. 71G-H, M-N (mf)

Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2001c: 172, f. 8, 53-55 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Theridion adamsoni Namkung, 2002: 99, f. 13.17a-b (mf)

Keijia mneon Namkung, 2003: 101, f. 13.17a-b (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231

Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2003a: 84, f. 213-215 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231

Keijia mneon Saaristo, 2006: 62, f. 34-42 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231

Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2009b: 374, f. 171-172 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina mneon Saaristo, 2010: 257, f. 37.75-80 (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina adamsoni Ono, 2011b: 452, f. 56-61 (mf, removed from S of Platnickina mneon, rejecting Yoshida, 2001c: 172, see Yunohamella lyrica)

Keijia mneon Yin et al., 2012: 352, f. 144a-c (f; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina mneon Jin, 2018: 29, f. 4-19.A-C, pl. 7 (f; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina mneon Suzuki & Nakama, 2021: 32, f. 1, 5 (m; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina mneon Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 65, 6 f. (mf; misidentified per Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina mneon Baert et al., 2023: 32, f. 121A-C (mf; misidentified sensu Dupérré, 2023: 231)

Platnickina adamsoni Sherwood & Sharp, 2023a: 356, f. 1a-d (f)

Platnickina adamsoni Suzuki, Lee & Kumada, 2025: 371, f. 8A-E (mf)

Platnickina adamsoni Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c: 204, f. 1A-E, 2A-D, 3A-D (mf)

Platnickina adamsoni Suzuki, 2026a: 17, f. 1 (mf)

Platnickina alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) | | Canada, USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008196

Theridion cinereum Emerton, 1913a: 212, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df; preoccupied by Thorell, 1875, see Theridion cinereum) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056252]

Theridion alabamense Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 4 (replacement name) Original description

Theridion cinerascens Roewer, 1942a: 502 (superfluous replacement name) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056247]

Theridion americanum Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 46, f. 89, 106 (f)

Theridion talmo Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 55, f. 81, 88 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056251]

Theridion alabamense Kaston, 1948: 107, f. 143, 165-166 (m, Df)

Theridion alabamense Levi, 1957a: 58, f. 202-203, 206-208 (mf, S of Theridion cinerascens, T. cinereum Emerton and T. talmo)

Keijia alabamensis Yoshida, 2001c: 169 (T from Theridion)

Platnickina alabamensis Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Keijia alabamensis Paquin et al., 2008c: 32, f. 32-36 (mf)

Platnickina antoni (Keyserling, 1884) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008220

Theridion antonii Keyserling, 1884a: 54, pl. 2, f. 31 (Dm) Original description

Theridion antoni Levi, 1957a: 60, f. 196-197, 205, 215-216, 219-220 (m, Df)

Theridion antoni Kaston, 1977: 15, f. 5 (m)

Keijia antoni Yoshida, 2001c: 169 (T from Theridion)

Platnickina antoni Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Platnickina chenshaoi Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066511

Platnickina chenshaoi Liu in Shi et al., 2025b: 72, f. 5A-D (Df) Original description

Platnickina debu Dhiya'ulhaq, 2025 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066250

Platnickina debu Dhiya'ulhaq in Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c: 208, f. 4A-E, 5A-D, 6A-D (Dmf) Original description

Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014 | | China, Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046694

Platnickina fritilla Gao & Li, 2014: 77, f. 61A-D, 62A-C, 63A-E, 64A-D (Dmf) Original description

Platnickina fritilla Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c: 208, f. 7A-E, 8A-B (m)

Platnickina harapan Dhiya'ulhaq, 2025 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066251

Platnickina harapan Dhiya'ulhaq in Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c: 210, f. 9A-B, 10A-C, 11A-D, 12A-E (Dmf) Original description

Platnickina kijabei (Berland, 1920) | | Cape Verde, Kenya urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008456

Theridion kijabei Berland, 1920c: 153, f. 181-183 (Dmf) Original description

Keijia kijabei Knoflach, 2004: 189 (T from Theridion)

Platnickina kijabei Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Platnickina maculata (Yoshida, 2001) | | Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:037533 TYPE SPECIES

Keijia maculata Yoshida, 2001c: 170, f. 43-49 (Dmf) Original description

Keijia maculata Yoshida, 2003a: 85, f. 203-209 (mf)

Platnickina maculata Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Keijia maculata Yoshida, 2009b: 374, f. 167-168 (mf)

Platnickina maculata Serita, 2021e: 270, f. 1d-e (f)

Platnickina maculata Hidaka, 2022d: 97, f. 5-8 (mf)

Platnickina maculata Noguchi et al., 2023: 145, f. 3J (f)

Platnickina nigropunctata (Lucas, 1846) | | Mediterranean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008558

Theridion nigropunctatum Lucas, 1846: 266, pl. 16, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Theridion nigropunctatum Simon, 1873a: 100 (Dm)

Theridion nigropunctatum Simon, 1914: 259, 296, f. 516-517 (mf)

Theridion nigropunctatum Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 97, f. 25-31 (mf)

Theridion nigropunctatum Wunderlich, 1987a: 219, f. 574-576 (mf)

Theridion nigropunctatum Levy, 1998b: 189, f. 357-363 (mf)

Keijia nigropunctata Wunderlich, 2008b: 389, f. 522-526 (mf, T from Theridion)

Theridion nigropunctatum Le Peru, 2011: 481, f. 836 (mf)

Platnickina nigropunctata Öztürk et al., 2013: 70, f. 3-5 (mf)

Platnickina nigropunctata Lecigne, 2018b: 77, f. 11D (f)

Platnickina nigropunctata Bosmans & Gavalas, 2023: 79, f. 38A-D (mf)

Platnickina obscurata (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008572

Theridion obscuratum Zhu, 1998: 167, f. 105A-D (Df) Original description

Theridion obscuratum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 138, f. 77G-H (f)

Theridion obscuratum Zhang & Jin, 2016: 620, f. 1a-b, 2a-e, 3a-d (Dm, f)

Theridion obscuratum Zhou, Irfan & Peng, 2024: 3, f. 3A-D (m)

Platnickina obscuratum Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025: 141, f. 4A-D, 5A-D, 6A-F (mf, T from Theridion)

Platnickina punctosparsa (Emerton, 1882) | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008634

Theridion puncto-sparsum Emerton, 1882: 12, pl. 1, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Theridion punctosparsum Keyserling, 1884a: 14, pl. 1, f. 3 (f)

Theridion punctosparsum Comstock, 1940: 365, f. 348 (f)

Theridion punctosparsum Kaston, 1948: 108, f. 133-134 (f)

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

Theridion punctosparsum Levi, 1957a: 60, f. 194-195, 204, 217-218, 220-221 (mf)

Keijia punctosparsa Yoshida, 2001c: 169 (T from Theridion)

Platnickina punctosparsa Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Platnickina qionghaiensis (Zhu, 1998) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008640

Theridion qionghaiensis Zhu, 1998: 164, f. 102A-E (Dmf) Original description

Theridion qionghaiensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 142, f. 78I-J, O-P (mf)

Keijia qionghaiensis Yoshida, 2001c: 169 (T from Theridion)

Platnickina qionghaiensis Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Platnickina sterninotata (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008702

Theridion sterninotatum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 143, f. 200, 289 (Dmf) Original description

Theridion sterninotatum Yaginuma, 1960: 37, f. 35 (f)

Theridion sterninotatum Namkung, 1964: 35, f. 14a-b (f)

Theridion sterninotatum Yaginuma, 1971: 37, f. 35 (f)

Theridion sterninotatum Hu, 1984: 172, f. 179.4 (f)

Theridion sterninotatum Kumada, 1986: 1, f. 9-13 (mf)

Theridion sterninotatum Yaginuma, 1986a: 35, f. 20.3 (mf)

Theridion sterninotatum Chikuni, 1989b: 43, f. 60 (mf)

Theridion sterninotatum Chen & Zhang, 1991: 155, f. 152.1-3 (f)

Theridion sterninotatum Logunov, 1992e: 59, f. 4 (m)

Theridion sterninotatum Zhu, 1998: 156, f. 96A-F (mf)

Theridion sterninotatum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 142, f. 80C-D, K-L (mf)

Keijia sterninotata Yoshida, 2001c: 170, f. 7, 50-52 (mf, T from Theridion)

Theridion sterninotatum Namkung, 2002: 98, f. 13.16a-c (mf)

Theridion sterninotatum Kim & Cho, 2002: 313, f. 823-828 (f)

Keijia sterninotata Namkung, 2003: 100, f. 13.16a-c (mf)

Keijia sterninotata Yoshida, 2003a: 86, f. 17, 210-212, 566 (mf)

Platnickina sterninotata Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 (T from Keijia)

Keijia sterninotata Yoshida, 2009b: 374, f. 16, 169-170 (mf)

Keijia sterninotata Yin et al., 2012: 353, f. 145a-e (mf)

Platnickina sterninotata Kim, 2021: 124, f. 53A-G, pl. 25 (mf)

Platnickina sterninotata Suzuki et al., 2023: 45, f. 5I (f)

Platnickina submaculata Hu & Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065893

Platnickina submaculata Hu & Liu in Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025: 137, f. 1A-F, 2A-D, 3A-F (Dmf) Original description

Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) | | Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran. Introduced to North America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008737

Aranea tincta Walckenaer, 1802: 208 (D) Original description

Aranea punctata Walckenaer, 1802: 210 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065895]

Theridion tinctum Walckenaer, 1805: 75

Theridion longimanum Sundevall, 1831: 3, 1832: 110 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065896]

Theridion irroratum C. L. Koch, 1838a: 120, f. 327 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065897]

Theridion tinctum Walckenaer, 1841: 308 (Dmf, S of Theridion irroratum)

Steatoda irrorata C. L. Koch, 1850: 17

Theridion tinctum Blackwall, 1864a: 190, pl. 14, f. 121 (mf)

Steatoda punctulata Menge, 1868: 160, pl. 30, f. 68 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065898]

Theridium tinctum Thorell, 1870a: 84 (S of Steatoda punctulata and Theridion longimanum)

Theridion tinctum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 34, pl. 1, f. 32 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Becker, 1896: (2): 88, pl. 19, f. 1 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Bösenberg, 1902: 103, pl. 9, f. 127 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Engelhardt, 1910: 72, f. 25 (f)

Theridion tinctum Simon, 1914: 258, 296, f. 514-515 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Wiehle, 1937: 154, f. 85-90 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Ovsyannikov, 1937: 90, f. 1 (f)

Theridion tinctum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 75, f. 48C-D, 49B (mf)

Theridion tinctum Levi, 1957a: 61, f. 200-201, 210-212 (mf)

Theridium tinctum Bonnet, 1959: 4542 (S of Aranea punctata)

Theridion tinctum Miller, 1971: 193, pl. XXXIV, f. 8-9 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Palmgren, 1974b: 20, f. 3.15-19 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Punda, 1975b: 64, f. 139-140 (f)

Theridion tinctum Müller, 1982a: 248, f. 3 (f)

Theridion tinctum Roberts, 1983: 238, f. 82-84 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Roberts, 1985: 184, f. 83f (mf)

Theridion tinctum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 302, f. 812 (mf)

Theridion tinctum Roberts, 1995: 287, f. (mf)

Theridion tinctum Roberts, 1998: 301, f. (mf)

Keijia tincta Yoshida, 2001c: 169 (T from Theridion)

Theridion tinctum Almquist, 2006: 105, f. 127a-f (mf)

Keijia tincta Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 372, f. 130-133, 186 (m)

Platnickina tincta Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 4 (T from Keijia)

Keijia tincta Wunderlich, 2008b: 389, f. 517-521 (m)

Theridion tinctum Le Peru, 2011: 485, f. 852 (mf)

Platnickina tincta IJland & van Helsdingen, 2019: 18, f. 14A-E (f)

Platnickina tincta Vanuytven, 2021: 37, 234, f. A.24b, B.245-247 (m)

Theridion tinctum Breitling, 2021a: 28

Platnickina xianfengensis (Zhu & Song, 1992) | | China, Taiwan, Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008788

Theridion xianfengensis Zhu & Song, 1992: 5, f. I-J (Dm) Original description

Theridion xianfengensis Song & Li, 1997: 403, f. 5A-B (m)

Theridion xianfengensis Zhu, 1998: 154, f. 95A-E (m, Df)

Theridion xianfengense Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 148, f. 82A-B, K, O (mf)

Theridion xianfengensis Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000: 127, f. 19-20 (m)

Theridion xianfengense Yin et al., 2012: 419, f. 187a-e (mf)

Theridion xianfengense Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 48, f. 27A-G (mf)

Platnickina xianfengense Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025: 147, f. 7A-E, 8A-B, 9A-F (mf, T from Theridion)

Platnickina xianfengensis Dhiya'ulhaq et al., 2025c: 215, f. 13A-E, 14A-B (m)

Platnickina yoshidai Hu & Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065894

Platnickina yoshidai Hu & Liu in Huang, Liu & Hu, 2025: 147, f. 10A-F, 11A-C (Dm) Original description

Platnickina zhoukuni Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066512

Platnickina zhoukuni Liu in Shi et al., 2025b: 73, f. 6A-D (Df) Original description