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. Propostira Simon, 1894 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00714
type Propostira quadrangulata Simon, 1894; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a possible synonym of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805 or Achaearanea Strand, 1929 by Levi & Levi, 1962: 27, 45.
Propostira quadrangulata Simon, 1894 | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007953 TYPE SPECIES
Propostira quadrangulata Simon, 1894a: 510, f. 513-515 (Df) Original description
Propostira quadrangulosa Simon, 1895g: 132 (lapsus)
Propostira quadrangulata Levi & Levi, 1962: 45, f. 96-97 (f)
Propostira ranii Bhattacharya, 1935 | | Bangladesh urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007954
Propostira ranii Bhattacharya, 1935a: 961, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

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