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. Spintharus Hentz, 1850 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00719

Transferred to other genera:

Spintharus minutus Petrunkevitch, 1926 -- see Theridion

In synonymy:

Spintharus hentzi Levi, 1955 = Spintharus flavidus Hentz, 1850 (Levi, 1963e: 225)

Nomina dubia:

Spintharus arcuatus (Walckenaer, 1837: 378, f, USA, originally in Sphasus) -- Brady, 1964: 440

Spintharus argenteus Dyal, 1935: 159, pl. 14, f. 80-85 (mf, Pakistan) -- Agnarsson et al., 2018: 760

Spintharus barackobamai Agnarsson & Van Patten, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050182

Spintharus barackobamai Agnarsson & Van Patten in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 768, f. 6A-H (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus berniesandersi Agnarsson & Sargeant, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050184

Spintharus berniesandersi Agnarsson & Sargeant in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 772, f. 8A-K (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus davidattenboroughi Agnarsson & Van Patten, 2018 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050181

Spintharus davidattenboroughi Agnarsson & Van Patten in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 768, f. 5A-M (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus davidbowiei Agnarsson & Chomitz, 2018 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050186

Spintharus davidbowiei Agnarsson & Chomitz in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 775, f. 10A-E (Dm) Original description

Spintharus dayleae Sargeant & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Saint Lucia, Grenada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050191

Spintharus dayleae Sargeant & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 781, f. 15A-K (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus flavidus Hentz, 1850 | | USA; Central and South America: misidentified urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008011

Spintharus flavidus Hentz, 1850: 284, pl. 10, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Spintharus flavidus Emerton, 1882: 28, pl. 5, f. 7 (f)

Spintharus flavidus Keyserling, 1884a: 176, pl. 8, f. 107 (f, Dm)

Spintharus elongatus Keyserling, 1884a: 178, pl. 8, f. 108 (Df)

Spintharus flavidus Simon, 1894a: 513, f. 493, 519 (f)

Spintharus lineatus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 190, pl. 25, f. 11 (Dm)

Spintharus affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 190, pl. 24, f. 2 (Dm)

Spintharus flavidus Emerton, 1902: 127, f. 302 (mf)

Spintharus affinis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 398, pl. 37, f. 28-29 (m, Df)

Spintharus flavidus Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 178, f. 17-18 (f)

Spintharus flavidus Muma, 1943: 63, pl. XII, f. 18-19 (mf)

Spintharus flavidus Archer, 1950: 25, pl. III, f. 1-2 (m)

Spintharus flavidus Levi, 1955b: 79, f. 46, 48-50, 52-53 (mf)

Spintharus hentzi Levi, 1955b: 83, f. 47, 51, 54-55 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055269]

Spintharus flavidus Levi & Levi, 1962: 53, f. 203-206 (m)

Spintharus flavidus Levi, 1963e: 225, f. 1, 2K-U, W, 3-9 (mf, S of Spintharus hentzi)

Spintharus flavidus Coddington, 1990: 17, f. 81 (m)

Spintharus flavidus Agnarsson, 2004: 584, f. 69A-G, 70A-F, 92M (mf)

Spintharus flavidus Durán-Barrón, Rosas & Contreras-Ramos, 2013: 184, f. 7C (m)

Spintharus flavidus Agnarsson et al., 2018: 766, f. 1B-C, 2A-H,J-K, 4A-O (mf)

Spintharus frosti Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050188

Spintharus frosti Van Patten & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 777, f. 12A-I (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus giraldoalayoni Agnarsson & Chomitz, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050190

Spintharus giraldoalayoni Agnarsson & Chomitz in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 780, f. 14A-I (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus goodbreadae Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050192

Spintharus goodbreadae Chomitz & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 782, f. 16A-I (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus gracilis Keyserling, 1886 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008012

Spintharus gracilis Keyserling, 1886b: 244, pl. 20, f. 298 (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus flavidus Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 168, f. 11, 11a (m; misidentified per Levi, 1963e: 227)

Spintharus gracilis Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 169, f. 12, 12a (f)

Spintharus gracilis Levi, 1963e: 227, f. 2V, 10-13 (mf)

Spintharus gracilis Coddington, 1990: 17, f. 80 (m)

Spintharus gracilis Carvalho & Gasnier, 2019: CB47, f. 225-228 (mf)

Spintharus gracilis LeMay & Agnarsson, 2020: 19, f. 1A-O (mf)

Spintharus greerae Sargeant & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050194

Spintharus greerae Sargeant & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 785, f. 18A-F (Df) Original description

Spintharus jesselaueri Sargeant & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Dominica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050193

Spintharus jesselaueri Sargeant & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 784, f. 17A-D (Dm) Original description

Spintharus leonardodicaprioi Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050185

Spintharus leonardodicaprioi Van Patten & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 772, f. 9A-I (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus leverger LeMay & Agnarsson, 2020 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051703

Spintharus leverger LeMay & Agnarsson, 2020: 21, f. 2A-N (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus manrayi Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050195

Spintharus manrayi Chomitz & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 787, f. 19A-F (Df) Original description

Spintharus michelleobamaae Agnarsson & Sargeant, 2018 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050183

Spintharus michelleobamaae Agnarsson & Sargeant in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 770, f. 7A-I (Dmf) Original description

Spintharus michelleobamaae Vanuytven, 2021: 262, f. B.283c (m)

Spintharus rallorum Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050187

Spintharus ralli Chomitz & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 775, f. 1A, 11A-I (Dmf; NB: patronym for Betty and Ray Rall, 'lapsus calami' per ICZN Article 32.5.1., see FAQ 6) Original description

Spintharus skelly Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018 | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050189

Spintharus skelly Van Patten & Agnarsson in Agnarsson et al., 2018: 779, f. 13A-I (Dmf) Original description