World Spider Catalog

Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Simitidion Wunderlich, 1992 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00718

type Theridion simile C. L. Koch, 1836; gender neuter

In synonymy:

Simitidion erebennum (Bertkau, 1883) = Simitidion simile (C. L. Koch, 1836) (Simon, 1914: 299, sub Theridion)

Simitidion salvum (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912) = Simitidion simile (C. L. Koch, 1836) (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1914: 124, sub Theridion)

Simitidion agaricographum (Levy & Amitai, 1982) | | Tunisia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008007

Theridion agaricographus Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 92, f. 14-16 (Df) Original description

Simitidion agaricographum Knoflach, 1996c: 149, f. 1-3, 7, 9, 11-12 (Dm, f, T from Theridion)

Theridion agaricographum Levy, 1998b: 178, f. 337-339 (f)

Theridion agaricographus Le Peru, 2011: 473, f. 804 (mf)

Simitidion agaricographum Uyar & Dolejš, 2017: 59, f. 10 (f)

Simitidion agaricographum Lecigne, 2021a: 34, f. 50a-e (mf)

Simitidion lacuna Wunderlich, 1992 | | Canary Is., Spain, North Africa, Israel urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008008

Theridion simile Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 94, f. 17-22 (mf; misidentified per Wunderlich, 1992a: 418)

Simitidion lacuna Wunderlich, 1992a: 418, f. 595-600 (Dmf) Original description

Simitidion lacuna Wunderlich, 2008b: 395, f. 588 (m)

Theridion lacuna Le Peru, 2011: 479, f. 827 (mf)

Simitidion lacuna Lecigne, Moutaouakil & Lips, 2025: 147, f. 92J-K (f)

Simitidion simile (C. L. Koch, 1836) | | Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008009 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion simile C. L. Koch, 1836a: 62, f. 215 (Df) Original description

Theridium simile C. L. Koch, 1841a: 79, f. 649 (Dm)

Steatoda similis C. L. Koch, 1850: 17

Theridion simile Blackwall, 1864a: 187, pl. 14, f. 119 (mf)

Theridion erebennum Bertkau, in Förster & Bertkau, 1883: 243, pl. 3, f. 5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067027]

Theridion simile Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 35, pl. 1, f. 34 (mf)

Theridion simile Becker, 1896: (2): 101, pl. 22, f. 2 (mf)

Theridion simile Bösenberg, 1902: 106, pl. 9, f. 132 (mf)

Theridion erebennum Bösenberg, 1902: 105, pl. 9, f. 131 (mf)

Theridion salvum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1912c: 88, pl. A, f. 8-9 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067028]

Theridion simile Simon, 1914: 264, 271, 299, f. 524 (m, S of Theridion erebennum)

Theridion simile O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1914: 124 (S of Theridion salvum)

Theridion simile Wiehle, 1937: 169, f. 132-135 (mf, S of Theridion erebennum confirmed)

Theridion simile Locket & Millidge, 1953: 68, f. 46B, 47C (mf)

Theridion simile Levi, 1957a: 53, f. 179-180, 187 (mf)

Theridion simile Tystshenko, 1971: 150, f. 413, 430 (mf)

Theridion simile Miller, 1971: 196, pl. 35, f. 6-7 (mf)

Theridion simile Palmgren, 1974b: 26, f. 5.14-17 (mf)

Theridion simile Punda, 1975b: 68, f. 143, 150-151 (mf)

Theridion simile Roberts, 1985: 184, f. 82d (mf)

Theridion simile Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 300, f. 807 (mf)

Simitidion simile Wunderlich, 1992a: 418, f. 601-604 (mf, T from Theridion)

Theridion simile Roberts, 1995: 284, f. (mf)

Simitidion simile Knoflach, 1996c: 151, f. 4-6, 8, 10, 13-16 (mf)

Theridium simile Mcheidze, 1997: 194, f. 397-398 (m)

Theridion simile Roberts, 1998: 298, f. (mf)

Theridion simile Levy, 1998b: 182, f. 343-348 (mf)

Theridion simile Guryanova, 2003: 5, f. 3 (f)

Simitidion simile Trotta, 2005: 176, f. 468-469 (mf)

Simitidion simile Almquist, 2006: 88, f. 111a-h (mf)

Simitidion simile Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 375, f. 145-148, 187 (m)

Simitidion simile Türkes & Mergen, 2007: 115, f. 2 (f)

Simitidion simile Wunderlich, 2008b: 395, f. 579-587 (mf)

Theridion simile Le Peru, 2011: 485, f. 849 (mf)

Simitidion cf simile Lecigne, 2011: 56, f. P93-98, S1 (m)

Simitidion simile Lecigne, 2017: 35, f. 14J-L (m)

Simitidion simile Vanuytven, 2021: 256, f. B.274-277 (m)

Simitidion simile Tutar & Yağmur, 2023: 219, f. 21A-B (f)

Simitidion simile O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1914: 124 (S of Simitidion salvum)