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.

In synonymy:

Topo Exline, 1950 = Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 (Levi & Levi, 1962: 31)

Gen. Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00727

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Topo Exline, 1950a: 113 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05540] (type T. bracteatus Exline, 1950) by Levi & Levi, 1962: 31.

Transferred to other genera:

Thwaitesia argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) -- see Chrysso

Thwaitesia aureosignata (Lenz, 1891) -- see Leucauge

In synonymy:

Thwaitesia adamantifera Keyserling, 1884 = Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Levi, 1963e: 231)

Thwaitesia shimenensis (Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003, T from Chrysso = Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 (Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 112)

Nomen dubium:

Thwaitesia conifera (Blackwall, 1862b: 429, f, Brazil, originally in Theridion) -- Levi, 1963c: 493

Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 | | Panama to Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008821

Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 431, pl. 31, f. 8a (Df) Original description

Twaitesia adamantifera Keyserling, 1884a: 164, pl. 7, f. 101 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054682]

Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 196, pl. 25, f. 2-3 (Dm)

Thwaitesia affinis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 396, pl. 37, f. 18-19 (mf)

Thwaitesia affinis Levi & Levi, 1962: 54, f. 211-217 (mf)

Thwaitesia affinis Levi, 1963e: 231, f. 14-19 (mf, S of Twaitesia adamantifera)

Thwaitesia affinis Durán-Barrón, Rosas & Contreras-Ramos, 2013: 184, f. 7D (m)

Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895 | | Algeria urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008822

Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895g: 134 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008823

Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890a: 256 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia argenteoguttata (Tullgren, 1910) | | Kenya, Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008824

Theridion argento-guttatum Tullgren, 1910: 134, pl. 2, f. 51 (Dmf) Original description

Thwaitesia argenteo-guttata Berland, 1920c: 149

Thwaitesia argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891) | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008825

Theridium argentosquamatum Lenz, 1891: 174, pl. 2, f. 12 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia argenteosquamata Simon, 1894a: 517

Thwaitesia argenteosquamata Dupérré, 2023a: 246, f. 81A-D (f)

Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008826

Argyrodes argentiopunctata Rainbow, 1916a: 51, pl. 15, f. 25-27 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia argentiopunctata Davies & Gallon, 1986: 236 (Tf from Argyrodes)

Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline, 1950) | | Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008828

Topo bracteatus Exline, 1950a: 115, f. 1, 6, 15 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia bracteata Levi, 1963e: 233, f. 22-24 (f, Dm)

Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008829

Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972: 295, f. 2a-e (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008830

Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998: 284, f. 192A-E (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia glabicauda Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 148, f. 83K-L (f)

Chrysso shimenensis Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003: 53, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039275]

Thwaitesia glabicauda Liu & Zhu, 2008: 81, f. 1A-G (f, Dm)

Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 112, f. 68A-G (mf, S of Chrysso shimenensis)

Chrysso shimenensis Yin et al., 2012: 301, f. 112a-f (mf)

Thwaitesia glabicauda Jin, 2018: 33, f. 4-22.A-G, pl. 7 (mf)

Thwaitesia inaurata (Vinson, 1863) | | Réunion urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008831

Linyphia inaurata Vinson, 1863: 278 (Df; N.B.: spelled on p. 318) Original description

Thwaitesia inaurata Simon, 1894a: 517

Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 | | India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008832

Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881d: 766, pl. 66, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Thwaitesia margaritifera Simon, 1894a: 514, f. 526

Thwaitesia margaritifera Levi & Levi, 1962: 54, f. 207-210 (mf)

Thwaitesia margaritifera Zhu, 1998: 286, f. 193A-D (m)

Thwaitesia margaritifera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 149, f. 83O-P (m)

Thwaitesia margaritifera Gupta & Siliwal, 2012: 77, f. 3A-G (mf)

Thwaitesia meruensis (Tullgren, 1910) | | Tanzania urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008833

Theridium meruense Tullgren, 1910: 135, pl. 2, f. 52 (Dmf) Original description

Thwaitesia meruensis Berland, 1920c: 149

Thwaitesia meruensis Vanuytven, 2021: 40, 287, f. A.27e, B.318 (m)

Thwaitesia nigrimaculata Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042157

Thwaitesia nigrimaculata Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006: 662, f. 112.1-6 (Dmf) Original description

Thwaitesia nigronodosa (Rainbow, 1912) | j | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008834

Argyrodes nigronodosa Rainbow, 1912a: 193, f. 3-4 (Djm) Original description

Thwaitesia nigronodosa Davies & Gallon, 1986: 236 (T from Argyrodes)

Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895 | | Myanmar, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008835

Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895b: 78 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1883 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008836

Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1883: 764, pl. 57, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903 | | Equatorial Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008837

Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903e: 72 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyński, 1911 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008838

Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyński, 1911c: 440, pl. 19, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia simoni (Keyserling, 1884) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008839

Hildbolda simoni Keyserling, 1884a: 157, pl. 7, f. 97 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia simoni Petrunkevitch, 1911: 212

Hildbolda simoni Levi & Levi, 1962: 54, f. 218-219 (f)

Thwaitesia simoni Levi, 1963e: 234, f. 20-21 (f)

Thwaitesia simoni Buckup & Marques, 1996: 60, f. 24-25 (Dm)

Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895 | | Myanmar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008840

Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895b: 80 (Dmf) Original description

Thwaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884 | | Panama to Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008841

Twaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884a: 166, pl. 8, f. 102 (Df) Original description

Thwaitesia splendida Levi, 1963e: 234, f. 25-26 (f)

Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903 | | Sierra Leone urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008842

Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903e: 73 (Df) Original description