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. Zercidium Benoit, 1977 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00734
type Zercidium helenense Benoit, 1977; gender neuter
Zercidium helenense Benoit, 1977 | | St. Helena urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008940 TYPE SPECIES
Zercidium helenense Benoit, 1977i: 150, f. 66a-f (Dmf) Original description
Zercidium helenense Vanuytven, 2021: 21, 303, f. A.6b-c, B.338a-c (m)
Zercidium helenense Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1285, f. 80A-G, 81A-F, 82 (mf)

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