World Spider Catalog

Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: four subfamilies are known (Coddington, 1986): Epeirotypinae Archer, 1953: 5 (sub Epeirotypini), Ogulninae Coddington, 1986: 52, Platoninae Coddington, 1986: 28 and Theridiosomatinae.

Gen. Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04022

type Chthonopes jaegeri Wunderlich, 2011; gender masculine

In synonymy:

Chthonopes bifidus Yu & Lin, 2022 = Chthonopes housaiyuae (Lin & Li, 2022) (Dutta et al., 2026: 297)

Chthonopes assamensis (Fage, 1924) | | India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:009001

Vendilgarda assamensis Fage, 1924: 64, f. 1 (Dmf) Original description

Wendilgarda assamensis Brignoli, 1981a: 15, f. 5-8 (mf)

Wendilgarda assamensis Song & Zhu, 1994: 39, f. 5A-C (f)

Wendilgarda assamensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 149, f. 84A-B (mf)

Wendilgarda assamensis Wunderlich, 2011: 434, f. 19-20 (mf; misplaced in this genus)

Chthonopes assamensis Dutta et al., 2026: 295, f. 3A-H, 4A-B (f, T from Wendilgarda)

Chthonopes cavernicola Wunderlich, 2011 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044139

Chthonopes cavernicolus Wunderlich, 2011: 433, f. 8-18 (Dm; the ending of the species epithet is corrected to -icola, see FAQ 6) Original description

Chthonopes housaiyuae (Lin & Li, 2022) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054899

Wendilgarda housaiyuae Lin & Li, in Lin et al., 2022c: 266, f. 59A-C, 60A-B, 61A-B, 62 (Dmf) Original description

Chthonopes bifidum Yu & Lin, in Yang, Yu & Lin, 2022: 150, f. 1A-G, 2A-D (Dmf; Chthonopes is masculine) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056051]

Chthonopes housaiyuae Dutta et al., 2026: 297 (T from Wendilgarda, S of Chthonopes bifidus)

Chthonopes jaegeri Wunderlich, 2011 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044140 TYPE SPECIES

Chthonopes jaegeri Wunderlich, 2011: 435, f. 18a-f (Dmf) Original description

Chthonopes jaegeri Yang, Yu & Lin, 2022: 154, f. 3A-G, 4A-D (mf)

Chthonopes jimudeng Yu & Lin, 2022 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056052

Chthonopes jimudeng Yu & Lin, in Yang, Yu & Lin, 2022: 157, f. 5A-E (Df) Original description

Chthonopes thakekensis Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014 | | Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046755

Chthonopes thakekensis Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014: 98, f. 17A-E, 18A-C (Df) Original description