World Spider Catalog

Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881

Family | ACCEPTED

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

In synonymy:

Tecmessa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 = Chthonos Coddington, 1986 (Coddington, 1986: 33, replacement name, preoccupied)

Gen. Chthonos Coddington, 1986 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00737

type Tecmessa pectorosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882; gender feminine

N.B.: replacement name for Tecmessa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 433 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05016], preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Burmeister, 1878; transferred from the Araneidae to the Theridiosomatidae by Coddington, 1986: 33.

Transferred to other genera:

Chthonos tetrabuna (Archer, 1965) -- see Ogulnius

Chthonos dobo Labarque, Piacentini, Pons, Hormiga, Arnedo & Ramirez, 2025 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065829

Chthonos dobo Labarque et al., 2025: 29, f. 5A-C, 8A-F, 9A-D (Dmf) Original description

Chthonos kaibe Labarque, Piacentini, Pons, Hormiga, Arnedo & Ramirez, 2025 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065830

Chthonos kaibe Labarque et al., 2025: 35, f. 10A-F, 11A-D (Dmf) Original description

Chthonos kuyllur Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049693

Chthonos kuyllur Dupérré & Tapia, 2017a: 378, f. 1-5, 39 (Dm) Original description

Chthonos kwati Labarque, Piacentini, Pons, Hormiga, Arnedo & Ramirez, 2025 | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065831

Chthonos kwati Labarque et al., 2025: 39, f. 12A-F, 13A-D (Dmf) Original description

Chthonos pectorosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008948 TYPE SPECIES

Tecmessa pectorosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 434, pl. 31, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Chthonos pectorosa Coddington, 1986: 35, f. 33-38 (f)

Chthonos peruana (Keyserling, 1886) | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008949

Tecmessa peruana Keyserling, 1886b: 20, pl. 11, f. 144 (Df) Original description

Chthonos quinquemucronata (Simon, 1893) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008950

Tecmessa quinquemucronata Simon, 1893e: 324 (Dmf) Original description

Tecmessa quinquemucronata Simon, 1895a: 923, f. 995, 1001-1003

Chthonos tuberosa (Keyserling, 1886) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008951

Tecmessa tuberosa Keyserling, 1886b: 252, pl. 20, f. 303 (Df) Original description