World Spider Catalog

Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

Nomina dubia

Pronopius Menge, 1869, type P. providus Menge, 1869 -- Roewer, 1955c omitted by Roewer, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick

Gen. Pronopius Menge, 1869 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04008

type Pronopius providus Menge, 1869; gender masculine

N.B.: probably a senior synonym of Achaearanea Strand, 1929 (Prószyński & Starega, 1971: 83); but Pronopius providus Menge, 1869 is a probable synonym of Achaearanea lunata (Clerck, 1757) and this species is meanwhile transferred to Parasteatoda Archer, 1946.

Nomen dubium:

Pronopius providus Menge, 1869: 243, f. 142 (Dm). -- Roewer, 1955c: omitted, taken as nomen dubium by Platnick