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. Megama Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06451
type Megama decimaculata Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026; gender feminine
Megama bimaculata (Yoshida, 1998) | | China, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007235
Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 1998a: 105, f. 1-6 (Dmf) Original description
Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 2003a: 125, f. 330-335 (mf)
Chrysso bimaculata Yoshida, 2009b: 378, f. 203-204 (mf)
Chrysso bimaculata Zhang & Zhang, 2012a: 28, f. 13-17 (mf)
Chrysso bimaculata Hidaka, 2022d: 97, f. 1-4 (mf)
Megama bimaculata Hu et al., 2026a: 201, f. 2A-E, 3C-D, 4C-D, G-H, K-L (mf, T from Chrysso)
Megama decimaculata Hu, Zhong, Liu & Li, 2026 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066659 TYPE SPECIES
Megama decimaculata Hu et al., 2026a: 198, f. 1A-E, 3A-B, 4A-B, E-F, I-J (Dmf) Original description

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