Argyronetidae Thorell, 1869

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: the family is separated from the Dictynidae and re-definded by Montana et al., 2025: 9 to include 12 genera, Argyroneta probably represents an own subfamily; Argyronetidae were seperated before (Ono, 2009a: 169, Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii, with the single genus Argyroneta), but this was not accepted.

In synonymy:

Corteza Roth & Brown, 1975 = Paratheuma Bryant, 1940 (Platnick, 1977c: 199)

Litisedes Oi, 1960 = Paratheuma Bryant, 1940 (Yaginuma, 1990: 2)

Swainsia Marples, 1964 = Paratheuma Bryant, 1940 (Beatty & Berry, 1988: 48)

Gen. Paratheuma Bryant, 1940 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01884
type Eutichurus insulanus Banks, 1902; gender feminine
N.B.: transferred from the Gnaphosidae to the Desidae by Platnick, 1977c: 199, to the Dictynidae by Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016: 178 and to the Argyronetidae by Montana et al., 2025: 43; considered a senior synonym of Corteza Roth & Brown, 1975a: 2 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05502] (type C. interaesta Roth & Brown, 1975) by Platnick, 1977c: 199; considered a senior synonym of Swainsia Marples, 1964: 403 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05504] (type S. armata Marples, 1964, transferred from the Agelenidae to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 265) by Beatty & Berry, 1988: 48 and of Litisedes Oi, 1960b: 7 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05503] (type L. shirahamaensis Oi, 1960, transferred from the Agelenidae to the Dictynidae by Lehtinen, 1967: 244) by Yaginuma, 1990: 2.

Transferred to other genera:

Paratheuma isolata Bryant, 1940 -- see Teminius

Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989 | | Cook Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021616
Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989: 340, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma armata (Marples, 1964) | | Caroline Is. to Samoa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021617
Swainsia armata Marples, 1964: 403, f. 2 (Dm) Original description
Swainsia armata Lehtinen, 1967: 450, f. 269-270 (m)
Paratheuma armata Beatty & Berry, 1988: 51, f. 3, 6, 9 (m, Df)
Paratheuma armata Crews et al., 2020: 908, f. 16C-G, S14G (mf)
Paratheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989 | | Australia (Queensland), Fiji urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021618
Paratheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989: 343, f. 9-12 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2013 | | Japan (Okinawa) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045788
Paratheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2012: 93, f. 1-12 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma awasensis Suzuki, 2022b: 192, f. 12-13 (f)
Paratheuma draneyi Berry, 2024 | | New Zealand urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060364
Paratheuma draneyi Berry, 2024: 49, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 | | Iran urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048643
Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016: 179, f. 1a-h, 2a-g, 3a-b (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma insulana (Banks, 1902) | | USA, Caribbean. Introduced to China (Hainan), Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021619 TYPE SPECIES
Eutichurus insulanus Banks, 1902d: 270, f. 3 (Df) Original description
Paratheuma insulana Bryant, 1940: 387, pl. 11, f. 148 (f)
Paratheuma insulana Platnick, 1977c: 200, f. 3-4 (f)
Paratheuma insulana Beatty & Berry, 1988: 49, f. 1, 4, 7 (f, Dm)
Paratheuma insulana Ono, 2006a: 261, f. 7a-j (mf)
Paratheuma insulana Penney, 2008: 111, f. 5.114 (m)
Paratheuma insulana Ono, 2009a: 212, f. 55-60 (mf)
Paratheuma insulana Suzuki, 2022b: 192, f. 14-15 (f)
Paratheuma interaesta (Roth & Brown, 1975) | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021620
Corteza interaesta Roth & Brown, 1975a: 3, f. 3-10 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma interaesta Platnick, 1977c: 200, f. 1-2 (f)
Paratheuma interaesta Beatty & Berry, 1988: 50, f. 2, 5, 8 (mf)
Paratheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989 | | Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021621
Paratheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989: 364, f. 2-5 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989 | | Cook Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021622
Paratheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989: 342, f. 5-8 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989 | | Polynesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021623
Paratheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989: 344, f. 13-16 (Dmf) Original description
Paratheuma shirahamaensis (Oi, 1960) | | China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:021624
Litisedes shirahamaensis Oi, 1960b: 7, f. 10-15 (Dmf) Original description
Litisedes shirahamaensis Lehtinen, 1967: 450, f. 275 (f)
Litisedes shirahamaensis Ishinoda, 1975: 5, f. 1-2, 4 (mf)
Litisedes shirahamensis Irie, 1985: 7, f. 18-19 (mf)
Litisedes shirahamaensis Yaginuma, 1986a: 142, f. 76.5 (f)
Litisedes shirahamensis Paik & Kang, 1987: 92, f. 1-8 (f)
Litisedes shirahamaensis Chikuni, 1989b: 99, f. 5 (mf)
Paratheuma shirahamaense Yaginuma, 1990: 2, f. 1-4 (mf)
Paratheuma shirahamaensis Namkung, 2002: 370, f. 25.1a (f)
Paratheuma shirahamaensis Namkung, 2003: 372, f. 25.1a (f)
Paratheuma shirahamaensis Ono, 2006a: 260, f. 6a-h (mf)
Paratheuma shirahamaensis Ono, 2009a: 212, f. 52-54 (mf)
Paratheuma shirahamaensis Kim et al., 2015c: 109, f. 1-5 (m)
Paratheuma shirahamaensis Hidaka, Hino & Megumi, 2026: 66, f. 18 (f)

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