Family: Theridiosomatidae

Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym Microepeira Emerton, 1884: 320 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06391] (type Epeira radiosa McCook, 1881 = Theridiosoma gemmosum (L. Koch, 1877)) by Keyserling, 1893: 312, of Theridilella Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936a: 33 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05019] (type T. zygops Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (transferred from the Theridiidae to the Theridiosomatidae) by Levi & Levi, 1962: 30 and of Andasta Simon, 1895 by Coddington, 1986: 61 (but revalidated by Saaristo, 1996b: 48).

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00744

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Last updated: 2025-09-25

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 37

SYNONYM: 4

NOMEN DUBIUM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879e: 193 type Theridiosoma argenteolum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879; gender neuter; syn. of Theridiosoma gemmosum (L. Koch, 1877)
Reference

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879e). On some new and rare British spiders, with characters of a new genus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (5) 4(21): 190-215, pl. 12. doi: 10.1080/00222937908679818 -- Show included taxa

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