Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881 (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.

Nomina dubia

Melos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900, type M. bicolor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 -- Brignoli, 1970b: 1413

Gen. Melos O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04650

Nomen dubium:

Melos bicolor O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900a: 6, pl. A, f. 3-3g (j, Britain) -- Brignoli, 1970b: 1413


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