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Genus: Emertonella Bryant, 1945 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Emertonella weesei (Levi, 1963)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007757

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Described:

Distribution: USA

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Taxonomic References

Euryopis weesei Levi, 1963a: 134, f. 21 (Dm) Original description

Emertonella weesei Hu et al., 2026b: 288 (T from Euryopis)

References

Hu, C. H., Zhang, H., Jiang, M. J. & Liu, F. J. (2026b). Re-delimitation of the genus Emertonella (Araneae, Theridiidae, Hadrotarsinae) and taxonomic notes on Euryopis and Phycosoma from China. ZooKeys 1270: 285-305. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1270.175743 -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1963a). American spiders of the genera Audifia, Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 129(2): 121-185, pl. 1-12. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Hu et al., 2026b
2026-03-13	Species transferred to new genus	Hu et al., 2026b		Species transferred from Euryopis Menge, 1868 to Emertonella Bryant, 1945