Theridiidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamiliae: Anelosiminae – Argyrodinae – Asageninae – Enoplognathinae – Episinae – Hadrotarsinae – Latrodectinae – Pholcommatinae – Phoroncidiinae – Spintharinae – Theridiinae – †Cretotheridiinae
Genera incertae sedis: Allothymoites – Anelosimus – Chorizopella – Coscinida – Hetschkia – Icona – Kochiura – Landoppo – Marianana – Paidiscura – Tomoxena – Zercidium
Species incertae sedis: Taphiassa punctigera

Overview of genera

Achaearanea – Achaearyopa – Achaeridion – Allothymoites – Ameridion – Anatea – Anatolidion – Anelosimus – Argyrodella – Argyrodes – Ariamnes – Asagena – Asygyna – Audifia – Bardala – Brunepisinus – Cabello – Canalidion – Carniella – Cephalobares – Cerocida – Chorizopella – Chrosiothes – Chrysso – Coleosoma – Coscinida – Craspedisia – Crustulina – Cryptachaea – Cyllognatha – Deelemanella – Dipoena – Dipoenata – Dipoenura – Echinotheridion – Emertonella – Enoplognatha – Episinus – Euryopis – Eurypoena – Exalbidion – Faiditus – Glebych – Gmogala – Guaraniella – Hadrotarsus – Helvibis – Helvidia – Hentziectypus – Heterotheridion – Hetschkia – Histagonia – Icona – Jamaitidion – Janula – Kochiura – Knoflachia – Landoppo – Lasaeola – Latrodectus – Macaridion – Magnopholcomma – Meotipa – Molione – Moneta – Nanume – Neospintharus – Neottiura – Nesticodes – Nipponidion – Ohlertidion – Paidiscura – Parasteatoda – Paratheridula – Pholcomma – Phoroncidia – Phycosoma – Phylloneta – Platnickina – Proboscidula – Propostira – Pycnoepisinus – Rhomphaea – Robertus – Ruborridion – Rugathodes – Sardinidion – Selimus – Selkirkiella – Sesato – Seycellesa – Simitidion – Spheropistha – Spinembolia – Spintharus – Steatoda – Stemmops – Stoda – Styposis – Takayus – Tekellina – Theonoe – Theridion – Theridula – Thwaitesia – Thymoites – Tidarren – Tomoxena – Wamba – Wirada – Yaginumena – Yoroa – Yunohamella – Zercidium – †Balticoridion – †Balticpholcomma – †Burmatheridion – †Caudasinus – †Clavibertus – †Clya – †Cretotheridion – †Cymbiopholcomma – †Eoasagena – †Eolyrifer – †Eomysmena – †Eoteutana – †Femurraptor – †Globulidion – †Hirsutipalpus – †Kochiuridion – †Magnopholcomma – †Mimetidion – †Nanosteatoda – †Obscurpholcomma – †Praetereuryopis – †Protosteatoda – †Pseudoteutana – †Rugapholcomma – †Spinisinus – †Spinitharinus – †Succinobertus – †Succinura – †Triangulum – †Unispinatoda – †Vicipholcomma

Name

Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Synonyms

Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881

References

Sundevall, C.J. 1833. Conspectus Arachnidum. C.F. Berling, Londini Gothorum [Lund, (Sweden)] pp. 1–39. Online. Reference page.
Agnarsson, I. 2004: Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 141: 447–626. PDF
Arnedo, M.A.; Coddington, J.; Agnarsson, I.; Gillespie, R.G. 2004: From a comb to a tree: phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial genes. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 31: 225–245. PDF
Eskov, K.Y. & Marusik, Y.M. 2021. Glebych minutissimus gen. et sp. nov., the smallest cobweb spider (Araneae: Theridiidae). Zootaxa 5006(1): 045–053. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5006.1.8. . Reference page.
Gao, C.-X. & Li, S.-Q. 2014: Combfooted spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the tropical rainforest of Xishuangbanna, southwest China. Zoological systematics 39(1): 1–135. DOI: 10.11865/zs20140101 Reference page.
Knoflach, B.; Rollard, C.; Thaler, K. 2009: Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) – II. In: Stoev, P.; Dunlop, J.; Lazarov, S. (eds) A life caught in a spider's web. Papers in arachnology in honour of Christo Deltshev. ZooKeys, 16: 227–264. Abstract PDF
Kulkarni, S., Vartak, A., Deshpande, V. & Halali, D. 2017. The spiny theridiid genus Meotipa Simon, 1895 in India, with description of a strange new species with translucent abdomen and a phylogenetic analysis about the genus placement (Araneae, Theridiidae). Zootaxa 4291(3): 504–520. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4291.3.4. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Levi, H. W. & L. R. Levi. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 127: 1–71.
Marusik, Yu.M. & Eskov, K.Y. 2024. A new monotypic genus of cobweb spiders from the Russian Far East (Araneae, Theridiidae). ZooKeys 1195: 219–238. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1195.118632 Reference page.
Murthappa, P.S., Malamel, J.J., Prajapati, D.A., Sebastian, P.A. & Venkateshwarlu, M. 2017. First description of the male of the type species Meotipa picturata Simon, 1895 and description of a new Meotipa species (Araneae, Theridiidae) from India. Zootaxa 4344(3): 589–596. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4344.3.9. Reference page.
Paquin, P.; Vink, C.J.; Dupérré, N. 2010: Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand. ISBN 9780478347050.
Wunderlich, J. 2008. On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 140–469. Reference page.
Wunderlich, J. 2011. Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1–640. Reference page.
Wunderlich, J. 2015. On the evolution and the classification of spiders, the Mesozoic spider faunas, and descriptions of new Cretaceous taxa mainly in amber from Myanmar (Burma) (Arachnida: Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 9: 21–408. Reference page.
Yin C.-M., Peng X.-J. & Zhang Y.-J., 2005: Three new species of the spider family Theridiidae (Aracnida: Araneae) from China. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 37 (1): 57–61. Abstract and full article: [1].

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [2]
Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog

Vernacular names

čeština: Snovačkovití
English: Tangle web spider
日本語: ヒメグモ科
한국어: 꼬마거미과
polski: omatnikowate
中文: 姬蛛科