| Echinotheridion | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Echinotheridion Levi, 1963 [1] |
| Type species | |
| E. cartum Levi, 1963 | |
| Species | |
9, see text | |
Echinotheridion is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. [2]
As of May 2020 [update] it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of E. gibberosum, found on Madeira and the Canary Islands.: [1]
Formerly included:
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 species in 124 genera, and is the most common arthropod found in human dwellings throughout the world.
Achaearanea is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929.
Episinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Argyrodes, also called dewdrop spiders, is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1864. They occur worldwide, and are best known for their kleptoparasitism. They can spin their own webs, but tend to invade and reside in their hosts' webs. This relationship can be commensal or even mutual if the dewdrop spider feeds on small trapped insects that are not eaten by the host. Some species can even prey upon the host.
Chrysso is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882.
Wirada is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1886.
Stemmops is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1894.
Chrosiothes is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is considered a senior synonym of Theridiotis.
Cryptachaea is a genus of spiders in the Theridiidae family.
Euryopis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.
Janula is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932. It is a senior synonym of Monetoculus.
Faiditus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.
Hentziectypus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1946. Originally placed with Theridion, it was moved to Achaearanea in 1955, and to its own genus in 2008. These spiders most resemble members of Cryptachaea, but are distinguished by a median apophysis that is broadly attached to the tegulum. Spiders of Parasteatoda have a median apophysis attached to the embolus, while those of Achaearanea have a hooked paracymbium on the pedipalps of males.
Kochiura is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.
Neopisinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by M. A. L. Marques, E. H. Buckup & E. N. L. Rodrigues in 2011.
Rhomphaea is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872.
Tekellina is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957.
Thymoites is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.
Selkirkiella is a genus of South American comb-footed spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1924. Originally placed with the Araneidae, it was transferred to the comb-footed spiders in 1972.
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