Hadrotarsus

Hadrotarsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Hadrotarsus ; Thorell, 1881
Type species
	H. babirussa ; Thorell, 1881
Species
	5, see text

Last updated January 27, 2026

Hadrotarsus is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae (comb-footed spiders) that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.^[2]

Species

As of May 2020^[update] it contains five species, found in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan, and Belgium:^[1]

Hadrotarsus babirussa Thorell, 1881 (type) – New Guinea
Hadrotarsus fulvus Hickman, 1943 – Australia (Tasmania)
Hadrotarsus ornatus Hickman, 1943 – Australia (Tasmania). Introduced to Belgium
Hadrotarsus setosus Hickman, 1943 – Australia (Tasmania)
Hadrotarsus yamius Wang, 1955 – Taiwan

References

1 2 "Gen. Hadrotarsus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-19.
↑ Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 "Gen. Hadrotarsus Thorell, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-19.

[Thor1881-2] Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 17: 1–727.

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