Paratheridula

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Paratheridula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Paratheridula
Levi, 1957 [1]
Species:
P. perniciosa
Binomial name
Paratheridula perniciosa
(Keyserling, 1886)

Paratheridula is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Paratheridula perniciosa. The sole species was first described in 1886 under the name Theridion perniciosum. [2] The genus was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957, [3] though it has been described under several different names, including Mysmena 4-maculata, [4] Theridion quadrimaculatum, [5] and Theridion arcadicum, [6]

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It has been found from Florida to southern Chile, with a possible pantropical distribution, [1] and is suspected to have been introduced elsewhere.

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References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Paratheridula Levi, 1957". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. p. 233.
  3. Levi, H. W. (1957). "The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76 (2): 105–115. doi:10.2307/3223625. JSTOR   3223625. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
  4. Banks, N. (1896). "New North American spiders and mites". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23: 66.
  5. Bryant, E. B. (1933). "New and little known spiders from the United States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 74: 173.
  6. Gertsch, W. J.; Archer, A. F. (1942). "Descriptions of new American Theridiidae". American Museum Novitates (1171): 4.

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