Thymoites

Thymoites
	T. camano, female
	T. camano, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Thymoites ; Keyserling, 1884
Type species
	T. crassipes ; Keyserling, 1884
Species
	94, see text
Synonyms
	Brontosauriella Bristowe, 1938; Garricola Chamberlin, 1916; Hubba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897; Hypobares Simon, 1894; PaidiscaBishop & Crosby, 1926; PhiltoSimon, 1894; SpelobionChamberlin & Ivie, 1938; SphyrotinusSimon, 1894; Tholocco Archer, 1946; ThonasticaSimon, 1909; ThymoellaBryant, 1948;

Last updated June 13, 2025

Thymoites is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884.^[3]

Species

As of September 2019^[update] it contains ninety-four species, found in Central America, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, North America, and on Greenland:^[1]

T. aloitus Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. amprus Levi, 1964 – Panama
T. anicus Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. anserma Levi, 1964 – Colombia
T. banksi (Bryant, 1948) – Hispaniola
T. bellissimus (L. Koch, 1879) – Scandinavia, Russia (Europe to Far East), China
T. bocaina Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. bogus (Levi, 1959) – Panama
T. boneti (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. boquete (Levi, 1959) – Mexico to Panama
T. bradti (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. camano (Levi, 1957) – USA
T. camaqua Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. cancellatus Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Argentina
T. caracasanus (Simon, 1895) – Guatemala to Ecuador
T. chiapensis (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. chickeringi (Levi, 1959) – Panama
T. chikunii (Yoshida, 1988) – Japan
T. chopardi (Berland, 1920) – East Africa
T. confraternus (Banks, 1898) – Mexico to Peru
T. corus (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. crassipes Keyserling, 1884 (type) – Peru
T. cravilus Marques & Buckup, 1992 – Brazil
T. cristal Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. delicatulus (Levi, 1959) – Mexico to Venezuela
T. ebus Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. elongatus Peng, Yin & Hu, 2008 – China
T. expulsus (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica
T. gertrudae Müller & Heimer, 1990 – Colombia
T. gibbithorax (Simon, 1894) – Venezuela
T. guanicae (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Mexico, Greater Antilles
T. hupingensis Gan & Peng, 2015 – China
T. ilhabela Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. illudens (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA to Colombia
T. ilvan Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. incachaca Levi, 1964 – Bolivia
T. indicatus (Banks, 1929) – Nicaragua to Panama
T. ipiranga Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. iritus Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. levii Gruia, 1973 – Cuba
T. lobifrons (Simon, 1894) – Venezuela
T. lori Levi, 1964 – Peru
T. luculentus (Simon, 1894) – Mexico to Panama, St. Vincent
T. machu Levi, 1967 – Peru
T. maderae (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) – USA to Panama
T. maracayensis Levi, 1964 – Venezuela, Brazil
T. marxi (Crosby, 1906) – USA, Mexico
T. matachic (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. melloleitaoni (Bristowe, 1938) – Brazil
T. minero Roth, 1992 – USA
T. minnesota Levi, 1964 – USA, Canada
T. mirus Levi, 1964 – Brazil
T. missionensis (Levi, 1957) – USA to Costa Rica
T. murici Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. nentwigi Yoshida, 1994 – Indonesia (Krakatau)
T. nevada Müller & Heimer, 1990 – Colombia
T. notabilis (Levi, 1959) – Panama
T. oleatus (L. Koch, 1879) – Canada, Greenland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
T. orilla (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. pallidus (Emerton, 1913) – USA, Caribbean to Venezuela
T. palo Levi, 1967 – Brazil
T. peruanus (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
T. piarco (Levi, 1959) – Trinidad, Brazil
T. pictipes (Banks, 1904) – USA
T. pinheiral Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. piratini Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. praemollis (Simon, 1909) – Vietnam
T. prolatus (Levi, 1959) – Panama
T. promatensis Lise & Silva, 2009 – Brazil
T. puer (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Mexico, Brazil, Argentina
T. ramon Levi, 1964 – Peru
T. ramosus Gao & Li, 2014 – China
T. rarus (Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
T. reservatus (Levi, 1959) – Panama
T. sanctus (Chamberlin, 1916) – Peru
T. sarasota (Levi, 1957) – USA
T. sclerotis (Levi, 1957) – USA, Mexico
T. simla (Levi, 1959) – Trinidad
T. simplex (Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
T. struthio (Simon, 1895) – Venezuela, Bolivia
T. stylifrons (Simon, 1894) – Panama, Venezuela, St. Vincent
T. subtilis (Simon, 1894) – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
T. tabuleiro Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. taiobeiras Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
T. trisetaceus Peng, Yin & Griswold, 2008 – China
T. ulleungensis (Paik, 1991) – Korea
T. unimaculatus (Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
T. unisignatus (Simon, 1894) – Colombia, Venezuela
T. urubamba Levi, 1967 – Peru
T. verus (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
T. villarricaensis Levi, 1964 – Paraguay
T. vivus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) – Costa Rica
T. wangi Zhu, 1998 – China
T. yaginumai Yoshida, 1995 – Japan

In synonymy:

T. americanus(Simon, 1898, T from Theonoe) = Thymoites luculentus(Simon, 1894)
T. amputatus(Keyserling, 1884) = Thymoites unimaculatus(Emerton, 1882)
T. catalinae(Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from Theridion) = Thymoites pictipes(Banks, 1904)
T. cubanus(Bryant, 1940, T from Dipoena) = Thymoites pallidus(Emerton, 1913)
T. deprus(Levi, 1959) = Thymoites confraternus(Banks, 1898)
T. edinburgensis(Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) = Thymoites pallidus(Emerton, 1913)
T. hansi(Schenkel, 1950, T from Theridion) = Thymoites pictipes(Banks, 1904)
T. imparatus(Bishop & Crosby, 1928, T from Theridion) = Thymoites unimaculatus(Emerton, 1882)
T. insignis(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = Thymoites caracasanus(Simon, 1895)
T. lascivulus(Keyserling, 1886, T from Dipoena) = Thymoites unimaculatus(Emerton, 1882)
T. nicoleti(Keyserling, 1886, T from Theridion) = Thymoites unimaculatus(Emerton, 1882)
T. paradisiacus(Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from Theridion) = Thymoites unimaculatus(Emerton, 1882)
T. petrensis(Sørensen, 1898, T from Theridion) = Thymoites oleatus(L. Koch, 1879)
T. subimpressus(Zhu, 1998, T from Theridion) = Thymoites bellissimus(L. Koch, 1879)
T. wallacei(Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from Theridion) = Thymoites pallidus(Emerton, 1913)

References

1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Thymoites Keyserling, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-27.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 17.
↑ Keyserling, E. (1884). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1–222.

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 3 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Thymoites Keyserling, 1884". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-27.

[Levi1962-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 17.

[Keys1884-3] Keyserling, E. (1884). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg 1. pp. 1–222.

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Thymoites

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Thymoites

T. camano, female

T. camano, male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Thymoites Keyserling, 1884^[1]
Type species
T. crassipes Keyserling, 1884
Species
94, see text
Synonyms ^[1]
Brontosauriella Bristowe, 1938^[2] Garricola Chamberlin, 1916^[2] Hubba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897^[2] Hypobares Simon, 1894^[2] PaidiscaBishop & Crosby, 1926^[2] PhiltoSimon, 1894^[2] SpelobionChamberlin & Ivie, 1938^[2] SphyrotinusSimon, 1894^[2] Tholocco Archer, 1946^[2] ThonasticaSimon, 1909^[2] ThymoellaBryant, 1948^[2]