''Achaearanea'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus '' Cryptachaea'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera.

Description

This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place.

Distribution

Species are found around the world, with several species from

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

and

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India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

. Some species are

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to several small islands.

Species

it contains twenty-eight species, found in Central America, South America, Asia, Africa,

, on the

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, and in

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Achaearanea alboinsignita ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea baltoformis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea biarclata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea budana ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many ot ...

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Achaearanea coilioducta ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea diglipuriensis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea disparata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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, Ivory Coast *'' Achaearanea diversipes'' (Rainbow, 1920) –

(Norfolk Is., Lord Howe Is.) *'' Achaearanea dubitabilis'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *''

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'' Tikader, 1970 – India *'' Achaearanea epicosma'' (Rainbow, 1920) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *''

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'' Xing, Gao & Zhu, 1994 – China *'' Achaearanea flavomaculata'' Yin, 2012 – China *''

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*'' Achaearanea hieroglyphica'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1940) –

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*'' Achaearanea inopinata'' Brignoli, 1972 –

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Achaearanea machaera ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea micratula ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea nigrodecorata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea septemguttata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea simaoica ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea tingo ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea trapezoidalis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus '' Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' (Taczanowski, 1873) ( type) – Panama to Paraguay *''

Achaearanea triangularis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together wit ...

'' Patel, 2005 – India

Formerly included species

*''A. acoreensis'' (Berland, 1932) (Transferred to '' Cryptachaea'') *''A. alacris'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. altiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ambera'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. analista'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. anastema'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. angulithorax'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to '' Parasteatoda'') *''A. anna'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to '' Hentziectypus'') *''A. apex'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. asiatica'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. azteca'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. banosensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. barra'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. bellula'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. bentifica'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. blattea'' (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. boqueronica'' (Kraus, 1955) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. brookesiana'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. caboverdensis'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 (Transferred to ''

Paidiscura ''Paidiscura'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950. Species it contains four species, found in Asia, Africa, and Europe: *''Paidiscura dromedaria'' (Eugène Simon, Simon, 1880) � ...

'') *''A. caliensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. cambridgei'' (Petrunkevitch, 1911) (Transferred to '' Chrysso'') *''A. campanulata'' Chen, 1993 (Transferred to ''

Campanicola ''Campanicola'' is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 2015 by Yoshida. Species it contains ten species, found only in Asia: * '' Campanicola anguilliformis'' Li & Liu, 2021 – China * '' Campanicola cam ...

'') *''A. camura'' (Simon, 1877) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. canionis'' (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. caqueza'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. catapetraea'' (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. celsabdomina'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. chilensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. chiricahua'' Levi, 1955 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. cingulata'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. cinnabarina'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. conigera'' (Simon, 1914) (Transferred to ''

Achaeridion ''Achaeridion'' is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, ''Achaeridion conigerum''. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008, and is found in Europe. See also * List of Theridiidae species This page l ...

'') *''A. conjuncta'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. credula'' (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. culicivora'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. dalana'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. daliensis'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. dea'' Buckup & Marques, 2006 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. decorata'' (L. Koch, 1867) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. diamantina'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. digitus'' Buckup & Marques, 2006 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. dromedaria'' (Simon, 1880) (Transferred to ''Paidiscura'') *''A. dromedariformis'' (Roewer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ducta'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. eramus'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. extrilida'' (Keyserling, 1890) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ferrumequina'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Campanicola'') *''A. florendida'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. fordum'' (Caporiacco, 1954) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. fresno'' Levi, 1955 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. galeiforma'' Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. geochares'' Levi, 1955 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. gibberosa'' (Kulczyński, 1899) (Transferred to ''

Echinotheridion ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and the Canary Is ...

'') *''A. gigantea'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. globosa'' (Hentz, 1850) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. guadalupensis'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. gui'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. hammeni'' Chrysanthus, 1963 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. herbigrada'' (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to '' Neottiura'') *''A. hermosillo'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. hirta'' (Taczanowski, 1873) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ignota'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. index'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) (Transferred to '' Coleosoma'') *''A. inops'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. insulsa'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. isana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. japonica'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. jequirituba'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. jinghongensis'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. kaindi'' Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. kaspi'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. koepckei'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. kompirensis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. krausi'' Chrysanthus, 1963 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. labarda'' Roberts, 1983 (Transferred to ''

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'') *''A. lanyuensis'' Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. leguiai'' (Chamberlin, 1916) (Transferred to ''

Theridion ''Theridion'' is a genus of tangle-web spiders with a worldwide distribution. Notable species are the Hawaiian happy face spider (''T. grallator''), named for the iconic symbol on its abdomen, and '' T. nigroannulatum'', one of few spi ...

'') *''A. liaoyuanensis'' Zhu & Yu, 1982 (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. longiducta'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. lota'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. luculenta'' (Bryant, 1940) (Transferred to ''Chrysso'') *''A. lunata'' (Clerck, 1757) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. lunata'' (Olivier, 1789) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. lunata'' (Franganillo, 1930) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. manzanillo'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. maraca'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. maronica'' (Caporiacco, 1954) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. maxima'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. mea'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Campanicola'') *''A. meraukensis'' Chrysanthus, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. mesax'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. migrans'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. milagro'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. mundula'' (L. Koch, 1872) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. nayaritensis'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. nigrovittata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. nipponica'' Yoshida, 1983 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. nordica'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) (Transferred to ''Chrysso'') *''A. obnubila'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. oculiprominens'' (Saito, 1939) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. ohlerti'' (Thorell, 1870) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. orana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. orgea'' Levi, 1967 (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. oxymaculata'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. pallida'' (Walckenaer, 1841) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. pallipera'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pallipes'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. parana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. passiva'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. picadoi'' (Banks, 1909) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. pilaton'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pinguis'' (Keyserling, 1886) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. polygramma'' (Kulczyński, 1911) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. porteri'' (Banks, 1896) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. portoricensis'' (Petrunkevitch, 1930) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. projectivulva'' Yoshida, 2001 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pusillana'' (Roewer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pydanieli'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. quadrimaculata'' Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. quadripartita'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. rafaeli'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. rapa'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. redempta'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. rioensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. riparia'' (Blackwall, 1834) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. rostra'' Zhu & Zhang, 1992 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. rupicola'' (Emerton, 1882) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ryukyu'' Yoshida, 2000 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. salvadorensis'' (Kraus, 1955) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. saxatilis'' (C. L. Koch, 1835) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. schneirlai'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. schraderorum'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. schullei'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. serax'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. serenoae'' (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. serica'' (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''

Steatoda The spider genus ''Steatoda'', in the family Theridiidae, includes about 120 recognized species, distributed around the world (including many cosmopolitan species which are found among human populations worldwide). One common name is cupboard spi ...

'') *''A. sicki'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. simulans'' (Thorell, 1875) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. simulata'' (Emerton, 1926) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. songi'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. subtabulata'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. subvexa'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. tabulata'' Levi, 1980 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. taeniata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. taim'' Buckup & Marques, 2006 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. teja'' Levi, 1967 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. tepidariorum'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. terex'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. tesselata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. tovarensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. transipora'' (Zhu & Zhang, 1992) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. triangula'' Yoshida, 1993 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. triguttata'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. trinidensis'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. turquino'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. umbratica'' (L. Koch, 1872) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. undata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ungilensis'' Kim & Kim, 1996 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. uviana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. valoka'' Chrysanthus, 1975 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. veruculata'' (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. vervoorti'' Chrysanthus, 1975 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. vivida'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. wau'' Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. xinjiangensis'' Hu & Wu, 1989 (Transferred to ''

Heterotheridion ''Heterotheridion'' is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders with a palearctic distribution, containing the single species, ''Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum''. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008. See also * List of Theridiidae s ...

'') *''A. zonensis'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') In

synonymy A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are all ...

: *''A. pentagona'' (Caporiacco, 1954) = ''Achaearanea hieroglyphica'' (Mello-Leitão, 1940)

Nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...

*''A. quadripunctata'' (Simon, 1895)

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* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2708474 Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Embrik Strand Theridiidae