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of the spider family Theridiosomatidae accepted by the

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A

''Andasta''

Andasta ''Andasta'' is a genus of Theridiosomatidae, ray spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. Species it contains four species, found in Asia and on the Seychelles: *''Andasta benoiti'' (Roberts, 1978) – Seyc ...

'' Simon, 1895 * '' A. benoiti'' (Roberts, 1978) — Seychelles * '' A. cyclosina'' Simon, 1901 — Malaysia * '' A. semiargentea'' Simon, 1895 ( type) — Sri Lanka * '' A. siltte'' Saaristo, 1996 — Seychelles

B

''Baalzebub''

'' Baalzebub'' Coddington, 1986 * '' B. acutum'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2016 — Brazil * '' B. albonotatus'' (Petrunkevitch, 1930) — Puerto Rico * '' B. baubo'' Coddington, 1986 ( type) — Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil * '' B. brauni'' (Wunderlich, 1976) — Australia (Queensland) * '' B. nemesis'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China * '' B. rastrarius'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' B. youyiensis'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * † ''B. mesozoicum'' Penney, 2014

C

''Chthonopes''

'' Chthonopes'' Wunderlich, 2011 * '' C. cavernicola'' Wunderlich, 2011 — Laos * '' C. jaegeri'' Wunderlich, 2011 ( type) — Laos * '' C. thakekensis'' Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014 — Laos

''Chthonos''

'' Chthonos'' Coddington, 1986 * '' C. kuyllur'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' C. pectorosa'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) ( type) — Brazil * '' C. peruana'' (Keyserling, 1886) — Peru * '' C. quinquemucronata'' (Simon, 1893) — Brazil * '' C. tuberosa'' (Keyserling, 1886) — Brazil

''Coddingtonia''

'' Coddingtonia'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 * '' C. anaktakun'' Labarque & Griswold, 2014 — Malaysia * '' C. discobulbus'' (Wunderlich, 2011) — Laos * '' C. erhuan'' Feng & Lin, 2019 — China * '' C. euryopoides'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 ( type) — China * '' C. huifengi'' Feng & Lin, 2019 — Indonesia (Sumatra) * '' C. lizu'' Feng & Lin, 2019 — China (Hainan)

''Cuacuba''

'' Cuacuba'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018 * '' C. mariana'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018 ( type) — Brazil * '' C. morrodopilar'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil * '' C. ribeira'' Prete & Brescovit, 2020 — Brazil

E

† ''Eoepeirotypus''

† '' Eoepeirotypus'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''E. retrobulbus'' Wunderlich, 2004

† ''Eotheridiosoma''

† '' Eotheridiosoma'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''E. hamatum'' Wunderlich, 2011 * † ''E. tuber'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''E. volutum'' Wunderlich, 2004

''Epeirotypus''

'' Epeirotypus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 * '' E. brevipes'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 ( type) — Mexico to Costa Rica * '' E. chavarria'' Coddington, 1986 — Costa Rica * '' E. dalong'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China

''Epilineutes''

'' Epilineutes'' Coddington, 1986 * '' E. globosus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) ( type) — Mexico to Brazil

K

''Karstia''

'' Karstia'' Chen, 2010 * '' K. coddingtoni'' (Zhu, Zhang & Chen, 2001) — China * '' K. cordata'' Dou & Lin, 2012 — China * '' K. nitida'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' K. prolata'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' K. upperyangtzica'' Chen, 2010 ( type) — China

M

''Menglunia''

'' Menglunia'' Zhao & Li, 2012 * '' M. inaffecta'' Zhao & Li, 2012 ( type) — China

N

''Naatlo''

Naatlo ''Naatlo'' is a genus of Theridiosomatidae, ray spiders that was first described by Jonathan A. Coddington in 1986. Behaviour They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey. Spiders in the genus have been observed to sling ...

'' Coddington, 1986 * '' N. fauna'' (Simon, 1897) — Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil * '' N. maturaca'' Rodrigues & Lise, 2008 — Brazil * '' N. mayzana'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' N. serrana'' Rodrigues & Lise, 2008 — Brazil * '' N. splendida'' (Taczanowski, 1879) — Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil * '' N. sutila'' Coddington, 1986 ( type) — Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, Peru, Brazil, Argentina * '' N. sylvicola'' (Hingston, 1932) — Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana

O

''Ogulnius''

'' Ogulnius'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 * '' O. barbandrewsi'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China * '' O. clarus'' Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil * '' O. cubanus'' Archer, 1958 — Cuba * '' O. fulvus'' Bryant, 1945 — Hispaniola * '' O. gertschi'' Archer, 1953 — Panama * '' O. gloriae'' (Petrunkevitch, 1930) — Puerto Rico * '' O. hapalus'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' O. hayoti'' Lopez, 1994 — Martinique * '' O. infumatus'' Simon, 1898 — St. Vincent * '' O. laranka'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' O. latus'' Bryant, 1948 — Hispaniola * '' O. obscurus'' Keyserling, 1886 — Peru, Brazil * '' O. obtectus'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 ( type) — Brazil, Colombia, Peru * '' O. paku'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' O. pallisteri'' Archer, 1953 — Peru * '' O. pullus'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Korea, Japan * '' O. tetrabunus'' (Archer, 1965) — Jamaica * '' O. yaginumai'' Brignoli, 1981 — Philippines

P

† ''Palaeoepeirotypus''

† '' Palaeoepeirotypus'' Wunderlich, 1988 * † ''P. iuvenis'' Wunderlich, 1988 * † ''P. iuvenoides'' Wunderlich, 1988

''Parogulnius''

'' Parogulnius'' Archer, 1953 * '' P. hypsigaster'' Archer, 1953 ( type) — USA

''Plato''

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'' Coddington, 1986 * '' P. bicolor'' (Keyserling, 1886) — Brazil * '' P. bruneti'' (Gertsch, 1960) — Trinidad * '' P. ferriferus'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil * '' P. guacharo'' (Brignoli, 1972) — Venezuela * '' P. juberthiei'' Lopez, 1996 — French Guiana * '' P. miranda'' (Brignoli, 1972) — Venezuela * '' P. novalima'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil * '' P. striatus'' Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018 — Brazil * '' P. troglodita'' Coddington, 1986 ( type) — Ecuador

S

''Sinoalaria''

'' Sinoalaria'' Zhao & Li, 2014 * '' S. bicornis'' (Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014) — Laos * '' S. cavernicola'' (Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014) — Laos * '' S. chengguanensis'' (Zhao & Li, 2012) ( type) — China * '' S. navicularis'' (Lin, Li & Jäger, 2014) — Laos

† ''Spinitheridiosoma''

† '' Spinitheridiosoma'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''S. balticum'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''S. bispinosum'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''S. rima'' Wunderlich, 2004

T

''Tagalogonia''

'' Tagalogonia'' Labarque & Griswold, 2014 * '' T. banahaw'' Labarque & Griswold, 2014 ( type) — Philippines * '' T. isarog'' Labarque & Griswold, 2014 — Philippines

''Theridiosoma''

Theridiosoma ''Theridiosoma'' is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879. They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey. Description Mature spiders in this genus have a body length of 0 ...

'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 * '' T. alboannulatum'' Suzuki, Serita & Hiramatsu, 2020 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' T. ankas'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' T. argenteolunulatum'' Simon, 1897 — Caribbean, Venezuela * '' T. blaisei'' Simon, 1903 — Gabon * '' T. caaguara'' Rodrigues & Ott, 2005 — Brazil * '' T. chiripa'' Rodrigues & Ott, 2005 — Brazil * '' T. circuloargenteum'' Wunderlich, 1976 — Australia (New South Wales) * '' T. concolor'' Keyserling, 1884 — Mexico, Brazil * '' T. davisi'' Archer, 1953 — Mexico * '' T. dissimulatum'' Suzuki, Serita & Hiramatsu, 2020 — Japan (Ryukyu Is.) * '' T. diwang'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China * '' T. epeiroides'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 — Russia (Far East), Korea, Japan * '' T. esmeraldas'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' T. fasciatum'' Workman, 1896 — Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra) * '' T. fulvum'' Suzuki, Serita & Hiramatsu, 2020 — Japan * '' T. gemmosum'' (L. Koch, 1877) ( type) — North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran, Japan * '' T. genevensium'' (Brignoli, 1972) — Sri Lanka * '' T. goodnightorum'' Archer, 1953 — Mexico to Costa Rica * '' T. kikuyu'' Brignoli, 1979 — Kenya * '' T. kullki'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' T. latebricola'' Locket, 1968 — Angola * '' T. lopdelli'' Marples, 1955 — Samoa * '' T. lucidum'' Simon, 1897 — Venezuela * '' T. nebulosum'' Simon, 1901 — Malaysia * '' T. nechodomae'' Petrunkevitch, 1930 — Jamaica, Puerto Rico * '' T. obscurum'' (Keyserling, 1886) — Brazil * '' T. paludicola'' Suzuki, Serita & Hiramatsu, 2020 — Japan * '' T. picteti'' Simon, 1893 — Indonesia (Sumatra) * '' T. plumarium'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' T. sacha'' Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 — Ecuador * '' T. sancristobalensis'' Baert, 2014 — Ecuador (Galapagos Is.) * '' T. savannum'' Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 — USA * '' T. shuangbi'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China * '' T. triumphale'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China (Hainan), Taiwan (Orchid Is./Lanyu) * '' T. vimineum'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' T. zygops'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) — Panama * † ''T. incompletum'' Wunderlich, 1988

U

† ''Umerosoma''

† '' Umerosoma'' Wunderlich, 2004 * † ''U. multispina'' Wunderlich, 2004

W

''Wendilgarda''

'' Wendilgarda'' Keyserling, 1886 * '' W. assamensis'' Fage, 1924 — India, China * '' W. atricolor'' (Simon, 1907) — São Tomé and Príncipe * '' W. clara'' Keyserling, 1886 — Caribbean, Guatemala to Brazil * '' W. galapagensis'' Archer, 1953 — Costa Rica (Cocos Is.) * '' W. liliwensis'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines * '' W. mexicana'' Keyserling, 1886 ( type) — Mexico, Central America, Cuba * '' W. muji'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China * '' W. mustelina'' Simon, 1898 — St. Vincent ** ''W. m. arnouxi'' Lopez & Emerit, 1986 — Guadeloupe * '' W. nigra'' Keyserling, 1886 — Brazil * '' W. nipponica'' Shinkai, 2009 — Japan * '' W. panjanensis'' Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 — China (Hainan) * '' W. ruficeps'' Suzuki, 2019 — Japan * '' W. sinensis'' Zhu & Wang, 1992 — China

Z

''Zoma''

'' Zoma'' Saaristo, 1996 * '' Z. dibaiyin'' Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 — China, Japan * '' Z. fascia'' Zhao & Li, 2012 — China * '' Z. taiwanica'' (Zhang, Zhu & Tso, 2006) — Taiwan * '' Z. zoma'' Saaristo, 1996 ( type) — Seychelles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Theridiosomatidae

Theridiosomatidae The ray spiders (Theridiosomatidae) are a family of spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1881. They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. The family contains several genera which actively hunt for prey by using ...