''Neottiura'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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in 1868.

Species

it contains six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and

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Neottiura bimaculata ''Neottiura bimaculata'' is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Sibiria), Central Asia, China, and Japan. Subspecies These two subspecies belong to the species ' ...

'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ( type) –

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**'' Neottiura b. pellucida'' (

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, 1873) –

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Neottiura curvimana ''Neottiura'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Algeria: *'' Neottiura bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ...

'' (Simon, 1914) –

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Neottiura herbigrada ''Neottiura'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Algeria: *'' Neottiura bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ...

'' (Simon, 1873) – Madeira, Mediterranean,

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Neottiura margarita ''Neottiura'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Algeria: *'' Neottiura bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ...

'' (Yoshida, 1985) – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan *''

Neottiura suaveolens ''Neottiura'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Algeria: *'' Neottiura bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ...

'' (Simon, 1880) – Europe *''

Neottiura uncinata ''Neottiura'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868. Species it contains six species and one subspecies, found in Asia, Europe, North America, and Algeria: *'' Neottiura bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) ...

'' (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean In

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: *''N. apicata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 = ''Neottiura uncinata'' (Lucas, 1846) *''N. nivalia'' (Saito, 1934) = ''Neottiura bimaculata'' (Linnaeus, 1767) *''N. pusillata'' (Roewer, 1942) = ''Neottiura herbigrada'' (Simon, 1873) *''N. pustulifera'' (Levy & Amitai, 1982) = ''Neottiura herbigrada'' (Simon, 1873) *''N. regia'' (Drensky, 1929) = ''Neottiura suaveolens'' (Simon, 1880)

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Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

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