''Rugathodes'' is a
genus
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of
comb-footed spiders that was first described by
Allan Frost Archer in 1950.
It is closely related to members of ''
Theridion'' and ''
Wamba''.
Species
it contains eight species with a mostly
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distribution:
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Rugathodes acoreensis''
Wunderlich, 1992 –
Azores
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Rugathodes aurantius''
(Emerton, 1915) –
North America
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,
Russia
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(Europe to Far East),
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Rugathodes bellicosus''
( Simon, 1873) –
Europe
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, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
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Rugathodes instabilis
''Rugathodes'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950. It is closely related to members of '' Theridion'' and '' Wamba''.
Species
it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribut ...
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, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
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Rugathodes madeirensis
''Rugathodes'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950. It is closely related to members of '' Theridion'' and '' Wamba''.
Species
it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribut ...
''
Wunderlich, 1987 – Madeira
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Rugathodes nigrolimbatus
''Rugathodes'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950. It is closely related to members of '' Theridion'' and '' Wamba''.
Species
it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribut ...
''
(Yaginuma, 1972) –
Japan
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Rugathodes pico''
(Merrett & Ashmole, 1989) – Azores
*''
Rugathodes sexpunctatus''
(Emerton, 1882) (
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) – USA,
Canada
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, Russia (Commander Is.). Introduced to Britain
In
synonymy:
*''R. lowriei''
(Barrows, 1945) = ''Rugathodes aurantius''
(Emerton, 1915)
See also
*
List of Theridiidae species
References
External links
*
Rugathodes' at
BugGuide
Further reading
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Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
Theridiidae
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