''Theridula'' is a genus of

cobweb A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word '' coppe'', meaning "spider") is a structure created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey. Spi ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. Theridula angula at Kadavoor

In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a posterior median horn. The

pedipalp Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi) are the second pair of appendages of chelicerates – a group of arthropods including spiders, scorpions, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. The pedipalps are lateral to the chelicerae ("jaws") and ...

in males is simple, lacking a conductor or theridioid tegular apophysis. Theridula spiders are frequently found on bushes or tall grass where they rest on the undersides of leaves near their webs.

Species

* '' Theridula albonigra'' Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya) ** ''Theridula albonigra vittata'' Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya) * '' Theridula angula'' Tikader, 1970 (India) * '' Theridula casas'' Levi, 1954 (Mexico) * ''

Theridula emertoni ''Theridula emertoni'' is a species of tangle web spider commonly found in the United States and Canada. Prior to its formal description in 1954, specimens of ''T. emertoni'' were often classified as '' T. opulenta'', a species with whom its rang ...

'' Levi, 1954 (USA, Canada) * '' Theridula faceta'' (O. P.-Cambridge, 1894) (Mexico, Guatemala) * '' Theridula gonygaster'' (Simon, 1873) (Cosmopolitan) * '' Theridula huberti'' Benoit, 1977 (St. Helena) * ''

Theridula iriomotensis ''Theridula'' is a genus of Tangle web spider, cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side ...

'' Yoshida, 2001 (Japan) * '' Theridula multiguttata'' Keyserling, 1896 (Brazil) * ''

Theridula nigerrima ''Theridula'' is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a p ...

'' (Petrunkevitch, 1911) (Ecuador, Peru) * ''

Theridula opulenta ''Theridula opulenta'' is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by ...

'' (Walckenaer, 1842) (Cosmopolitan) * ''

Theridula perlata ''Theridula'' is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a p ...

'' Simon, 1889 (Madagascar) * ''

Theridula puebla ''Theridula'' is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a p ...

'' Levi, 1954 (Mexico, Panama) * ''

Theridula pulchra ''Theridula'' is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a p ...

'' Berland, 1920 (East Africa) * '' Theridula sexpupillata'' Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Brazil) * ''

Theridula swatiae ''Theridula'' is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a p ...

'' Biswas, Saha & Raychaydhuri, 1997 (India) * '' Theridula theriella'' Strand, 1907 (Madagascar) * '' Theridula zhangmuensis'' Hu, 2001 (China)

References

Araneomorphae genera Cosmopolitan spiders {{Theridiidae-stub