World Spider Catalog

Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881: 190 (sub Hadrotarsoidae, removed from the synonymy of Oonopidae by Roewer, 1963a: 122, rejecting Roewer, 1942a: 287) by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 111 (per Wunderlich, 1978a: 25 and Wunderlich, 1986: 95, rejecting Baert, 1984a: 615 and Davies, 1985: 67), who recognized an expanded Hadrotarsinae as well as a separate subfamily Spintharinae Simon, 1894a: 512 (sub Spinthareae); the subfamily Theonoeinae Simon, 1894a: 586 (sub Theonoeae) (synonym Pholcommatinae Simon, 1894a: 589, sub Pholcommateae), which include Theonoe Simon, 1881, Carniella Thaler & Steinberger, 1988, Robertus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 and Pholcomma Thorell, 1869, is circumscribed by Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 51; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 also mention the subfamilies Argyrodinae Simon, 1881a: 14 (sub Argyrodini) and Latrodectinae Petrunkevitch, 1928: 117 (junior synyonym of Dipoeninae Simon, 1894a: 561, sub Dipoeneae).

In synonymy:

Allodipoena Bryant, 1947 = Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Wunderlich, 1995n: 611)

Chindellum Archer, 1950 = Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Wunderlich, 1995n: 611)

Gen. Wamba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00731

type Wamba congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Crustulina Menge, 1868 (contra Simon, 1903a: 990, but Wamba was regarded as valid by Petrunkevitch, 1911: 214, Petrunkevitch, 1928: 117, Banks, 1929: 86 and Bonnet, 1959: 4815) and placed as a junior synonym of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805 by Levi, 1959b: 112; removed from Theridion and considered a senior synonym of Allodipoena Bryant, 1947b: 184 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05526] (type A. dianae Bryant, 1947 = Wamba atropunctata (Petrunkevitch, 1930)) and Chindellum Archer, 1950: 12 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05527] (type Theridion intervallatum Emerton, 1915) by Wunderlich, 1995n: 611.

In synonymy:

Wamba atropunctatus (Petrunkevitch, 1930) = Wamba congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Levi, 1959b: 112, sub Theridion, where the younger name was used because congener is preoccupied in Theridion)

Wamba brevipalpus (Bryant, 1942, T from Theridion) = Wamba congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Levi, 1957a: 67, sub Theridion atropunctatum)

Wamba chindus (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944, T from Theridion) = Wamba crispulus (Simon, 1895) (Levi, 1957a: 64, sub Theridion intervallatum)

Wamba dianae (Bryant, 1947, T from Theridion) = Wamba congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 (Levi, 1957a: 67, sub Theridion atropunctatum)

Wamba intervallatus (Emerton, 1915, T from Theridion) = Wamba crispulus (Simon, 1895) (Levi, 1959b: 113, sub Theridion)

Wamba realisticus (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936, T from Theridion) = Wamba crispulus (Simon, 1895) (Levi, 1957a: 64, sub Theridion intervallatum)

Wamba congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 | | USA, Caribbean to Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008932 TYPE SPECIES

Wamba congener O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 191, pl. 24, f. 1 (Dm; N.B.: preoccupied in Theridion, but not here) Original description

Wamba congener F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 375, pl. 35, f. 11 (m)

Theridion atropunctatum Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 210, f. 59-60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054655]

Theridion brevipalpus Bryant, 1942a: 341, f. 28, 31-32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054656]

Allodipoena dianae Bryant, 1947c: 184, f. 1-2 (Df, not m, f. 3-4) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054658]

Theridion atropunctatum Levi, 1957a: 66, f. 225-228, 232-234 (mf, S of Theridion brevipalpus and T. dianae)

Theridion atropunctatum Levi, 1959b: 112 (junior S of Wamba congener, preoccupied in Theridion)

Theridion atropunctatum Levi, 1963c: 563, f. 161-165 (mf)

Wamba atropunctata Wunderlich, 1995n: 612 (T from Theridion)

Wamba congener Ibarra-Núñez, Maya-Morales & Chamé-Vázquez, 2011: 1186, f. 5h (m)

Wamba congener Vanuytven, 2021: 24, 294, f. A.10f, B.329a-c, B.330 (m)

Wamba crispulus (Simon, 1895) | | Canada to Brazil, Caribbean urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008933

Theridion crispulum Simon, 1895g: 142 (Dmf) Original description

Theridion intervallatum Emerton, 1915a: 136, pl. 1, f. 1 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054659]

Theridion realisticum Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936b: 11, f. 23-24 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054660]

Theridion chinda Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 49, f. 82-84 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054657]

Theridion blandum Kaston, 1945b: 5, f. 11-12 (mf, S, rejected)

Theridion blandum Kaston, 1948: 110, f. 176-177 (mf)

Chindellum intervallatum Archer, 1950: 12, pl. I, f. 1 (Tm from Theridion)

Theridion intervallatum Levi, 1957a: 64, f. 222-224, 229-231 (mf, S of Theridion chindum and T. intervellatum)

Theridion crispulum Levi, 1959b: 113 (S of Theridion intervallatum)

Theridion crispulum Levi, 1963c: 564, f. 166-172 (mf)

Theridion crispulum Breene et al., 1993: 61, f. 33A-C (mf)

Wamba crispula Wunderlich, 1995n: 612 (T from Theridion)

Wamba crispulus Vanuytven, 2021: 294, f. B.329d (m)

Wamba panamensis (Levi, 1959) | | Panama, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008934

Theridion panamense Levi, 1959b: 123, f. 263-267 (Dmf) Original description

Wamba panamense Wunderlich, 1995n: 612 (Tmf from Theridion)