World Spider Catalog

Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Hadrotarsidae Thorell, 1881: 190 (sub Hardotarsoidae, removed from the synonymy of Oonopidae by Roewer, 1963a: 122, contra Roewer, 1942a: 287) by Forster, Platnick & Coddington, 1990: 111 (after Wunderlich, 1978a: 25 and Wunderlich, 1986: 95, contra 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).

Gen. Yunohamella Yoshida, 2007 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03803

type Theridion yunohamense Bösenberg & Strand, 1906; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Yunohamella kentuckyensis (Keyserling, 1884) = Yunohamella lyrica (Walckenaer, 1841) (Archer, 1946: 43, sub Theridion)

Yunohamella lyra (Hentz, 1850) = Yunohamella lyrica (Walckenaer, 1841) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 199, sub Theridion)

Yunohamella tigrae (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996, T from Theridion) = Yunohamella serpatusa (Guan & Zhu, 1993) (Marusik & Logunov, 2017: 92)

Yunohamella varietas Lee & Kim, 2021 = Yunohamella mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Suzuki, Lee & Kumada, 2025: 362)

Yunohamella gibbosa Gao & Li, 2014 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046708

Yunohamella gibbosa Gao & Li, 2014: 130, f. 107A-B, 108A-B, 109A-D (Dm) Original description

Yunohamella gutenbergi R. Zhong, J. Liu & Hu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063629

Yunohamella gutenbergi R. Zhong, J. Liu & Hu in Zhong et al., 2025: 71, f. 1A-C, 2A-D (Dm) Original description

Yunohamella jiugongensis (Liu & Zhong, 2023) | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059466

Cryptachaea jiugongensis Liu & Zhong in Liu et al., 2023c: 98, f. 1A-F, 2A-E (Dmf) Original description

Yunohamella jiugongensis Zhong et al., 2025: 75, f. 5A-E, 6A-D (mf, T from Cryptachaea)

Yunohamella lyrica (Walckenaer, 1841) | | China, Korea, Japan, North America urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008497

Theridion lyricum Walckenaer, 1841: 288 (D) Original description

Theridion lyra Hentz, 1850: 279, pl. 9, f. 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063624]

Theridion kentuckyense Keyserling, 1884a: 78, pl. 4, f. 47 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063623]

Theridion kentuckyense Banks, 1892a: 30, pl. 5, f. 43 (Df)

Theridion kentuckyense Emerton, 1909: 180, pl. 1, f. 6 (mf)

Theridion lyricum Petrunkevitch, 1911: 199 (S of Theridion lyra and T. floridense [rejected by Bryant, 1940: 319, see Theridion flavonotatum])

Theridion lyricum Archer, 1946: 43 (S of Theridion kentuckyense)

Theridion lyra Kaston, 1948: 106, f. 132, 153-154 (mf)

Allotheridion lyricum Archer, 1950: 20 (T from Theridion)

Theridion lyricum Levi, 1957a: 89, f. 322-323, 329-331 (mf)

Theridion lyricum Yoshida, 1987a: 13, f. 1-2 (mf)

Theridion lyricum Yoshida, 1989b: 318, f. 4P-R (mf)

Theridion lyricum Chikuni, 1989b: 44, f. 64 (mf)

Theridion lyricum Kim & Kim, 2001: 155, f. 2A-I (mf)

Takayus lyricus Yoshida, 2001c: 167 (T from Theridion)

Theridion lyricum Namkung, 2002: 96, f. 13.14a-b (mf)

Theridion lyricum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 223, f. 2494-2496 (mf)

Takayus lyricus Namkung, 2003: 98, f. 13.14a-b (mf)

Takayus lyricus Yoshida, 2003a: 97, f. 239-242, 530 (mf)

Yunohamella lyrica Yoshida, 2007: 69 (T from Takayus)

Yunohamella lyrica Yoshida, 2009b: 372, f. 149-150 (mf)

Yunohamella lyrica Lee & Kim, 2021: 166, f. 4A (m)

Yunohamella lyrica Kim, 2021: 172, f. 75A-D (f)

Yunohamella lyrica Zhong et al., 2025: 79, f. 7A-F, 8A-B, 9A-F (mf, S of Platnickina mneon, revalidated by Suzuki, Lee & Kumada, 2025: 362)

Yunohamella lyrica Iwanaga & Kawai, 2025: 57, f. 1-3 (m)

Yunohamella lyrica Suzuki, Lee & Kumada, 2025: 367, f. 1D-E, 2D-F, 3D-F, 4D-F, I-J (mf)

Yunohamella mneon (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008529

Theridion mneon Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 142, pl. 12, f. 286 (Df) Original description

Keijia mneon Yoshida, 2001c: 172 (T from Theridion, S of Coleosoma adamsoni [revalidated by Ono, 2011b: 452]; mf f. 8, 53-55 see Platnickina adamsoni)

Platnickina mneon Koçak & Kemal, 2008a: 3 (T from Keijia)

Platnickina mneon Ono, 2011b: 452 (revalidation of Platnickina adamsoni)

Yunohamella varietas Lee & Kim, 2021: 165, f. 3A-H (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053260]

Platnickina mneon Dupérré, 2023a: 231, 73A-C (f, revalidation of Platnickina adamsoni confirmed)

Yunohamella mneon Suzuki, Lee & Kumada, 2025: 362, f. 1A-C, F-H, 2A-C, 3A-C, 4A-C, G-H, 5A-C (mf, removed from S of Yunohamella lyrica [rejecting Zhong et al., 2025], S of Y. varietas)

Yunohamella mohorovicici R. Zhong, J. Liu & Hu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063630

Yunohamella mohorovicici R. Zhong, J. Liu & Hu in Zhong et al., 2025: 72, f. 3A-C, 4A-D (Dm) Original description

Yunohamella palmgreni (Marusik & Tsellarius, 1986) | | Finland, Poland, Estonia, Russia (Europe to W-Siberia) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008589

Theridion sp. ign. Palmgren, 1974b: 28, f. 7.4-8 (m; here per Marusik & Tsellarius, 1986: 1736)

Theridion palmgreni Marusik & Tsellarius, 1986: 1736, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Theridion palmgreni Blick et al., 2006: 116, f. 1-9 (f)

Theridion palmgreni Wunderlich, 2008b: 396, f. 589-593 (mf, may belong to Takayus)

Theridion palmgreni Le Peru, 2011: 482, f. 840 (mf)

Theridion palmgreni Marusik & Kovblyuk, 2011: 241, f. 23 (m)

Yunohamella palmgreni Marusik & Logunov, 2017: 94 (T from Theridion)

Yunohamella serpatusa (Guan & Zhu, 1993) | | Russia (Urals to Far East), China, Korea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008681

Theridion serpatusum Guan & Zhu in Zhu, Gao & Guan, 1993: 92, f. 14-17 (Dm) Original description

Theridion tigrae Esyunin & Efimik, 1996b: 1275, f. 1-5 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008733]

Theridion serpatusum Zhu, 1998: 194, f. 127A-D (m)

Theridion serpatusum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 142, f. 79M-N (m)

Theridion serpatusum Seo, 2015a: 109, f. 3A-G (m)

Yunohamella serpatusa Marusik & Logunov, 2017: 92, f. 35-39 (m, T from Theridion, S of Theridion tigrae)

Yunohamella serpatusa Vanuytven, 2021: 44, 301, f. A.33b, B.336c (m)

Yunohamella serpatusa Lee & Kim, 2021: 166, f. 4B (m)

Yunohamella serpatusa Kim, 2021: 173, f. 76A-F (m)

Yunohamella subadulta (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008706

Theridion subadultum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 147, pl. 5, f. 42, pl. 10, f. 191 (Df) Original description

Theridion subadultum Yaginuma, 1986a: 35, f. 19.12 (mf)

Theridion subadultum Chikuni, 1989b: 44, f. 63 (mf)

Takayus subadultus Yoshida, 2001c: 167, f. 6 (T from Theridion)

Theridion subadultum Namkung, 2002: 100, f. 13.18a-b (mf)

Theridion subadultum Kim & Cho, 2002: 313, f. 829-834 (mf)

Theridion yunohamense Namkung, 2002: 95, f. 13.13a-b (mf; misidentified per Kim, 2021: 175)

Theridion subadultum Guan, 2002: 5, f. 2.1-5 (mf)

Theridion subadultum Namkung, 2003: 96, f. 13.12a-b (mf)

Takayus yunohamensis Namkung, 2003: 97, f. 13.13a-b (mf; misidentified per Kim, 2021: 175)

Takayus subadultus Yoshida, 2003a: 97, f. 236-238 (mf)

Yunohamella subadulta Yoshida, 2007: 69 (T from Takayus)

Yunohamella subadulta Yoshida, 2009b: 372, f. 147-148 (mf)

Yunohamella subadulta Kim, 2021: 175, f. 77A-G, pl. 33 (mf)

Yunohamella takasukai Yoshida, 2012 | | Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:045614

Yunohamella takasukai Yoshida, 2012b: 19, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Yunohamella tanzhengi Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066516

Yunohamella tanzhengi Liu in Shi et al., 2025b: 79, f. 11A-F, 13F-H (Dm) Original description

Yunohamella yinningwani Liu, 2025 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066517

Yunohamella yinningwani Liu in Shi et al., 2025b: 81, f. 12A-F, 13I-J (Dm) Original description

Yunohamella yunohamensis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Russia (Sakhalin, Kurile Is.), Korea, Japan urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008795 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion yunohamense Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 145, pl. 10, f. 185 (Df) Original description

Theridion yunohamense Yaginuma, 1957a: 53, f. 10a-b (mf)

Theridion yunohamense Yaginuma, 1960: 37, f. 35 (f)

Theridion yunohamense Yaginuma, 1971: 37, f. 35 (f)

Theridion yunohamense Yaginuma, 1986a: 35, f. 20.4 (mf)

Theridion yunohamense Chikuni, 1989b: 42, f. 57 (mf)

Takayus yunohamensis Yoshida, 2001c: 167, f. 5 (T from Theridion)

Takayus yunohamensis Yoshida, 2003a: 95, f. 233-235, 572 (mf)

Yunohamella yunohamensis Yoshida, 2007: 69, f. 1-10 (mf, T from Takayus)

Yunohamella yunohamensis Yoshida, 2009b: 370, f. 144-146 (mf)