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).

Gen. Nihonhimea Yoshida, 2016 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04327

type Theridion japonicum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906; gender feminine

In synonymy:

Nihonhimea amoena (Thorell, 1877) = Nihonhimea mundula (L. Koch, 1872) (Thorell, 1895b: 99, sub Theridion)

Nihonhimea mundula papuana (Chrysanthus, 1963) = Nihonhimea mundula (L. Koch, 1872) (Saaristo, 2006: 70, sub Parasteatoda amoena)

Nihonhimea picadoi (Banks, 1909) = Nihonhimea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) (Levi, 1963b: 232, sub Achaearanea)

Nihonhimea terex (Levi, 1959) = Nihonhimea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) (Levi, 1963b: 232, sub Achaearanea)

Nihonhimea ungilensis (Kim & Kim, 1996, T from Achaearanea) = Nihonhimea japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Yoshida, 2000b: 142)

Nihonhimea brookesiana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | | India, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006757

Achaearanea brookesiana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 436, f. 261a-g (Df) Original description

Achaearanea brookesiana Ganeshkumar & Siliwal, 2007: 2926, f. 1-6 (f)

Parasteatoda brookesiana Yoshida, 2008: 39 (Tf from Achaearanea)

Nihonhimea brookesiana Prasad et al., 2019: 116 (T from Parasteatoda, may be S of Nihonhimea indica [S stated in the abstract, but not in the text] or N. mundula)

Nihonhimea indica (Tikader, 1977) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008439

Theridion indica Tikader, 1977a: 168, f. 5A-C (Df) Original description

Theridion indicum Brignoli, 1983c: 416

Theridion indicum Sen et al., 2015: 85, f. 499-503, pl. 19 (f)

Nihonhimea indicum Prasad et al., 2019: 115, f. 7-13 (f, T from Theridion, may be S of Nihonhimea mundula)

Nihonhimea japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) | | Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Laos urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006803 TYPE SPECIES

Theridion japonicum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 140, pl. 12, f. 283 (Dmf) Original description

Theridion japonicum Nakatsudi, 1942a: 301, f. 29 (f)

Theridion japonicum Lee, 1966: 28, f. 6i-k (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Yoshida, 1983b: 41 (T from Theridion)

Theridion japonicum Hu, 1984: 168, f. 175.1-3 (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Yaginuma, 1986a: 33, f. 19.5 (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Chikuni, 1989b: 31, f. 6 (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Chen & Gao, 1990: 89, f. 111a-b (mf)

Achaearanea japonicum Chen & Zhang, 1991: 140, f. 132.1-2 (mf)

Parasteatoda ungilensis Kim & Kim, 1996b: 28, f. 1-6 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006881]

Achaearanea japonica Zhu, 1998: 89, f. 51A-E (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 91, f. 40A-B, M-N (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Yoshida, 2000b: 142, f. 11-13 (mf, S of Achaearanea ungilensis, removed from S of A. kompirensis, rejecting Namkung, Kim & Lee, 2000: 304, 338)

Achaearanea japonica Namkung, 2002: 88, f. 13.6a-b (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Kim & Cho, 2002: 298, f. 757-762 (f)

Achaearanea japonica Namkung, 2003: 90, f. 13.6a-b (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Yoshida, 2003a: 104, f. 257-259, 539, 575 (mf)

Parasteatoda japonica Yoshida, 2008: 39 (T from Achaearanea)

Parasteatoda japonica Yoshida, 2009b: 382, f. 254-255 (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 72, f. 37A-E (mf)

Achaearanea japonica Yin et al., 2012: 260, f. 87a-e (mf)

Parasteatoda japonica Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 23, 4 f. (mf)

Nihonhimea japonica Yoshida, 2016: 22, f. 16-23 (mf, T from Parasteatoda)

Parasteatoda japonica Jin, 2018: 25, f. 4-14.A-G, pl. 5 (mf)

Nihonhimea japonica Vanuytven, 2021: 45, 206, f. A.34d-e, B.205a-b (m)

Nihonhimea japonica Kim, 2021: 91, f. 38A-G, pl. 17 (mf)

Nihonhimea mundula (L. Koch, 1872) | | Seychelles, India to New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006825

Theridium mundulum L. Koch, 1872a: 263, pl. 22, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Theridion amoenum Thorell, 1877b: 463 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064872]

Nihonhimea mundula Thorell, 1895b: 99 (S of Theridion amoenum)

Theridium mundulum Workman, 1896: 68, pl. 68 (f)

Theridion amoenum Hogg, 1919: 83 (Dm)

Achaearanea mundula Chrysanthus, 1963: 741, f. 76-77, 83 (mf, T from Theridion, S of Achaearanea tesselata [regarded as valid by Levi, 1963b: 232, confirmed by Levi, 1967c: 179])

Achaearanea mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963: 741, f. 78-82 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006826]

Achaearanea mundula Zhu, 1998: 100, f. 59A-C (f)

Achaearanea mundula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 91, f. 40I-J (f)

Parasteatoda mundula Saaristo, 2006: 69, f. 55-59 (mf, T from Achaearanea)

Parasteatoda amoena Saaristo, 2006: 70 (possibly valid, S of Achaearanea mundula papuana)

Parasteatoda mundula Saaristo, 2010: 261, f. 37.95-101 (mf)

Nihonhimea mundula Yoshida, 2016: 22 (T from Parasteatoda)

Nihonhimea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) | | Mexico to Paraguay. Introduced to Pakistan, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006872

Theridion tesselatum Keyserling, 1884a: 48, pl. 2, f. 27 (Df) Original description

Theridion picadoi Banks, 1909a: 204 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064870]

Theridion tesselatum Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 195, f. 40-41 (f)

Theridion tesselatum Kraus, 1955b: 16, f. 30 (f)

Achaearanea terex Levi, 1959b: 74, f. 52 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064871]

Achaearanea tesselata Levi, 1959b: 76, f. 70-71 (f, T from Theridion)

Achaearanea picadoi Levi, 1959b: 76, f. 57-60 (f, T from Theridion)

Achaearanea tesselata Levi, 1963b: 232 (S of Achaearanea picadoi and A. terex)

Achaearanea tesselata Levi, 1967c: 179, f. 15-19 (mf, removed from S of Achaearanea mundula, rejecting Chrysanthus, 1963: 741)

Achaearanea tesselata Darchen & Ledoux, 1978: 126, f. 4d-e (mf, may be senior S of Achaearanea disparata)

Parasteatoda tesselata Yoshida, 2008: 39 (T from Achaearanea)

Nihonhimea tesselata Yoshida, 2016: 22 (T from Parasteatoda)

Nihonhimea tikaderi (Patel, 1973) | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008734

Theridion tikaderi Patel, 1973: 149, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description

Nihonhimea tikaderi Prasad et al., 2019: 116 (T from Theridion)