Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0099] Detail
In synonymy:
Topo Exline, 1950 = Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 (Levi & Levi, 1962: 31)
Gen. Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00727] Detail
type Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881; gender feminine
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Topo Exline, 1950a: 113 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05540] (type T. bracteatus Exline, 1950) by Levi & Levi, 1962: 31.
Transferred to other genera:
Thwaitesia argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) -- see Chrysso
Thwaitesia aureosignata (Lenz, 1891) -- see Leucauge
In synonymy:
Thwaitesia adamantifera Keyserling, 1884 = Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 (Levi, 1963e: 231).
Thwaitesia shimenensis (Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003, T from Chrysso = Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 (Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 112).
Nomen dubium:
Thwaitesia conifera (Blackwall, 1862b: 429, f, Brazil, originally in Theridion) -- Levi, 1963c: 493.
Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 | m f | Panama to Paraguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008821]
Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 431, pl. 31, f. 8a (Df).
Twaitesia adamantifera Keyserling, 1884a: 164, pl. 7, f. 101 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054682].
Thwaitesia affinis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896a: 196, pl. 25, f. 2-3 (Dm).
Thwaitesia affinis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 396, pl. 37, f. 18-19 (mf).
Thwaitesia affinis Levi & Levi, 1962: 54, f. 211-217 (mf).
Thwaitesia affinis Levi, 1963e: 231, f. 14-19 (mf, S of Twaitesia adamantifera).
Thwaitesia affinis Durán-Barrón, Rosas & Contreras-Ramos, 2013: 184, f. 7D (m).
Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895 | f | Algeria     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008822]
Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895g: 134 (Df).
Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890 | f | Indonesia (Sumatra)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008823]
Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890a: 256 (Df).
Thwaitesia argenteoguttata (Tullgren, 1910) | m f | Kenya, Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008824]
Theridion argento-guttatum Tullgren, 1910: 134, pl. 2, f. 51 (Dmf).
Thwaitesia argenteo-guttata Berland, 1920c: 149.
Thwaitesia argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891) | f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008825]
Theridium argentosquamatum Lenz, 1891: 174, pl. 2, f. 12 (Df).
Thwaitesia argenteosquamata Simon, 1894a: 517.
Thwaitesia argenteosquamata Dupérré, 2023a: 246, f. 81A-D (f).
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) | f | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008826]
Argyrodes argentiopunctata Rainbow, 1916a: 51, pl. 15, f. 25-27 (Df).
Thwaitesia argentiopunctata Davies & Gallon, 1986: 236 (Tf from Argyrodes).
Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline, 1950) | m f | Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008828]
Topo bracteatus Exline, 1950a: 115, f. 1, 6, 15 (Df).
Thwaitesia bracteata Levi, 1963e: 233, f. 22-24 (f, Dm).
Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972 | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008829]
Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972: 295, f. 2a-e (Df).
Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008830]
Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998: 284, f. 192A-E (Df).
Thwaitesia glabicauda Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 148, f. 83K-L (f).
Chrysso shimenensis Tang, Yin & Peng, 2003: 53, f. 1-6 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039275].
Thwaitesia glabicauda Liu & Zhu, 2008: 81, f. 1A-G (f, Dm).
Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 112, f. 68A-G (mf, S of Chrysso shimenensis).
Chrysso shimenensis Yin et al., 2012: 301, f. 112a-f (mf).
Thwaitesia glabicauda Jin, 2018: 33, f. 4-22.A-G, pl. 7 (mf).
Thwaitesia inaurata (Vinson, 1863) | f | Réunion     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008831]
Linyphia inaurata Vinson, 1863: 278 (Df; N.B.: spelled on p. 318).
Thwaitesia inaurata Simon, 1894a: 517.
Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 * | m f | India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008832]
Thwaitesia margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881d: 766, pl. 66, f. 1 (Dmf).
Thwaitesia margaritifera Simon, 1894a: 514, f. 526.
Thwaitesia margaritifera Levi & Levi, 1962: 54, f. 207-210 (mf).
Thwaitesia margaritifera Zhu, 1998: 286, f. 193A-D (m).
Thwaitesia margaritifera Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 149, f. 83O-P (m).
Thwaitesia margaritifera Gupta & Siliwal, 2012: 77, f. 3A-G (mf).
Thwaitesia meruensis (Tullgren, 1910) | m f | Tanzania     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008833]
Theridium meruense Tullgren, 1910: 135, pl. 2, f. 52 (Dmf).
Thwaitesia meruensis Berland, 1920c: 149.
Thwaitesia meruensis Vanuytven, 2021: 40, 287, f. A.27e, B.318 (m).
Thwaitesia nigrimaculata Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006 | m f | China     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042157]
Thwaitesia nigrimaculata Song, Zhang & Zhu, 2006: 662, f. 112.1-6 (Dmf).
Thwaitesia nigronodosa (Rainbow, 1912) | j | Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008834]
Argyrodes nigronodosa Rainbow, 1912a: 193, f. 3-4 (Djm).
Thwaitesia nigronodosa Davies & Gallon, 1986: 236 (T from Argyrodes).
Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895 | f | Myanmar, Vietnam     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008835]
Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895b: 78 (Df).
Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1883 | f | Madagascar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008836]
Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1883: 764, pl. 57, f. 7 (Df).
Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903 | f | Equatorial Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008837]
Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903e: 72 (Df).
Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyński, 1911 | f | New Guinea     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008838]
Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyński, 1911c: 440, pl. 19, f. 15 (Df).
Thwaitesia simoni (Keyserling, 1884) | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008839]
Hildbolda simoni Keyserling, 1884a: 157, pl. 7, f. 97 (Df).
Thwaitesia simoni Petrunkevitch, 1911: 212.
Hildbolda simoni Levi & Levi, 1962: 54, f. 218-219 (f).
Thwaitesia simoni Levi, 1963e: 234, f. 20-21 (f).
Thwaitesia simoni Buckup & Marques, 1996: 60, f. 24-25 (Dm).
Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895 | m f | Myanmar     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008840]
Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895b: 80 (Dmf).
Thwaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884 | f | Panama to Venezuela     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008841]
Twaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884a: 166, pl. 8, f. 102 (Df).
Thwaitesia splendida Levi, 1963e: 234, f. 25-26 (f).
Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903 | f | Sierra Leone     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008842]
Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903e: 73 (Df).
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