Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0093] Detail
In synonymy:
Tecmessa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 = Chthonos Coddington, 1986 (Coddington, 1986: 33, replacement name, preoccupied)
Gen. Chthonos Coddington, 1986 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00737] Detail
type Tecmessa pectorosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882; gender feminine
N.B.: replacement name for Tecmessa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 433 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05016], preoccupied in Lepidoptera by Burmeister, 1878; transferred from the Araneidae to the Theridiosomatidae by Coddington, 1986: 33.
Transferred to other genera:
Chthonos tetrabuna (Archer, 1965) -- see Ogulnius
Chthonos kuyllur Dupérré & Tapia, 2017 | m | Ecuador     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:049693]
Chthonos kuyllur Dupérré & Tapia, 2017a: 378, f. 1-5, 39 (Dm).
Chthonos pectorosa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882) * | f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008948]
Tecmessa pectorosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882c: 434, pl. 31, f. 10 (Df).
Chthonos pectorosa Coddington, 1986: 35, f. 33-38 (f).
Chthonos peruana (Keyserling, 1886) | f | Peru     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008949]
Tecmessa peruana Keyserling, 1886b: 20, pl. 11, f. 144 (Df).
Chthonos quinquemucronata (Simon, 1893) | m f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008950]
Tecmessa quinquemucronata Simon, 1893e: 324 (Dmf).
Tecmessa quinquemucronata Simon, 1895a: 923, f. 995, 1001-1003.
Chthonos tuberosa (Keyserling, 1886) | f | Brazil     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008951]
Tecmessa tuberosa Keyserling, 1886b: 252, pl. 20, f. 303 (Df).
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