Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0099] Back
Gen.
Parasteatoda Archer, 1946 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03640 ]
N.B.: described as a subgenus of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805, elevated to genus by Archer, 1950: 13; removed from the synonymy of Achaearanea Strand, 1929 by Saaristo, 2006: 69, contra Levi, 1955a: 6; Pronopius Menge, 1869 is a probable senior synonym of this genus (Prószyński & Starega, 1971: 83, sub Achaearanea).
Status:
accepted
Last updated
2024-12-21
2024-12-21
Described in
Archer, 1946: 38 (type Theridion tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841; gender feminine)
Archer, 1946: 38 (type Theridion tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841; gender feminine)
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Species counts
| Counts | Status |
| 43 | accepted |
| 13 | synonym |
| 1 | nomen dubium |
Reference
Edit history
Archer, A. F. (1946). The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1-67. 
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