World Spider Catalog

Genus: Theridion Walckenaer, 1805 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Theridion himalayanum Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066984

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Described:

Distribution: India (Himalaya)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Berhampur, Odisha, India f (EBRC Ar-18540) - (Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026)
Allotype: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Berhampur, Odisha, India m - (Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026)
Paratype: Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Berhampur, Odisha, India 2f (EBRC Ar-18541) - (Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026)

Taxonomic References

Theridion himalayana Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026: 67, f. 3A-B, 4A-C, 5A-G, 6A-E, 7A-F, 8A-F, 9A-E, 10A-B, 11, 13A-C, 15 (Dmf; specific epithet is used as adjective and thus corrected) Original description

References

Tripathy, A. & Priyadarshini, D. (2026). On the discovery of a new polymorphic Happy-Face Spider (Araneae, Theridiidae) from the Western Himalayas, India, with notes on its natural history. Evolutionary Systematics 10(1): 63-84. doi: 10.3897/evolsyst.10.174338 [[Zoobank: BF9B268B-2629-4228-91D6-6B9FE9464030]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2026-04-28	Species updated	Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026	Old value
2026-04-28	New taxonomic reference entry	Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026
2026-04-28	New species inserted	Tripathy & Priyadarshini, 2026

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