Taxon details


Paratheridula perniciosa (Keyserling, 1886)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2021-02-15
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007864]
  • Distribution: USA to Chile
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  • Paratype: Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity, Columbus, OH, USA; 1f of Theridion arcadicum (Bradley, 2002)
Taxonomic references
Theridion perniciosum Keyserling, 1886b: 233, pl. 20, f. 288 (Dmf).
Mysmena 4-maculata Banks, 1896e: 66 (Df).
Theridion quadrimaculatum Bryant, 1933a: 173, f. 4 (Tf from Mysmena, Dm).
Theridion arcadicum Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 4, f. 24 (Df).
Allotheridion arcadicum Archer, 1950: 20 (Tf from Theridion).
Mysmena quadrimaculata Levi, 1957a: 21 (S).
Paratheridula quadrimaculata Levi, 1957d: 106, f. 1-6 (Tmf from Theridion).
Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1961: 5, f. 3 (Tmf from Theridion).
Paratheridula perniciosa Levi & Levi, 1962: 42, f. 67-68 (m).
Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1966b: 128 (S).
Paratheridula perniciosa Levi, 1967c: 176, f. 1-4 (mf).
Paratheridula perniciosa Levi & Randolph, 1975: 39, f. 61-63 (mf).
Paratheridula perniciosa Gruia, 1977: 159, f. 1 (f).
Paratheridula quadrimaculata Heimer, 1982: 42, f. 9 (m).
Paratheridula perniciosa Roth, 1982: 47-11, f. 61-63 (mf).
Paratheridula perniciosa Roth, 1985: B43-10, f. 61-63 (mf).
Paratheridula perniciosa Roth, 1994: 184, f. 62-63 (mf).
Paratheridula perniciosa Vanuytven, 2021: 42, 222, f. A.30c, B.227a-b (m).
References

Archer, A. F. (1950). A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Banks, N. (1896e). New North American spiders and mites. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 57-77. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bryant, E. B. (1933a). New and little known spiders from the United States. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 74: 171-193. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1942). Descriptions of new American Theridiidae. American Museum Novitates 1171: 1-16. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gruia, M. (1977). Sur quelques Theridiidae et Symphytognathidae (Aranea) recueillis par la deuxième expédition biospéologique cubano-roumaine à Cuba. Résultats des Expéditions Biospéologiques Cubano-Roumaines à Cuba 2: 159-163. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. (1982). Interne Arretierungsmechanismen an der Kopulationsorganen männlicher Spinnen (Arachnida, Araneae). Ein Beitrag zur Phylogenie der Araneoidea. Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 45: 35-64. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1886b). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 2, 1-295. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1957a). The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1957d). The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 76(2): 105-115. doi:10.2307/3223625 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1961). Evolutionary trends in the development of palpal sclerites in the spider family Theridiidae. Journal of Morphology 108: 1-10. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. & Levi, L. R. (1962). The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127: 1-71. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1966b). American spider genera Theridula and Paratheridula (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche, Cambridge 73(2): 123-130. doi:10.1155/1966/12793 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1967c). Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacific Insects 9: 175-186. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. & Randolph, D. E. (1975). A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 3: 31-51. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1982). Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona, 128 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1985). Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1994). Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, 203 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Vanuytven, H. (2021). The Theridiidae of the World. A key to the genera with their diagnosis and a study of the body length of all known species. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 35(Supplement): 1-363. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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2021-02-15 New taxonomic reference entry Vanuytven, 2021 n/a