Genus Theridion

Classification · Numbers · Remarks · Print References

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)

Genus Theridion

Numbers

Texas Species:

Theridion australe Banks, 1899

Theridion cameronense Levi, 1957

Theridion cinctipes Banks, 1898

Theridion cynicum Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936

Theridion differens Emerton, 1882

Theridion dilutum Levi, 1957

Theridion dividuum Gertsch & Archer, 1942

Theridion flavonotatum Becker, 1879

Theridion frondeum Hentz, 1850

Theridion glaucescens Becker, 1879

Theridion goodnightorum Levi, 1957

Theridion hidalgo Levi, 1957

Theridion llano Levi, 1957

Theridion murarium Emerton, 1882

Theridion myersi Levi, 1957

Theridion positivum Chamberlin, 1924

Theridion rabuni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944

Theridion submissum Gertsch & Davis, 1936

Remarks

One tropical species, Theridion nigroannulatum, not in our area, is social.

Print References

Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, pages 111 - 112.

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 6 February, 2005 - 6:16pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 25 August, 2007 - 7:31am

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