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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Theridula

Genus Theridula

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
small yellow splotched orb weaver - Theridula emertoni - female spider - Theridula opulenta Theridula opulenta? - Theridula emertoni tiny spider - Theridula Cobweb Spider - Theridula - female Spider (Theridula sp.?) - Theridula Tiny red spider - Theridula Theridula spp - Theridula
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Theridula
Numbers
3 species in Bugguide's range.
Identification
T. emertoni


T. gonygaster


T. opulenta
Range
T. emertoni - USA, Canada (New England and southern Canada south to TN and west to Wisconsin) (1)
T. gonygaster - Cosmopolitan
T. opulenta - Cosmopolitan (New York south to Florida and west to TX, also in UT & OR)
T. emertoni & T. opulenta overlap in southern NY, CT, RI, MA. Maybe PA, MD & NJ from information from Levi 1966.
T. gonygaster is found in the very southern parts of the US.
Print References
The Spider Genus Theridula in North and Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Theridiidae), 1954 By Herbert W. Levi (2)
Internet References
~ Levi, 1966 - Levi, 1966 (PDF) Detailed written description, maps & drawings. (no good habitus drawings.)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Spiders
B. J. Kaston. 1978. WCB/McGraw-Hill.
2.The Spider Genus Theridula in North and Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Theridiidae)
Herbert W. Levi. 1954. Transactions of the American Microscopial Society vol. LXXIII no. 4, Wiley.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 10 September, 2004 - 3:26pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Laura P.
Last updated 5 March, 2015 - 8:14am

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