Paratheridula

Paratheridula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Paratheridula
Levi, 1957
Species:
P. perniciosa
Binomial name
Paratheridula perniciosa
(Keyserling, 1886)

Paratheridula is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Paratheridula perniciosa. The sole species was first described in 1886 under the name Theridion perniciosum. The genus was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957, though it has been described under several different names, including Mysmena 4-maculata, Theridion quadrimaculatum, and Theridion arcadicum,

It has been found from Florida to southern Chile, with a possible pantropical distribution, and is suspected to have been introduced elsewhere.

References

  1. 1 2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Paratheridula Levi, 1957". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
  2. ↑ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. p. 233.
  3. ↑ Levi, H. W. (1957). "The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76 (2): 105–115. doi:10.2307/3223625. JSTOR 3223625. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
  4. ↑ Banks, N. (1896). "New North American spiders and mites". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23: 66.
  5. ↑ Bryant, E. B. (1933). "New and little known spiders from the United States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 74: 173.
  6. ↑ Gertsch, W. J.; Archer, A. F. (1942). "Descriptions of new American Theridiidae". American Museum Novitates (1171): 4.

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