Quick Links : Mindat手册 The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Mindat Newsletter [Free Download]

主页关于 Mindat Mindat手册 Mindat的历史版权 Who We Are 联系我们于 Mindat.org刊登广告

捐赠给 Mindat Corporate Sponsorship 赞助板页已赞助的板页在 Mindat刊登广告的广告商于 Mindat.org刊登广告

Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

搜索矿物的性质搜索矿物的化学 Advanced Locality Search 随意显示任何一种矿物 Random Locality 使用minID搜索邻近产地 Search Articles 搜索词汇表更多搜索选项

Mindat手册添加新照片 Rate Photos 产区编辑报告 Coordinate Completion Report 添加词汇表项目

Mining Companies 统计会员列表 Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations 矿物展及活动 The Mindat目录表设备设置 The Mineral Quiz

照片搜索 Photo Galleries Search by Color 今天最新的照片昨天最新的照片用户照片相集过去每日精选照片相集 Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Theridiidae

Photos

Photo Gallery

Description

Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 species in 124 genera, and is the most common arthropods found in human dwellings throughout the world.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theridiidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9583	https://www.gbif.org/species/9583
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	57477	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=57477

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Theridiidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Chelicerata	Heymons 1901
-	Euchelicerata	Weygoldt and Paulus 1979
-	Prosomapoda	Lamsdell 2013
class	Xiphosura
order	Xiphosurida	Latreille 1802
-	Planaterga	Lamsdell 2013
-	Dekatriata	Lamsdell 2013
-	Sclerophorata	Kamenz et al. 2011
class	Arachnida	Lamarck 1801
-	Pantetrapulmonata	Shultz 2007
subclass	Tetrapulmonata	Schultz 1990
-	Serikodiastida	Garwood and Dunlop 2014
order	Araneae	Clerck 1757
suborder	Opisthothelae	Pocock 1892
infraorder	Araneomorphae	Smith 1902
-	Entelegynae	Simon 1893
superfamily	Araneoidea	Simon 1895
family	Theridiidae	Sundevall 1833

Common Name

cobweb spider

Scientific Name

Theridiidae

Name Published In

Consp. Arach. (1): 15

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Theridiidae	family	belongs to Retitelariae	stated with evidence	Scudder, 1890
Theridiidae	family	belongs to Araneoidea	stated with evidence	Dunlop et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

262

Extant Size (PBDB)

27 (10%)

First Recorded Appearance

125 - 122 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Environment

terrestrial (based on Arachnida)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Arachnida)

Vision

limited (based on Xiphosurida)

Diet

carnivore (based on Xiphosura)

Taphonomy

chitin (based on Arachnida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Penney. 2001. Advances in the taxonomy of spiders in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Arthropoda: Araneae). Palaeontology 44:987-1009

Common Name(s)

Cobweb Weavers, Cobweb Spider, Haubennetzspinnen, Kugelspinnen, Cobweb And Widow Spiders, Comb-footed Spiders, Klotspindlar, Scaffolding-web Spiders, Kogelspinnen

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theridiidae

External Images

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cretotheridiinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		2	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pholcommatinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Achaearanea genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Achaearyopa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Achaeridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Allothymoites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ameridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anatea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anatolidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anelosimus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Argyrodella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Argyrodes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Ariamnes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	28.1 Ma Oligocene	0 Ma Extant
Asagena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Asygyna genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Audifia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Balticoridion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Balticpholcomma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Bardala genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Borneoridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Brunepisinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cabello genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cameronidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Campanicola genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Canalidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carniella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Carniellaa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Caudasinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Cephalobares genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cerocida genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chikunia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chorizopella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chrosiothes genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Chrysso genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Clavibertus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Clya ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		27	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Coleosoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cornutidion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Coscinida genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Craspedisia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cretaraneus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Crustulina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cryptachaea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyllognatha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cymbiopholcomma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Deelemanella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dipoena genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Dipoenata ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	20.4 Ma Miocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Dipoenura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Echinotheridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Emertonella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Enoplognatha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eoasagena ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eolyrifer ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eomysmena ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		28	38.0 Ma Eocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Eoteutana ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Episinus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		54	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Euryopis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Euryopus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Eurypoena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Exalbidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Faiditus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Femurraptor ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Globulidion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Gmogala genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Grancanaridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Guaraniella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hadrotarsus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Helvibis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Helvidia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hentziectypus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Heterotheridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hetschkia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hirsutipalpus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Histagonia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Icona genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Jamaitidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Janula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Keijiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kochiura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kochiuridion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Landoppo genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lasaeola genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		44	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Latrodectus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Macaridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Magnopholcomma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Medela ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Melos genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Meotipa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mimetidion ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Molione genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Moneta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monetoculus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Montanidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nactodipoena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nanomysmena ✝ genus	listed (PBDB)		5	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Nanosteatoda ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Nanume genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neopisinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neospintharus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Neottiura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nesopholcomma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nesticodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nihonhimea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nipponidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Nojimaia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Obscurpholcomma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Ohlertidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Okumaella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paidiscura genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Parasteatoda genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Paratheridula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pholcomma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phoroncidia genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Phycosoma genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phylloneta genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Platnickina genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Praetereuryopis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Proboscidula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pronepos ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Propostira genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Protosteatoda ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Pseudoteutana ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Pycnoepisinus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhomphaea genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Robertas genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Robertus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ruborridion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rugapholcomma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Rugathodes genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sardinidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Selkirkiella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Sesato genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Seycellesa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Simitidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spheropistha genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spinembolia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Spinisinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spinitharinus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Spintharus genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Steatoda genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Stemmops genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Stoda genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Styposis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Succinobertus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Succinura ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Takayus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tamanidion genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tekellina genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Theonoe genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Theridion genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		32	125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	0 Ma Extant
Theridium genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Theridula genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thwaitesia genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thyelia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		15	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Thymoites genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tidarren genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tomoxena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ulesanis genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	38.0 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Unispinatoda ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Vicipholcomma ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	38.0 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Wamba genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Wirada genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Yaginumena genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Yoroa genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Yunohamella genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zercidium genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Municeps chiapasensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Obscuropholcomma tegens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Thwaitesiella mettallica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eomysmena succini (Petrunkevitch, 1942)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Theridiidae : *Eomysmena succini*
Theridides	GBIF	family	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Theridides
Mysmena succini (Petrunkevitch, 1942)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Arthropoda : Arachnida : Araneae : Theridiidae : *Mysmena succini*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1833	Theridiidae Sundevall
1890	Theridides Scudder p. 70
1942	Eomysmena succini Petrunkevitch p. 286 figs. 606, 341-346
1946	Eomysmena succini Petrunkevitch p. 11 figs. 39-41, 67
1958	Mysmena succini Petrunkevitch p. 158 figs. 91-94
2004	Eomysmena succini Marusik and Penney p. 215
2013	Theridiidae Dunlop et al.
2017	Theridiidae Wheeler et al.

References

Penney D. (2001) Advances in the taxonomy of spiders in Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic (Arthropoda: Araneae), Palaeontology 44, 987-1009

Scudder S. H. The Tertiary Insects of North America, Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories XIII, 1-734

Petrunkevitch A. (1942) A study of amber spiders, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 34, 119-464

Petrunkevitch A. (1946) Fossil Spiders in the Collection of the American Museum of Natural History, American Museum Novitates 1328, 1-36

Petrunkevitch A. (1958) Amber Spiders in European Collections, Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 41, 97-400

Marusik Y. M., Penney D. (2004) A survey of Baltic amber Theridiidae (Araneae) inclusions, with descriptions of six new species, Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue 1, 201-208

Dunlop J. A., Penney D., et al (2013) A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, The World Spider Catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History

Wheeler W. C., Coddington J. A., et al (2017) The spider tree of life: phylogeny of Araneae based on target-gene analyses from an extensive taxon sampling, Cladistics 33, 574-616

Breene, R. G., D. Allen Dean, G. B. Edwards, Blain Hebert, Herbert W. Levi, Gail Manning, et al., 2003: null. Common Names of Arachnids, Fifth Edition. 42. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gärdenfors, Ulf, Hall, Ragnar, Hallingbäck, Tomas, Hansson, Hans G. & Hedström, Lars (2003) Djur, svampar och växter i Sverige 2003. Förteckning över antal arter per familj. ArtDatabanken Rapporterar 5, ArtDatabanken, Uppsala. (reviderad excelfil med svenska djurfamiljer). - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 517 Rejection of the proposal for the Vahdation under the Plenary Powers of the emendation to Theridium of the generic name Theridion Walckenaer, 1805; use of the above Powers (I) to validate the specific name picta Walckenaer, 1802, as published in the combination Aranea picta, (Ii) to designate the species so named to be the type species of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805, and (Iii) to suppress the generic name Phyllonethis Thorell, 1869 (class Arachnida).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19(3), 45-110 (1958) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

Quick NavTop External Images Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Obsolete Names Synonymy List References

Go to top of page