Thwaitesia
Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.
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T. affinis, female | |
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Subfamily: | Spintharinae |
Genus: | Thwaitesia O. P-Cambridge, 1881 |
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22 species |
It is very similar to the genus Spintharus, and both are similar to Episinus.
The female T. affinis is 4.5 mm long, the male 2.7 mm; T. bracteata is about the same size.
Species
- Thwaitesia affinis O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 (Panama to Paraguay)
- Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895 (Algeria)
- Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890 (Sumatra)
- Thwaitesia argenteoguttata (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)
- Thwaitesia argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)
- Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) (Queensland)
- Thwaitesia aureosignata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)
- Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline, 1950) (Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay)
- Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972 (India)
- Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 (China)
- Thwaitesia inaurata (Vinson, 1863) (RĂ©union)
- Thwaitesia margaritifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 (Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam)
- Thwaitesia meruensis (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)
- Thwaitesia nigronodosa (Rainbow, 1912) (Queensland)
- Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar, Vietnam)
- Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1882 (Madagascar)
- Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea)
- Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyn'ski, 1911 (New Guinea)
- Thwaitesia simoni (Keyserling, 1884) (Brazil)
- Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar)
- Thwaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884 (Panama to Venezuela)
- Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903 (Sierra Leone)
References
- Levi, H.W. (1963). The American Spider Genera Spintharus and Thwaitesia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche 70:223-234 PDF
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