Thwaitesia

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Thwaitesia
T. affinis, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Suborder: Araneomorphae Family: Theridiidae Genus: Thwaitesia O. P-Cambridge, 1881
Diversity
22 species
Species
See text.

Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.

It is very similar to the genus Spintharus, and both are similar to Episinus.

The female T. affinis is 4.5mm long, the male 2.7mm; T. bracteata is about the same size.

[edit] 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) (Réunion)
• 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)

[edit] References

• Levi, H.W. (1963). The American Spider Genera Spintharus and Thwaitesia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche 70:223-234 PDF (Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 license)

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