Theridula
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Theridula is a genus of cobweb
spider
s, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length.
In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a posterior median horn. The pedipalp
in males is simple, lacking a conductor or theridioid tegular apophysis.
Theridula spiders are frequently found on bushes or tall grass where they rest on the undersides of leaves near their webs.
Cobweb
-Animals:* Cobweb or spider web, silken web made by spiders* Cobweb spider or tangle web spider, any of the many spiders in the family Theridiidae* Cobwebbing, a pattern of fine lines on the face of a horse, zebra or other equid: see horse Primitive markings...
spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
s, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length.
In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a posterior median horn. The pedipalp
Pedipalp
Pedipalps , are the second pair of appendages of the prosoma in the subphylum Chelicerata. They are traditionally thought to be homologous with mandibles in Crustacea and insects, although more recent studies Pedipalps (commonly shortened to palps or palpi), are the second pair of appendages of the...
in males is simple, lacking a conductor or theridioid tegular apophysis.
Theridula spiders are frequently found on bushes or tall grass where they rest on the undersides of leaves near their webs.
Species
- Theridula albonigra Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
- Theridula albonigra vittata Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
- Theridula angula Tikader, 1970 (India)
- Theridula casas Levi, 1954 (Mexico)
- Theridula emertoniTheridula emertoniTheridula emertoni is a species of tangle web spider commonly found in the United States and Canada. Prior to its formal description in 1954, specimens of T. emertoni were often classified as T. opelenta, a species with whom its range overlaps. The species can be reliably distinguished from T...
Levi, 1954 (USA, Canada) - Theridula faceta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1894) (Mexico, Guatemala)
- Theridula gonygaster (Simon, 1873) (Cosmopolitan)
- Theridula huberti Benoit, 1977 (St. Helena)
- Theridula iriomotensis Yoshida, 2001 (Japan)
- Theridula multiguttata Keyserling, 1896 (Brazil)
- Theridula nigerrima (Petrunkevitch, 1911) (Ecuador, Peru)
- Theridula opulenta (Walckenaer, 1842) (Cosmopolitan)
- Theridula perlata Simon, 1889 (Madagascar)
- Theridula puebla Levi, 1954 (Mexico, Panama)
- Theridula pulchra Berland, 1920 (East Africa)
- Theridula sexpupillata Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Brazil)
- Theridula swatiae Biswas, Saha & Raychaydhuri, 1997 (India)
- Theridula theriella Strand, 1907 (Madagascar)
- Theridula zhangmuensis Hu, 2001 (China)