Biology:Paratheuma
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Short description: Genus of spiders
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Dictynidae |
| Genus: | Paratheuma Bryant, 1940[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. insulana (Banks, 1902)
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Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1940.[5] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975,[6] and to the Dictynidae in 2016.[7]
Species
(As of May 2019) it contains eleven species:[1]
- Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
- Paratheuma armata (Marples, 1964) – Caroline Is. to Samoa
- Paratheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Australia (Queensland), Fiji
- Paratheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2013 – Japan (Okinawa)
- Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 – Iran
- Paratheuma insulana (Banks, 1902) (type) – USA, Caribbean. Introduced to Japan
- Paratheuma interaesta (Roth & Brown, 1975) – Mexico
- Paratheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989 – Hawaii
- Paratheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
- Paratheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Polynesia
- Paratheuma shirahamaensis (Oi, 1960) – Korea, Japan
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen. Paratheuma Bryant, 1940. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/735. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
- ↑ Platnick, N. I. (1977). "Notes on the spider genus Paratheuma Bryant (Arachnida, Araneae)". Journal of Arachnology 3: 199.
- ↑ Yaginuma, T. (1990). "A spider genus Litisedes Oi is synonymized with Paratheuma Bryant". Nankiseibutu 32: 2.
- ↑ Beatty, J. A.; Berry, J. W. (1988). "The spider genus Paratheuma (Araneae, Desidae)". Journal of Arachnology 16: 48.
- ↑ Bryant, E. B. (1940). "Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 86: 247–532.
- ↑ Roth, V. D.; Brown, W. L. (1975). "A new genus of Mexican intertidal zone spider (Desidae) with biological and behavioral notes". American Museum Novitates (2568): 2.
- ↑ Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M.; Berry, J. W. (2016). "A new species of Paratheuma (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Southwestern Asia and transfer of the genus". Zoology in the Middle East 62 (2): 178. doi:10.1080/09397140.2016.1173927.
Wikidata ☰ Q2842812 entry
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