Biology:Paratheridula

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Short description: Monotypic genus of spiders

Paratheridula
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Paratheridula
Levi, 1957[1]
Species:
P. perniciosa
Binomial name
Paratheridula perniciosa
(Keyserling, 1886)

Paratheridula is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Paratheridula perniciosa. The sole species was first described in 1886 under the name Theridion perniciosum.[2] The genus was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957,[3] though it has been described under several different names, including Mysmena 4-maculata,[4] Theridion quadrimaculatum,[5] and Theridion arcadicum,[6]

It has been found from Florida to southern Chile , with a possible pantropical distribution,[1] and is suspected to have been introduced elsewhere.

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). Gen. Paratheridula Levi, 1957. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3521. Retrieved 2020-06-30. 
  2. Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. p. 233. 
  3. Levi, H. W. (1957). "The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 76 (2): 105–115. doi:10.2307/3223625. http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/73/73-123.pdf. 
  4. Banks, N. (1896). "New North American spiders and mites". Transactions of the American Entomological Society 23: 66. 
  5. Bryant, E. B. (1933). "New and little known spiders from the United States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 74: 173. 
  6. Gertsch, W. J.; Archer, A. F. (1942). "Descriptions of new American Theridiidae". American Museum Novitates (1171): 4. 

Further reading

  • Levi, H. W. (1966). "American spider genera Theridula and Paratheridula (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology 78 (2): 123–130. doi:10.1155/1966/12793. 
  • Levi, H. W. (1957). "The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1–124. 
  • Roth, V. D. (1994). Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature (3rd ed.). American Arachnological Society, Gainesville. pp. 203. 
  • Heimer, S. (1982). "Interne Arretierungsmechanismen an der Kopulationsorganen männlicher Spinnen (Arachnida, Araneae). Ein Beitrag zur Phylogenie der Araneoidea". Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden 45: 35–64. 

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