Dipoena is a genus of tangle-web spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1869.[3]

Dipoena
Dipoena malkini, female
Dipoena nigra, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Dipoena
Thorell, 1869[1]
Type species
D. melanogaster
(C. L. Koch, 1837)
Species

162, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains 162 species, found in Asia, Central America, North America, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, South America, on Vanuatu, and in Australia:[1]

In synonymy:

  • D. barro Levi, 1963 = Dipoena anas Levi, 1963
  • D. copiosa Levi, 1953 = Dipoena cordiformis Keyserling, 1886
  • D. crassiventris Keyserling, 1886 = Dipoena nigra (Emerton, 1882)
  • D. inca Levi, 1963 = Dipoena tingo Levi, 1963
  • D. inornata (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944, T from Euryopis) = Dipoena abdita Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936
  • D. itu Levi, 1963 = Dipoena taeniatipes Keyserling, 1891
  • D. maculata Keyserling, 1891 = Dipoena pumicata (Keyserling, 1886)
  • D. matagrossensis Soares & Camargo, 1948 = Dipoena militaris Chickering, 1943
  • D. parvula Banks, 1901 = Dipoena nigra (Emerton, 1882)
  • D. procax (Simon, 1879) = Dipoena torva (Thorell, 1875)
  • D. roeweri Chickering, 1951 = Dipoena rubella (Keyserling, 1884)
  • D. schmidti Levi, 1963 = Dipoena banksi Chickering, 1943
  • D. sicki Levi, 1963 (T from Dipoenata) = Dipoena variabilis (Keyserling, 1886)
  • D. tibialis Banks, 1906 = Dipoena nigra (Emerton, 1882)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Dipoena Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. ^ a b c Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 25.
  3. ^ Thorell, T. (1869). "On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature". Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis. 7 (3): 1–108.