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]
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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: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Paratheridula Levi, 1957[1] |
| Species: | P. perniciosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Paratheridula perniciosa (Keyserling, 1886)
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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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Paratheridula Levi, 1957". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
- ^ Keyserling, E. (1886). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg. p. 233.
- ^ Levi, H. W. (1957). "The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae)" (PDF). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76 (2): 105–115. doi:10.2307/3223625. JSTOR 3223625. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
- ^ Banks, N. (1896). "New North American spiders and mites". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 23: 66.
- ^ Bryant, E. B. (1933). "New and little known spiders from the United States". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 74: 173.
- ^ Gertsch, W. J.; Archer, A. F. (1942). "Descriptions of new American Theridiidae". American Museum Novitates (1171): 4.
Further reading
edit- 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. p. 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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