Rugathodes is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.[2] It is closely related to members of Theridion and Wamba.[3]
| Rugathodes | |
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| Rugathodes sexpunctatus, female | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Rugathodes Archer, 1950[1] |
| Type species | |
| R. sexpunctatus (Emerton, 1882)
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of June 2020[update] it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribution:[1]
- Rugathodes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Azores
- Rugathodes aurantius (Emerton, 1915) – North America, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
- Rugathodes bellicosus (Simon, 1873) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
- Rugathodes instabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
- Rugathodes madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Madeira
- Rugathodes nigrolimbatus (Yaginuma, 1972) – Japan
- Rugathodes pico (Merrett & Ashmole, 1989) – Azores
- Rugathodes sexpunctatus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada, Russia (Commander Is.). Introduced to Britain
In synonymy:
- R. lowriei (Barrows, 1945) = Rugathodes aurantius (Emerton, 1915)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Gen. Rugathodes Archer, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
- ^ Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 30: 1–40.
- ^ Stiles, G.J.; Coyle, F.A. (2001). "Habitat distribution and life history of species in the spider genera Theridion, Rugathodes, and Wamba in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Araneae, Theridiidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (3): 396–412. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0396:HDALHO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86847636.
External links
editFurther reading
edit- Wunderlich, J. (1993). "The Macaronesian cave-dwelling spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 33: 681–686.
- Wunderlich, J. (1987). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops, Langen. p. 435.
- 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.
- Le Peru, B. (2011). "The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae". Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 2: 1–522.
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