Paratheridula

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]

Paratheridula
Scientific classification
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)

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

• List of Theridiidae species

References

1. "Gen. Paratheridula Levi, 1957". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. 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)" (PDF). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 76: 105–115. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27.
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, Cambridge. 78: 123–130.
• 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.