Thwaitesia

Thwaitesia
T. affinis, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Superfamily:	Araneoidea
Family:	Theridiidae
Subfamily:	Spintharinae
Genus:	Thwaitesia O. P-Cambridge, 1881
Species
See text.
Diversity
22 species

Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.

It is very similar to the genus Spintharus, and both are similar to Episinus.

The female T. affinis is 4.5 mm long, the male 2.7 mm; T. bracteata is about the same size.

Species

• Thwaitesia affinis O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 (Panama to Paraguay)
• Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895 (Algeria)
• Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890 (Sumatra)
• Thwaitesia argenteoguttata (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)
• Thwaitesia argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)
• Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) (Queensland)
• Thwaitesia aureosignata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)
• Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline, 1950) (Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay)
• Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972 (India)
• Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 (China)
• Thwaitesia inaurata (Vinson, 1863) (Réunion)
• Thwaitesia margaritifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 (Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam)
• Thwaitesia meruensis (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)
• Thwaitesia nigronodosa (Rainbow, 1912) (Queensland)
• Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar, Vietnam)
• Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1882 (Madagascar)
• Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea)
• Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyn'ski, 1911 (New Guinea)
• Thwaitesia simoni (Keyserling, 1884) (Brazil)
• Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar)
• Thwaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884 (Panama to Venezuela)
• Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903 (Sierra Leone)

References

• Levi, H.W. (1963). The American Spider Genera Spintharus and Thwaitesia (Araneae: Theridiidae). Psyche 70:223-234 PDF