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'''''Thwaitesia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Theridiidae|comb-footed spiders]] that was first described by [[Octavius Pickard-Cambridge]] in 1881.<ref name=Pick1881>{{cite journal| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=O.| year=1881| title=On some new genera and species of Araneidea| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=765–775| volume=49| issue=3| doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01333.x| author-link=Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge}}</ref>
'''''Thwaitesia''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Theridiidae|comb-footed spiders]] that was first described by [[Octavius Pickard-Cambridge]] in 1881.<ref name=Pick1881>{{cite journal| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=O.| year=1881| title=On some new genera and species of Araneidea| journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London| pages=765–775| volume=49| issue=3| doi=10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01333.x| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/58742| author-link=Octavius_Pickard-Cambridge}}</ref>


''T. affinis'' females are {{convert|4.5|mm}} long, and males are {{convert|2.7|mm}} long. ''T. bracteata'' are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both ''[[Spintharus]]'' and ''[[Episinus]]''.
''T. affinis'' females are {{convert|4.5|mm}} long, and males are {{convert|2.7|mm}} long. ''T. bracteata'' are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both ''[[Spintharus]]'' and ''[[Episinus]]''.
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*{{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1963| title=The American spider genera ''Spintharus'' and ''Thwaitesia| journal=Psyche, Cambridge| pages=223–234| volume=70| issue=4| doi=10.1155/1963/54690| url=http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-223.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020317/http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-223.pdf| archive-date=2007-09-27}}
*{{cite journal| last=Levi| first=H. W.| year=1963| title=The American spider genera ''Spintharus'' and ''Thwaitesia| journal=Psyche, Cambridge| pages=223–234| volume=70| issue=4| doi=10.1155/1963/54690| url=http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-223.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927020317/http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-223.pdf| archive-date=2007-09-27| doi-access=free}}
*{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1894| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Roret | location=Paris| lang=fr| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973}}
*{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1894| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Roret | location=Paris| lang=fr| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/51973}}
*{{cite book| last=Keyserling| first=E.| year=1884| title=Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae| pages=1–222| publisher=Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.64832}}
*{{cite book| last=Keyserling| first=E.| year=1884| title=Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae| pages=1–222| publisher=Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.64832| url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/131271}}
*{{cite book| last1=Zhu| first1=M. S.| last2=Zhang| first2=B. S.| year=2011| title=Spider Fauna of Henan: Arachnida: Araneae| publisher=Science Press, Beijing, xxii+ pp| pages=558}}
*{{cite book| last1=Zhu| first1=M. S.| last2=Zhang| first2=B. S.| year=2011| title=Spider Fauna of Henan: Arachnida: Araneae| publisher=Science Press, Beijing, xxii+ pp| pages=558}}



Latest revision as of 04:34, 6 October 2021

Thwaitesia
T. affinis, female
Thwaitsia sp. from the NSW Central Coast
Scientific classification e
: [[Template:Taxonomy/Thwaitesia]]
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881[1]
Type species
T. margaritifera
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
Species

23, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Topo Exline, 1950[2]

Thwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881.[3]

T. affinis females are 4.5 millimetres (0.18 in) long, and males are 2.7 millimetres (0.11 in) long. T. bracteata are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both Spintharus and Episinus.

Species[edit | edit source]

As of June 2020 it contains twenty-three species, found in the tropics worldwide:[1]

Formerly included:

  • T. argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) (Transferred to Chrysso)

Nomen dubium

  • T. conifera (Blackwall, 1862

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ↑ Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 31.
  3. ↑ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1881). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 49 (3): 765–775. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01333.x.

Further reading[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]