Thwaitesia
Encyclopedia
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.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
that occurs worldwide in the tropics.
It is very similar to the genus Spintharus
Spintharus
The spider genus Spintharus occurs from the northeastern USA to Brazil, with one species found in Pakistan.It is very similar to the genus Thwaitesia, and both are similar to Episinus. Unlike Argyrodes, they have two setae in place of a colulus.Specimens of S. flavidus are variable in structure...
, and both are similar to Episinus
Episinus
Episinus is a spider genus of the family Theridiidae.These spiders reach about 5mm in size. They occur almost worldwide.-Species:* Episinus affinis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906...
.
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)