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THERIDIIDAE RECORDED FROM MADAGASCAR

By V. D. Roth, D. Silva Davila, D. Ubick, and C. E. Griswold

(complete synonymies and references at Platnick, N. I. 2003.
The world spider catalog, version 3.5. American Museum of Natural History, online at:
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/index.html)




THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833

Argyrodes Simon, 1864
m abscissus O. P.-Cambridge, 1880....................Madagascar
  A. abscissa O. P.-Cambridge, 1880: 328, pl. 29, f. 7 (Dm).

mf meus Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  A. m. Strand, 1907a: 528 (Dmf).
  A. m. Strand, 1907n: 574 (Dmf).

m minax O. P.-Cambridge, 1880....................Madagascar, Comoro Is.
  A. m. O. P.-Cambridge, 1880: 336, pl. 29, f. 15a, c-e (Dm).
  A. m. Locket, 1980: 119, f. 12-14 (m).

mf sextuberculosus Strand, 1908....................Mozambique, Madagascar
  A. s. Strand, 1908b: 773 (Dm).
  A. s. Lessert, 1936: 238, f. 33-37 (f, Dm).

f viridis (Vinson, 1863)....................Madagascar, Réunion
  Linyphia v. Vinson, 1863: 318, pl. 11, f. 4 (Df).
  A. v. Simon, 1864: 254.

mf zonatus (Walckenaer, 1842)....................East Africa, Madagascar, Réunion, Bioko
  Linyphia zonata Walckenaer, 1842: 281 (Df).
  Linyphia parasita Vinson, 1863: 269, pl. 11, f. 2 (Dmf).
  A. z. Berland, 1920b: 141, f. 168-170.
  A. z. Lopez, 1990: 19, f. 12 (m).

Crustulina Menge, 1868
f ambigua Simon, 1889....................Madagascar
  C. a. Simon, 1889b: 229 (Df).

Dipoena Thorell, 1869
j transversisulcata Strand, 1908....................Madagascar
  D. t. Strand, 1908f: 462 (Dj).

Latrodectus Walckenaer, 1805
mf menavodi Vinson, 1863....................Madagascar, Comoro Is.
  L. m. Vinson, 1863: 306, pl. 8, f. 5 (Df).
  L. m. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902c: 255, pl. 27, f. 3.
  L. m. Lotz, 1998: 74, f. 1-8 (removed f from S of L. mactans, Dm).

f obscurior Dahl, 1902....................Cape Verde Is., Madagascar
  L. o. Dahl, 1902a: 41 (Df).
  L. o. Schmidt, Geisthardt & Piepho, 1994: 92 (removed f from S of L. geometricus).

Nesticodes Archer, 1950
mf rufipes (Lucas, 1846) *....................Pantropical
  Theridion r. Lucas, 1846: 263, pl. 16, f. 5 (Df).
  Theridion borbonicum Vinson, 1863: 318, pl. 14, f. 6 (Df).
  N. r. Archer, 1950: 22, pl. II, f. 7-8 (Tmf from Theridion).
  Theridion r. Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 86, f. 1-5 (mf).

Phoroncidia Westwood, 1835
f aurata O. P.-Cambridge, 1877....................Madagascar
  P. a. O. P.-Cambridge, 1877c: 31, pl. 7, f. 9 (Df).
  P. a. Butler, 1882b: 766, pl. 57, f. 4 (f).
  P. a. Simon, 1894a: 553, f. 568 (f).

f quadrispinella Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  P. q. Strand, 1907d: 729 (Df).
  P. q. Strand, 1907o: 33 (Df).

f rubroargentea Berland, 1913....................Madagascar
  P. r. Berland, 1913a: 77, f. 4 (Df).

Theridion Walckenaer, 1805
mf decaryi Fage, 1930....................Madagascar
  T. d. Fage, 1930: 26, f. 1-2 (Dmf).

m decemperlatum (Simon, 1889)....................Madagascar
  Mastostigmus decemperlatus Simon, 1889b: 230 (Dm).
  Mastostigmus decemperlatus Levi & Levi, 1962: 23

mf lacticolor Berland, 1920....................Kenya, Yemen, Madagascar
  T. l. Berland, 1920b: 159, f. 193-194 (Df).
  T. l. Knoflach & van Harten, 2000a: 215, f. 1-14 (f, Dm).

f quadrilineatum Lenz, 1886....................Madagascar
  T. q. Lenz, 1886: 394 (Df).

Theridula Emerton, 1882
m perlata Simon, 1889....................Madagascar
  T. p. Simon, 1889b: 228 (Dm).

f theriella Strand, 1907....................Madagascar
  T. t. Strand, 1907d: 729 (Df).
  T. t. Strand, 1907o: 31 (Df).

Thwaitesia O. P.-Cambridge, 1881
f argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891)....................Madagascar
  Theridium argentosquamatum Lenz, 1891: 174, pl. 2, f. 12 (Df).
  T. a. Simon, 1894a: 517.

f aureosignata (Lenz, 1891)....................Madagascar
  Theridium aureosignatum Lenz, 1891: 173, pl. 2, f. 11 (Df).
  T. a. Simon, 1894a: 517.

f pulcherrima Butler, 1882....................Madagascar
  T. p. Butler, 1882b: 764, pl. 57, f. 7 (Df).

Trigonobothrys Simon, 1889
mf excisus Simon, 1889 *....................Madagascar
  T. e. Simon, 1889b: 231 (Df).
  T. e. Simon, 1894a: 559, f. 571 (f).
  T. e. Levi & Levi, 1962: 41, f. 52-54 (f, Dm).


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