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Theridiidae genera

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Hentziectypus
Hentziectypus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1946. Originally placed with Theridion, it was moved to Achaearanea in 1955, and to its own genus in 2008. These spiders most resemble members of Cryptachaea, but are distinguished by a median apophysis that is broadly attached to the tegulum. Spiders of Parasteatoda have a median apophysis attached to the embolus, while those of Achaearanea have a hooked paracymbium on the pedipalps of males.
Nihonhimea
Nihonhimea is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 2016 by Yoshida.
Platnickina
Platnickina is a genus of comb-footed spiders. The type species was described by Walckenaer in 1802. The modern taxonomy was given by A. Ö. Koçak & M. Kemal in 2008, and named in honour of Norman Platnick.
Phylloneta
Phylloneta is a genus of comb-footed spiders formerly considered a sub-genus of Allotheridion, and raised to genus status in 2008. The type species was first described by Eugen von Keyserling in 1884 as Theridion pictipes. it contains three species and two subspecies with a holarctic distribution: P. impressa, P. pictipes, P. sisyphia, P. s. foliifera, and P. s. torandae.
Ohlertidion
Ohlertidion is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008. it contains three species with a holarctic distribution, including Greenland: O. lundbecki, O. ohlerti, and O. thaleri. A 2019 genetic study proposed to synonymize this genus with Heterotheridion; however, the evidence was based predominantly on COI barcoding, which is a useful tool for separating species, but is less useful for determining higher taxa.
Allothymoites
Allothymoites is a genus of East Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by H. Ono in 2007. it contains three species, found in Japan and China: A. kumadai, A. repandus, and A. sculptilis.
Anatea
Anatea is an ant-mimicking genus of South Pacific comb-footed spiders that was first described by Lucien Berland in 1927. it contains three species, found in Australia and on New Caledonia:
Cephalobares
Cephalobares is a genus of Asian comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. it contains two species, found in Asia: C. globiceps and C. yangdingi.
Campanicola
Campanicola is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 2015 by Yoshida.
Neopisinus
Neopisinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by M. A. L. Marques, E. H. Buckup & E. N. L. Rodrigues in 2011.
Janula
Janula is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932. It is a senior synonym of Monetoculus.