Paratheridula
Sign in to saveParatheridula is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Paratheridula perniciosa. The sole species was first described in 1886 under the name Theridion perniciosum. The genus was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957, though it has been described under several different names, including Mysmena 4-maculata, Theridion quadrimaculatum, and Theridion arcadicum,
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Vinony's link graph records 3 inbound references to Paratheridula, and connects out to Chile, Animalia and Florida.
Vinony files it under Monotypic Theridiidae genera, Spiders of North America and Spiders of South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheridiidae
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- Theridiidae
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Paratheridula is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, Paratheridula perniciosa. The sole species was first described in 1886 under the name Theridion perniciosum. The genus was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1957, though it has been described under several different names, including Mysmena 4-maculata, Theridion quadrimaculatum, and Theridion arcadicum,
It has been found from Florida to southern Chile, with a possible pantropical distribution, and is suspected to have been introduced elsewhere.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Paratheridula” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.