Durán-Barrón, César G.;Rosas, María V.;Contreras-Ramos, Atilano
Spintharus
Sign in to saveThe spider genus Spintharus occurs from the northeastern United States to Brazil. Nicholas Marcellus Hentz circumscribed the genus in 1850, initially as a monospecific genus containing his newly described species S. flavidus.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheridiidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 28
- Family
- Theridiidae
- Collections
- MCZ, MNRJ, WCU, MPEG, USNM, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Nicaragua, Brasil, United States
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The spider genus Spintharus occurs from the northeastern United States to Brazil. Nicholas Marcellus Hentz circumscribed the genus in 1850, initially as a monospecific genus containing his newly described species S. flavidus.
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.
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