Thwaitesia
Sign in to saveThwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. The genus is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites.
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- Theridiidae
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- George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
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Thwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. The genus is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites.
T. affinis females are long, and males are long. T. bracteata are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both Spintharus and Episinus.