Hentziectypus Explained

Hentziectypus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1946.^[1] Originally placed with Theridion, it was moved to Achaearanea in 1955,^[2] and to its own genus in 2008.^[3] 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.

Species

it contains twelve species, found in the Americas and in the Caribbean, including Cuba, Jamaica, Panama, and Bermuda:^[4]

• Hentziectypus annus (Levi, 1959) – Jamaica, Bermuda
• Hentziectypus apex (Levi, 1959) – Panama
• Hentziectypus conjunctus (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA, Canada
• Hentziectypus florendidus (Levi, 1959) – USA to Venezuela
• Hentziectypus florens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896) – USA to Panama, Cuba
• Hentziectypus globosus (Hentz, 1850) (type) – North America
• Hentziectypus hermosillo (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
• Hentziectypus rafaeli (Buckup & Marques, 1991) – Bolivia, Brazil
• Hentziectypus schullei (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA, Mexico
• Hentziectypus serax (Levi, 1959) – Mexico
• Hentziectypus tayrona Buckup, Marques & Rodrigues, 2012 – Colombia
• Hentziectypus turquino (Levi, 1959) – Cuba

In synonymy:

• H. credulus (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) = Hentziectypus schullei (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936)
• H. mendax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) = Hentziectypus florens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896)

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

Notes and References

1. Archer. A. F.. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 1–67. 22. Allan_Frost_Archer.
2. Levi. H. W.. 1955. The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). American Museum Novitates. 1718. 1–33. Herbert_Walter_Levi.
3. Yoshida. H.. 2008. A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica. 57. 38. 10.2476/asjaa.57.37. free.
4. Gen. Hentziectypus Archer, 1946. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-27. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.