Ohlertidion Explained

Ohlertidion is a genus of comb-footed spiders (family Theridiidae) that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008.^[1] it contains three species with a holarctic distribution, including Greenland: O. lundbecki, O. ohlerti, and O. thaleri.^[2] A 2019 genetic study proposed to synonymize this genus with Heterotheridion;^[3] 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.^[4]

See also

• List of Theridiidae species
• Heterotheridion

Further reading

• • Le Peru. B.. 2011. The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 1–522. 2.
• Agnarsson. I.. Coddington. J. A.. Knoflach. B.. 2007. Morphology and evolution of cobweb spider male genitalia (Araneae, Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology. 334–395. 35. 2. 10.1636/SH-06-36.1. 43502439.
• Marusik. Y. M.. Böcher. J.. Koponen. S.. 2006. The collection of Greenland spiders (Aranei) kept in the Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen. Arthropoda Selecta. 59–80. 15. 1.

Notes and References

1. Wunderlich. J.. 2008. On extant and fossil (Eocene) European comb-footed spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae), with notes on their subfamilies, and with descriptions of new taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie. 819–859. 5.
2. Gen. Ohlertidion Wunderlich, 2008. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-27. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.
3. Breitling. R.. 2019. Barcode taxonomy at the genus level. Ecologica Montenegrina. 21. 27. 10.37828/em.2019.21.2. 145846237. free.
4. Edwards. Scott. Bensch. Staffan. 2009-06-29. Molecular Ecology. Looking forwards or looking backwards in avian phylogeography? A comment on Zink and Barrowclough 2008. 18. 14. 2930–2933. 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04270.x. 19552688. free.