Paratheuma Explained

Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1940.^[1] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975,^[2] and to the Dictynidae in 2016.^[3]

Species

it contains twelve species:^[4]

• Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
• Paratheuma armata (Marples, 1964) – Caroline Is. to Samoa
• Paratheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Australia (Queensland), Fiji
• Paratheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2013 – Japan (Okinawa)
• Paratheuma draneyi Berry, 2024 – New Zealand
• Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 – Iran
• Paratheuma insulana (Banks, 1902) (type) – USA, Caribbean. Introduced to Japan
• Paratheuma interaesta (Roth & Brown, 1975) – Mexico
• Paratheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989 – Hawaii
• Paratheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
• Paratheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Polynesia
• Paratheuma shirahamaensis (Oi, 1960) – Korea, Japan

Notes and References

1. Bryant. E. B.. 1940. Cuban spiders in the Museum of Comparative Zoology.. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 247–532. 86.
2. Roth. V. D.. Brown. W. L.. 1975. A new genus of Mexican intertidal zone spider (Desidae) with biological and behavioral notes. American Museum Novitates. 2568. 2.
3. Zamani. A.. Marusik. Y. M.. Berry. J. W.. 2016. A new species of Paratheuma (Araneae: Dictynidae) from Southwestern Asia and transfer of the genus. Zoology in the Middle East. 62. 2. 178. 10.1080/09397140.2016.1173927. 87164738.
4. 2024 . Gen. Paratheuma Bryant, 1940 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . World Spider Catalog Version 20.0 . 2024-08-30.