Theonoe (spider) explained

Theonoe is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1881.^[1]

Species

it contains six species:^[2]

• Theonoe africana Caporiacco, 1947 – Tanzania
• Theonoe formivora (Walckenaer, 1841) – France
• Theonoe major Denis, 1961 – Spain
• Theonoe minutissima (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879) (type) – Europe
• Theonoe sola Thaler & Steinberger, 1988 – Germany, Austria
• Theonoe stridula Crosby, 1906 – USA, Canada

Formerly included:

• T. americana Simon, 1897 (Transferred to Thymoites)
• T. detriticola Miller, 1970 (Transferred to Carniella)
• T. globifera Simon, 1899 (Transferred to Carniella)
• T. mihaili (Georgescu, 1989) (Transferred to Carniella)
• T. striatipes Petrunkevitch, 1930 (Transferred to Eidmannella)
• T. weyersi Brignoli, 1979 (Transferred to Carniella)

Nomen dubium

• T. fusca (Blackwall, 1841

See also

• List of Theridiidae species

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.
• Thaler. K.. Knoflach. B.. 2000. Das Weibchen von Theonoe sola Thaler & Steinberger, 1988 (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck. 159–164. 87.
• Thaler. K.. Steinberger. K.-H.. 1988. Zwei neue Zwerg-Kugelspinnen aus Österreich (Arachnida: Aranei, Theridiidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 997–1004. 95. 4.
• Levi. H. W.. Levi. L. R.. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 1–71. 127.
• Levi. H. W.. 1955. The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). American Museum Novitates. 1–33. 1718.

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E.. 1881. Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie. Roret, Paris. 1–180. Eugène_Simon.
2. Web site: Gen. Theonoe Simon, 1881. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-07-14. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.