''Ameridion'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

comb-footed spiders Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes over 3,000 spec ...

that was first described by J. Wunderlich in 1995. Species of this genus are found in

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

Central America Central America is a subregion of North America. Its political boundaries are defined as bordering Mexico to the north, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean to the east, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest. Central America is usually ...

, Northern South America and the

West Indies The West Indies is an island subregion of the Americas, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, which comprises 13 independent island country, island countries and 19 dependent territory, dependencies in thr ...

Species

it contains twenty-seven species, found in the Caribbean, South America,

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

Panama Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America. It is bordered by Costa Rica to the west, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north, and ...

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

, and

: *'' Ameridion armouri'' (Levi, 1959) –

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger, more populous island of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, the country. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is the southernmost island in ...

*'' Ameridion aspersum'' ( F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) –

*'' Ameridion atlixco'' (Levi, 1959) –

*'' Ameridion bridgesi'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' Ameridion chilapa'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' Ameridion clemens'' (Levi, 1959) –

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

*'' Ameridion cobanum'' (Levi, 1959) – Guatemala *'' Ameridion colima'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico,

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

*'' Ameridion lathropi'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion malkini'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' Ameridion marvum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama,

Venezuela Venezuela, officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many Federal Dependencies of Venezuela, islands and islets in the Caribbean Sea. It com ...

*'' Ameridion moctezuma'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' Ameridion musawas'' (Levi, 1959) –

*'' Ameridion paidiscum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion panum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion petrum'' (Levi, 1959) (

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) – Panama, Trinidad,

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

*'' Ameridion plantatum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion progum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion quantum'' (Levi, 1959) –

, Panama *'' Ameridion reservum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion rinconense'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' Ameridion ruinum'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' Ameridion schmidti'' (Levi, 1959) – Costa Rica *'' Ameridion signaculum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama,

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

*'' Ameridion signum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' Ameridion tempum'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama, Brazil *'' Ameridion unanimum'' (

Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk: * Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist * Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist * Hermann Gr ...

, 1891) – Mexico to Brazil In

synonymy A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. For example, in the English language, the words ''begin'', ''start'', ''commence'', and ''initiate'' are a ...

: *''A. quemadum'' = ''Ameridion unanimum'' (Keyserling, 1891)

References

Theridiidae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of Mexico Spiders of South America Spiders of the Caribbean Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

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