''Rugathodes'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

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in 1950. It is closely related to members of '' Theridion'' and '' Wamba''.

Species

it contains eight species with a mostly

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distribution: *'' Rugathodes acoreensis'' Wunderlich, 1992 –

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*'' Rugathodes aurantius'' (Emerton, 1915) –

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(Europe to Far East),

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*'' Rugathodes bellicosus'' ( Simon, 1873) –

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, Russia (Europe to South Siberia) *'' Rugathodes instabilis'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia) *'' Rugathodes madeirensis'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Madeira *'' Rugathodes nigrolimbatus'' (Yaginuma, 1972) –

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*'' Rugathodes pico'' (Merrett & Ashmole, 1989) – Azores *'' Rugathodes sexpunctatus'' (Emerton, 1882) (

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) – USA,

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, Russia (Commander Is.). Introduced to Britain In

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: *''R. lowriei'' (Barrows, 1945) = ''Rugathodes aurantius'' (Emerton, 1915)

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Species

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