''Achaearanea'' is a

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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

Embrik Strand Embrik Strand (2 June 1876 – 3 November 1947) was an entomologist and arachnologist who classified many insect and spider species, including the greenbottle blue tarantula. Life and career Strand was born in Ål, Norway. He studied at t ...

in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''

Parasteatoda ''Parasteatoda'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1946. The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "wikt:παρά, para-" (), meaning "near" or "next to", and the theridiid genus ...

'' in 2006, together with many other species. '' A. veruculata'' and many more species were moved to genus ''

Cryptachaea ''Cryptachaea'' is a genus of spiders in the Theridiidae (tangle web spider) family. Taxonomy Many species in this genus used to reside in ''Achaearanea'', which received a major revision in 2008 by Hajime Yoshida. The genus was originally esta ...

'' in 2008. Others were moved to the revived '' Henziectypus''. The genus was thus reduced from about 150 species to about 22 species during major revisions. Possibly even more species should be transferred to other genera.

Description

This genus includes small and large theridiids. The legs are medium long, with spines and usually many hairs. Their web is an irregular network of threads, usually in a sheltered place.

Distribution

Species are found around the world, with several species from

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and

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India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller isl ...

and

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

. Some species are

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to several small islands.

Species

it contains twenty-eight species, found in Central America, South America, Asia, Africa,

, on the

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, and in

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Achaearanea alboinsignita ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea baltoformis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' Yin & Peng, 2012 –

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Achaearanea biarclata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' Yin & Bao, 2012 – China *''

Achaearanea budana ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' Tikader, 1970 –

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Achaearanea coilioducta ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' Yin, 2012 – China *''

Achaearanea diglipuriensis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' Tikader, 1977 – India (Andaman Is.) *''

Achaearanea disparata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' Denis, 1965 –

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Achaearanea diversipes ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' (Rainbow, 1920) –

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Achaearanea dubitabilis ''Achaearanea dubitabilis'' is a tangle web spider species found in the Canary Islands. See also * List of Theridiidae species This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theridiidae. , the World Spider Catalog ...

'' Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is. *''

Achaearanea durgae ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together wi ...

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Achaearanea epicosma ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' (Rainbow, 1920) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *''

Achaearanea extumida ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

'' Xing, Gao & Zhu, 1994 – China *''

Achaearanea flavomaculata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

'' Yin, 2012 – China *''

Achaearanea globispira ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

'' Henschel & Jocqué, 1994 –

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Achaearanea hieroglyphica ''Achaearanea hieroglyphica'' is a tangle web spider species found in Brazil, French Guiana and Peru. See also * List of Theridiidae species References

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'' ( Mello-Leitão, 1940) –

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*'' Achaearanea inopinata'' Brignoli, 1972 –

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Achaearanea linhan ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

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Achaearanea machaera ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

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Achaearanea maricaoensis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

'' (Bryant, 1942) – Panama,

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Achaearanea micratula ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

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Achaearanea nigrodecorata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea palgongensis ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

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Achaearanea propera ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Achaearanea septemguttata ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many othe ...

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Achaearanea simaoica ''Achaearanea'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1929. It used to include the extremely abundant common house spider, which was transferred to genus ''Parasteatoda'' in 2006, together with many oth ...

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Formerly included species

*''A. acoreensis'' (Berland, 1932) (Transferred to ''

'') *''A. alacris'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. altiventer'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ambera'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. analista'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. anastema'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. angulithorax'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''

'') *''A. anna'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''

Hentziectypus ''Hentziectypus'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1946. Originally placed with ''Theridion'', it was moved to ''Achaearanea'' in 1955, and to its own genus in 2008. These spiders mos ...

'') *''A. apex'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. asiatica'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. azteca'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. banosensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. barra'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. bellula'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. bentifica'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. blattea'' (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. boqueronica'' (Kraus, 1955) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. brookesiana'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. caboverdensis'' Schmidt & Piepho, 1994 (Transferred to ''

Paidiscura ''Paidiscura'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950. Species it contains four species, found in Asia, Africa, and Europe: *'' Paidiscura dromedaria'' (Simon, 1880) – Cape Verde Is., Spain, Fr ...

'') *''A. caliensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. cambridgei'' (Petrunkevitch, 1911) (Transferred to ''

Chrysso ''Chrysso'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. ''C. pulcherrima'' is pantropical, ''C. spiniventris'' has been introduced to Europe, and ''C. nordica'' occurs both in Nor ...

'') *''A. campanulata'' Chen, 1993 (Transferred to ''

Campanicola ''Campanicola'' is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. It was first described in 2015 by Yoshida. Species it contains ten species, found only in Asia: * ''Campanicola anguilliformis'' Li & Liu, 2021 – China * ''Campanicola campa ...

'') *''A. camura'' (Simon, 1877) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. canionis'' (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. caqueza'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. catapetraea'' (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. celsabdomina'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. chilensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. chiricahua'' Levi, 1955 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. cingulata'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. cinnabarina'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. conigera'' (Simon, 1914) (Transferred to ''

Achaeridion ''Achaeridion'' is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders containing the single species, ''Achaeridion conigerum''. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008, and is found in Europe. See also * List of Theridiidae species This page l ...

'') *''A. conjuncta'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. credula'' (Gertsch & Davis, 1936) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. culicivora'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. dalana'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. daliensis'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. dea'' Buckup & Marques, 2006 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. decorata'' (L. Koch, 1867) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. diamantina'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. digitus'' Buckup & Marques, 2006 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. dromedaria'' (Simon, 1880) (Transferred to ''Paidiscura'') *''A. dromedariformis'' (Roewer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ducta'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. eramus'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. extrilida'' (Keyserling, 1890) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ferrumequina'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Campanicola'') *''A. florendida'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. fordum'' (Caporiacco, 1954) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. fresno'' Levi, 1955 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. galeiforma'' Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. geochares'' Levi, 1955 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. gibberosa'' (Kulczyński, 1899) (Transferred to ''

Echinotheridion ''Echinotheridion'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Herbert Walter Levi in 1963. Species it contains nine species, found in South America, with the exception of ''E. gibberosum'', found on Madeira and ...

'') *''A. gigantea'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. globosa'' (Hentz, 1850) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. guadalupensis'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. gui'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. hammeni'' Chrysanthus, 1963 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. herbigrada'' (Simon, 1873) (Transferred to '' Neottiura'') *''A. hermosillo'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. hirta'' (Taczanowski, 1873) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ignota'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. index'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) (Transferred to ''

Coleosoma ''Coleosoma'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1882. Species it contains ten species, found all over the world: *''Coleosoma acutiventer'' (Eugen von Keyserling, Keyserling, ...

'') *''A. inops'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. insulsa'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. isana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. japonica'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. jequirituba'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. jinghongensis'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. kaindi'' Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. kaspi'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. koepckei'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. kompirensis'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. krausi'' Chrysanthus, 1963 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. labarda'' Roberts, 1983 (Transferred to ''

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'') *''A. lanyuensis'' Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. leguiai'' (Chamberlin, 1916) (Transferred to ''

Theridion ''Theridion'' is a genus of tangle-web spiders with a worldwide distribution. Notable species are the Hawaiian happy face spider (''T. grallator''), named for the iconic symbol on its abdomen, and '' T. nigroannulatum'', one of few sp ...

'') *''A. liaoyuanensis'' Zhu & Yu, 1982 (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. longiducta'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. lota'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. luculenta'' (Bryant, 1940) (Transferred to ''Chrysso'') *''A. lunata'' (Clerck, 1757) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. lunata'' (Olivier, 1789) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. lunata'' (Franganillo, 1930) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. manzanillo'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. maraca'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. maronica'' (Caporiacco, 1954) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. maxima'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. mea'' (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Campanicola'') *''A. meraukensis'' Chrysanthus, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. mesax'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. migrans'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. milagro'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. mundula'' (L. Koch, 1872) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. nayaritensis'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. nigrovittata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. nipponica'' Yoshida, 1983 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. nordica'' (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947) (Transferred to ''Chrysso'') *''A. obnubila'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. oculiprominens'' (Saito, 1939) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. ohlerti'' (Thorell, 1870) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. orana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. orgea'' Levi, 1967 (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. oxymaculata'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. pallida'' (Walckenaer, 1841) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. pallipera'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pallipes'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. parana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. passiva'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. picadoi'' (Banks, 1909) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. pilaton'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pinguis'' (Keyserling, 1886) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. polygramma'' (Kulczyński, 1911) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. porteri'' (Banks, 1896) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. portoricensis'' (Petrunkevitch, 1930) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. projectivulva'' Yoshida, 2001 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pusillana'' (Roewer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. pydanieli'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. quadrimaculata'' Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. quadripartita'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. rafaeli'' Buckup & Marques, 1991 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. rapa'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. redempta'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. rioensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. riparia'' (Blackwall, 1834) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. rostra'' Zhu & Zhang, 1992 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. rupicola'' (Emerton, 1882) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ryukyu'' Yoshida, 2000 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. salvadorensis'' (Kraus, 1955) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. saxatilis'' (C. L. Koch, 1835) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. schneirlai'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. schraderorum'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. schullei'' (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. serax'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. serenoae'' (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. serica'' (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''

Steatoda The spider genus ''Steatoda'', in the family Theridiidae, includes about 120 recognized species, distributed around the world (including many cosmopolitan species which are found among human populations worldwide). One common name is cupboard spi ...

'') *''A. sicki'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. simulans'' (Thorell, 1875) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. simulata'' (Emerton, 1926) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. songi'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. subtabulata'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. subvexa'' Zhu, 1998 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. tabulata'' Levi, 1980 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. taeniata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. taim'' Buckup & Marques, 2006 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. teja'' Levi, 1967 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. tepidariorum'' (C. L. Koch, 1841) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. terex'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. tesselata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. tovarensis'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. transipora'' (Zhu & Zhang, 1992) (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. triangula'' Yoshida, 1993 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. triguttata'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. trinidensis'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. turquino'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Hentziectypus'') *''A. umbratica'' (L. Koch, 1872) (Transferred to ''Theridion'') *''A. undata'' (Keyserling, 1884) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. ungilensis'' Kim & Kim, 1996 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. uviana'' Levi, 1963 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. valoka'' Chrysanthus, 1975 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. veruculata'' (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. vervoorti'' Chrysanthus, 1975 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. vivida'' (Keyserling, 1891) (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') *''A. wau'' Levi, Lubin & Robinson, 1982 (Transferred to ''Parasteatoda'') *''A. xinjiangensis'' Hu & Wu, 1989 (Transferred to ''

Heterotheridion ''Heterotheridion'' is a monotypic genus of comb-footed spiders with a palearctic distribution, containing the single species, ''Heterotheridion nigrovariegatum''. It was first described by J. Wunderlich in 2008. See also * List of Theridiidae s ...

'') *''A. zonensis'' Levi, 1959 (Transferred to ''Cryptachaea'') 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. pentagona'' (Caporiacco, 1954) = ''Achaearanea hieroglyphica'' (Mello-Leitão, 1940)

Nomen dubium In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application. Zoology In case of a ''nomen dubium,'' it may be impossible to determine whether a ...

*''A. quadripunctata'' (Simon, 1895)

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* * {{Authority control Theridiidae genera Cosmopolitan spiders Taxa named by Embrik Strand Theridiidae