''Paratheuma'' is a
genus
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of
cribellate
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates.
In certain groups of diatoms it refers to microscopically punctured regions of the frustule, or ...
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Dictynidae
Dictynidae is a family of cribellate, hackled band-producing spiders first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1871. Most build irregular webs on or near the ground, creating a tangle of silken fibers among several branches or stems of on ...
, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1940.
Originally placed with the
ground spider
Ground spiders comprise Gnaphosidae, the seventh largest spider family with over 2,000 described species in over 100 genera distributed worldwide. There are 105 species known to central Europe, and common genera include '' Gnaphosa'', '' Drassode ...
s, it was transferred to the
intertidal spiders in 1975,
and to the Dictynidae in 2016.
Species
it contains twelve species:
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Paratheuma andromeda''
Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
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Paratheuma armata''
( Marples, 1964) – Caroline Is. to Samoa
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Paratheuma australis''
Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Australia (Queensland), Fiji
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Paratheuma awasensis''
Shimojana, 2013 – Japan (Okinawa)
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Paratheuma draneyi''
Berry, 2024 – New Zealand
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Paratheuma enigmatica''
Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 – Iran
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Paratheuma insulana''
(Banks, 1902) (
type
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) – USA, Caribbean. Introduced to Japan
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Paratheuma interaesta''
(Roth & Brown, 1975) – Mexico
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Paratheuma makai''
Berry & Beatty, 1989 – Hawaii
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Paratheuma ramseyae''
Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
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Paratheuma rangiroa''
Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Polynesia
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Paratheuma shirahamaensis''
(Oi, 1960) – Korea, Japan
References
Araneomorphae genera
Dictynidae
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
Spiders of Oceania
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