''Thymoites'' 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 ...
of
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
Eugen von Keyserling
Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia
Silesia (see names #Etymology, below) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czec ...
in 1884.
Species
it contains ninety-four species, found in Central America, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, North America, and on
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
:
*''
T. aloitus''
Levi
Levi ( ; ) was, according to the Book of Genesis, the third of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's third son), and the founder of the Israelites, Israelite Tribe of Levi (the Levites, including the Kohanim) and the great-grandfather of Aaron ...
, 1964 –
Brazil
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*''
T. amprus''
Levi, 1964 –
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 ...
*''
T. anicus''
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
*''
T. anserma''
Levi, 1964 –
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...
*''
T. banksi''
(Bryant, 1948) –
Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ) is an island between Geography of Cuba, Cuba and Geography of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and the second-largest by List of C ...
*''
T. bellissimus''
( L. Koch, 1879) –
Scandinavia
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,
Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...
(Europe to Far East),
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 ...
*''
T. bocaina''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. bogus''
(Levi, 1959) – Panama
*''
T. boneti''
(Levi, 1959) –
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 ...
*''
T. boquete''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico to Panama
*''
T. bradti''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico
*''
T. camano''
(Levi, 1957) – USA
*''
T. camaqua''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. cancellatus''
Mello-Leitão, 1943 –
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
*''
T. caracasanus''
(Simon
Simon may refer to:
People
* Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon
* Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon
* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1895) – Guatemala to Ecuador
*''
T. chiapensis''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico
*''
T. chickeringi''
(Levi, 1959) – Panama
*''
T. chikunii''
(Yoshida, 1988) –
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
*''
T. chopardi''
(Berland Berland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*André Berland (1940–2025), French historian and biographer
*Bjørn Berland (born 1977), Norwegian footballer
*Eliezer Berland (born 1937), Israeli Breslov rabbi
*François Berléan ...
, 1920) –
East Africa
East Africa, also known as Eastern Africa or the East of Africa, is a region at the eastern edge of the Africa, African continent, distinguished by its unique geographical, historical, and cultural landscape. Defined in varying scopes, the regi ...
*''
T. confraternus''
(Banks
A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital markets.
As banks ...
, 1898) – Mexico to Peru
*''
T. corus''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico
*''
T. crassipes''
Keyserling, 1884 (
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* ...
) –
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 ...
*''
T. cravilus''
Marques & Buckup, 1992 – Brazil
*''
T. cristal''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. delicatulus''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico to Venezuela
*''
T. ebus''
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
*''
T. elongatus''
Peng, Yin & Hu, 2008 – China
*''
T. expulsus''
( Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA, Mexico,
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
,
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 ...
*''
T. gertrudae''
Müller & Heimer, 1990 – Colombia
*''
T. gibbithorax''
(Simon, 1894) –
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 ...
*''
T. guanicae''
( Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Mexico,
Greater Antilles
The Greater Antilles is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica, together with Navassa Island and the Cayman Islands. Seven island states share the region of the Greater Antille ...
*''
T. hupingensis''
Gan & Peng, 2015 – China
*''
T. ilhabela''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. illudens''
(Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) – USA to Colombia
*''
T. ilvan''
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
*''
T. incachaca''
Levi, 1964 –
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
*''
T. indicatus''
(Banks, 1929) – Nicaragua to Panama
*''
T. ipiranga''
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
*''
T. iritus''
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
*''
T. levii''
Gruia, 1973 – Cuba
*''
T. lobifrons''
(Simon, 1894) – Venezuela
*''
T. lori''
Levi, 1964 – Peru
*''
T. luculentus''
(Simon, 1894) – Mexico to Panama, St. Vincent
*''
T. machu''
Levi, 1967 – Peru
*''
T. maderae''
(Gertsch & Archer
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, 1942) – USA to Panama
*''
T. maracayensis''
Levi, 1964 – Venezuela, Brazil
*''
T. marxi''
(Crosby, 1906) – USA, Mexico
*''
T. matachic''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico
*''
T. melloleitaoni''
( Bristowe, 1938) – Brazil
*''
T. minero''
Roth, 1992 – USA
*''
T. minnesota''
Levi, 1964 – USA,
Canada
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*''
T. mirus''
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
*''
T. missionensis''
(Levi, 1957) – USA to Costa Rica
*''
T. murici''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. nentwigi''
Yoshida, 1994 –
Indonesia
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(Krakatau)
*''
T. nevada''
Müller & Heimer, 1990 – Colombia
*''
T. notabilis''
(Levi, 1959) – Panama
*''
T. oleatus''
(L. Koch, 1879) – Canada,
Greenland
Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...
, Russia (Europe to Far East)
*''
T. orilla''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico
*''
T. pallidus''
( Emerton, 1913) – USA, Caribbean to Venezuela
*''
T. palo''
Levi, 1967 – Brazil
*''
T. peruanus''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Peru
*''
T. piarco''
(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 ...
, Brazil
*''
T. pictipes''
(Banks, 1904) – USA
*''
T. pinheiral''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. piratini''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. praemollis''
(Simon, 1909) –
Vietnam
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*''
T. prolatus''
(Levi, 1959) – Panama
*''
T. promatensis''
Lise & Silva, 2009 – Brazil
*''
T. puer''
(Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Mexico, Brazil, Argentina
*''
T. ramon''
Levi, 1964 – Peru
*''
T. ramosus''
Gao & Li, 2014 – China
*''
T. rarus''
(Keyserling, 1886) – Brazil
*''
T. reservatus''
(Levi, 1959) – Panama
*''
T. sanctus''
(Chamberlin
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, 1916) – Peru
*''
T. sarasota''
(Levi, 1957) – USA
*''
T. sclerotis''
(Levi, 1957) – USA, Mexico
*''
T. simla''
(Levi, 1959) – Trinidad
*''
T. simplex''
(Bryant, 1940) – Cuba
*''
T. struthio''
(Simon, 1895) – Venezuela, Bolivia
*''
T. stylifrons''
(Simon, 1894) – Panama, Venezuela, St. Vincent
*''
T. subtilis''
(Simon, 1894) –
Tanzania
Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...
(Zanzibar)
*''
T. tabuleiro''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. taiobeiras''
Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil
*''
T. trisetaceus''
Peng, Yin & Griswold, 2008 – China
*''
T. ulleungensis''
(Paik, 1991) –
Korea
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*''
T. unimaculatus''
(Emerton, 1882) – USA, Canada
*''
T. unisignatus''
(Simon, 1894) – Colombia, Venezuela
*''
T. urubamba''
Levi, 1967 – Peru
*''
T. verus''
(Levi, 1959) – Mexico
*''
T. villarricaensis''
Levi, 1964 –
Paraguay
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*''
T. vivus''
( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1899) –
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 ...
*''
T. wangi''
Zhu, 1998 – China
*''
T. yaginumai''
Yoshida, 1995 – Japan
In synonymy:
*''T. americanus''
(Simon, 1898, T from ''Theonoe'') = ''Thymoites luculentus''
(Simon, 1894)
*''T. amputatus''
(Keyserling, 1884) = ''Thymoites unimaculatus''
(Emerton, 1882)
*''T. catalinae''
(Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites pictipes''
(Banks, 1904)
*''T. cubanus''
(Bryant, 1940, T from ''Dipoena'') = ''Thymoites pallidus''
(Emerton, 1913)
*''T. deprus''
(Levi, 1959) = ''Thymoites confraternus''
(Banks, 1898)
*''T. edinburgensis''
(Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) = ''Thymoites pallidus''
(Emerton, 1913)
*''T. hansi''
(Schenkel, 1950, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites pictipes''
(Banks, 1904)
*''T. imparatus''
(Bishop & Crosby, 1928, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites unimaculatus''
(Emerton, 1882)
*''T. insignis''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897) = ''Thymoites caracasanus''
(Simon, 1895)
*''T. lascivulus''
(Keyserling, 1886, T from ''Dipoena'') = ''Thymoites unimaculatus''
(Emerton, 1882)
*''T. nicoleti''
(Keyserling, 1886, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites unimaculatus''
(Emerton, 1882)
*''T. paradisiacus''
(Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites unimaculatus''
(Emerton, 1882)
*''T. petrensis''
(Sørensen, 1898, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites oleatus''
(L. Koch, 1879)
*''T. subimpressus''
(Zhu, 1998, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites bellissimus''
(L. Koch, 1879)
*''T. wallacei''
(Gertsch & Archer, 1942, T from ''Theridion'') = ''Thymoites pallidus''
(Emerton, 1913)
See also
*
List of Theridiidae species
This page lists all described genera and species of the spider family Theridiidae. , the World Spider Catalog accepts 3028 species in 124 genera:
A ''Achaearanea''
'' Achaearanea'' Strand, 1929
* '' Achaearanea alboinsignita'' Locket, 1980 †...
References
Theridiidae genera
Spiders of Africa
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of North America
Spiders of South America
Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling
Theridiidae
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