''Thymoites'' is a

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of comb-footed spiders that was first described by

Eugen von Keyserling Eugen von Keyserling (22 March 1833 in Pockroy, Lithuania – 4 April 1889 in Dzierżoniów, Silesia Silesia (, also , ) is a historical region of Central Europe that lies mostly within Poland, with small parts in the Czech Republic and G ...

in 1884.

Species

it contains ninety-four species, found in Central America, Asia, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, North America, and on

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: *'' T. aloitus''

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, 1964 –

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

*'' T. amprus'' Levi, 1964 –

Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Co ...

*'' T. anicus'' Levi, 1964 – Brazil *'' T. anserma'' Levi, 1964 – Colombia *'' T. banksi'' (Bryant, 1948) –

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and t ...

*'' T. bellissimus'' (

L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

, 1879) –

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(Europe to Far East), China *'' T. bocaina'' Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil *'' T. bogus'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' T. boneti'' (Levi, 1959) –

Mexico Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...

*'' 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 ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, t ...

*'' T. caracasanus'' (

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, 1895) – Guatemala to Ecuador *'' T. chiapensis'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' T. chickeringi'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' T. chikunii'' (Yoshida, 1988) – Japan *'' T. chopardi'' (

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, 1920) –

East Africa East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the histori ...

*'' T. confraternus'' (

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, 1898) – Mexico to Peru *'' T. corus'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' T. crassipes'' Keyserling, 1884 (

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) –

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*'' 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 Willis John Gertsch (October 4, 1906 – December 12, 1998) was an American arachnologist. He described over 1,000 species of spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider. Gertsch was born ...

& Mulaik, 1936) – USA, Mexico,

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispan ...

*'' T. gertrudae'' Müller & Heimer, 1990 – Colombia *'' T. gibbithorax'' (Simon, 1894) –

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...

*'' T. guanicae'' ( Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Mexico,

Greater Antilles The Greater Antilles ( es, Grandes Antillas or Antillas Mayores; french: Grandes Antilles; ht, Gwo Zantiy; jam, Grieta hAntiliiz) is a grouping of the larger islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, ...

*'' 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 –

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*'' 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 &

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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'' (

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, 1938) – Brazil *'' T. minero'' Roth, 1992 – USA *'' T. minnesota'' Levi, 1964 – USA,

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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 –

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(Krakatau) *'' T. nevada'' Müller & Heimer, 1990 – Colombia *'' T. notabilis'' (Levi, 1959) – Panama *'' T. oleatus'' (L. Koch, 1879) – Canada,

, Russia (Europe to Far East) *'' T. orilla'' (Levi, 1959) – Mexico *'' T. pallidus'' (

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, 1913) – USA, Caribbean to Venezuela *'' T. palo'' Levi, 1967 – Brazil *'' T. peruanus'' (Keyserling, 1886) – Peru *'' T. piarco'' (Levi, 1959) –

Trinidad Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands of Trinidad and Tobago. The island lies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela and sits on the continental shelf of South America. It is often referred to as the southernmos ...

, Brazil *'' T. pictipes'' (Banks, 1904) – USA *'' T. pinheiral'' Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil *'' T. piratini'' Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil *'' T. praemollis'' (Simon, 1909) –

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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'' (

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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 ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands ...

(Zanzibar) *'' T. tabuleiro'' Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil *'' T. taiobeiras'' Rodrigues & Brescovit, 2015 – Brazil *'' T. trisetaceus'' Peng, Yin & Griswold, 2008 – China *'' T. ulleungensis'' (Paik, 1991) –

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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 Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ...

*'' T. vivus'' (

O. Pickard-Cambridge Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider. Life and work Pickard-Cambridge was born in Blox ...

, 1899) – Costa Rica *'' 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)

References

Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Africa Spiders of Asia Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Eugen von Keyserling Theridiidae {{Theridiidae-stub

Species

See also

References