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Thwaitesia

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Thwaitesia
T. affinis, female
Thwaitsia sp. from the NSW Central Coast
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Thwaitesia
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881[1]
Type species
T. margaritifera
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881
Species

23, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Topo Exline, 1950[2]

Thwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881.[3]

T. affinis females are 4.6 millimetres (0.18 in) long, and males are 2.7 millimetres (0.11 in) long. T. bracteata are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both Spintharus and Episinus.[citation needed]

Species

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As of June 2020 it contains twenty-three species, found in the tropics worldwide:[1]

Formerly included:

  • T. argyrodiformis (Yaginuma, 1952) (Transferred to Chrysso)

Nomen dubium

  • T. conifera (Blackwall, 1862)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2020). "Gen. Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ^ Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 31.
  3. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1881). "On some new genera and species of Araneidea". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 49 (3): 765–775. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1881.tb01333.x.

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