Thwaitesia

Updated on Jan 10, 2024

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Kingdom Animalia Suborder Araneomorphae Family Theridiidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Spider		Class Arachnida Superfamily Araneoidea Subfamily Spintharinae Rank Genus

Similar Thwaitesia argentiopunctata, Ariamnes, Paraplectana, Spintharus, Peucetia

Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.

It is very similar to the genus Spintharus, and both are similar to Episinus.

The female T. affinis is 4.5 mm long, the male 2.7 mm; T. bracteata is about the same size.

Species

Thwaitesia affinis O. P.-Cambridge, 1882 (Panama to Paraguay)

Thwaitesia algerica Simon, 1895 (Algeria)

Thwaitesia argentata Thorell, 1890 (Sumatra)

Thwaitesia argenteoguttata (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)

Thwaitesia argenteosquamata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)

Thwaitesia argentiopunctata (Rainbow, 1916) (Queensland)

Thwaitesia aureosignata (Lenz, 1891) (Madagascar)

Thwaitesia bracteata (Exline, 1950) (Trinidad, Colombia to Paraguay)

Thwaitesia dangensis Patel & Patel, 1972 (India)

Thwaitesia glabicauda Zhu, 1998 (China)

Thwaitesia inaurata (Vinson, 1863) (Réunion)

Thwaitesia margaritifera O. P.-Cambridge, 1881 (Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam)

Thwaitesia meruensis (Tullgren, 1910) (Tanzania)

Thwaitesia nigronodosa (Rainbow, 1912) (Queensland)

Thwaitesia phoenicolegna Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar, Vietnam)

Thwaitesia pulcherrima Butler, 1882 (Madagascar)

Thwaitesia rhomboidalis Simon, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea)

Thwaitesia scintillans Kulczyn'ski, 1911 (New Guinea)

Thwaitesia simoni (Keyserling, 1884) (Brazil)

Thwaitesia spinicauda Thorell, 1895 (Myanmar)

Thwaitesia splendida Keyserling, 1884 (Panama to Venezuela)

Thwaitesia turbinata Simon, 1903 (Sierra Leone)

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