- Spintharus
Taxobox
name = "Spintharus"
image_caption = female "S. flavidus" (w/o legs)
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo =Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
familia =Theridiidae
genus = "Spintharus"
genus_authority = Hentz,1850
diversity_link = List of Theridiidae species#Spintharus
diversity = 3 species
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.The spider genus "Spintharus" occurs from the northeastern
USA toBrazil , with one species found inPakistan .It is very similar to the genus "
Thwaitesia ", and both are similar to "Episinus ". Unlike "Argyrodes ", they have two setae in place of acolulus .Specimens of "S. flavidus" are variable in structure. Only some have an elevated eye region or humps on the anterior of the abdomen.
Females of "F. gracilis" are 3.7mm long, males 2.3mm.
pecies
* "
Spintharus argenteus " Dyal, 1935 (Pakistan)
* "Spintharus flavidus " Hentz, 1850 (USA to Bolivia, Brazil)
* "Spintharus gracilis " Keyserling, 1886 (Brazil)References
* Levi, H.W. (1963). The American Spider Genera "Spintharus" and "Thwaitesia" (Araneae: Theridiidae). "Psyche" 70:223-234 [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/70/70-223.pdf PDF]
External links
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