Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2017, On some minuscule spiders (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae, Symphytognathidae) from the Chocó region of Ecuador with the description of ten new species, Zootaxa 4341 (3), pp. 375-399 : 385

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scientific name	Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879
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Type species: Theridiosoma argenteolum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879

Diagnosis. Theridiosoma MAlES DIffEr frOM All OtHEr tHErIDIOSOMAtIDS by tHE fOrM Of tHE EMbOlIc DIvISION, A tUbUlAr EMbOlUS WItH tHE EMbOlIc ApOpHySIS frAgMENtED INtO SEvErAl lONg brIStlE-lIkE pArtS ( FIg. 16 View FIGURES 15 – 17 ) AND A cUrvED MEDIAN ApOpHySIS, WItH A SlIgHt grOOvE AlONg ItS UppEr AxIS ( FIg. 15 View FIGURES 15 – 17 ). FEMAlES Theridiosoma ArE DIAgNOSED by tHEIr fIrM AND rObUSt cOpUlAtOry DUctS lEADINg frOM tHE bUrSA tO tHE SpErMAtHEcAE ( FIg. 29 View FIGURES 28, 29 ).

Composition in America. Theridiosoma ankas n. sp., T. argenteolunulatum SIMON, 1897, T. caaguara RODrIgUES & Ott, 2005, T. chiripa RODrIgUES & Ott, 2005, T. concolor KEySErlINg, 1884, T. davisi ArcHEr, 1953, T. esmeraldas n. sp., T. gemmosum ( L. KOcH, 1877), T. goodnightorum ArcHEr, 1953, T. kullki n. sp., T. lucidum SIMON, 1897, T. nechodomae PEtrUNkEvItcH, 1930, T. obscurum ( KEySErlINg, 1886), T. sacha n. sp., T. sancristobalensis BAErt, 2014, T. savannum CHAMbErlIN & IvIE, 1944, T. zygops ( CHAMbErlIN & IvIE, 1936).

Distribution in America. CANADA, USA, MExIcO, COStA RIcA, PANAMA, JAMAIcA, PUErtO RIcO, WESt INDIES, VENEZUElA, EcUADOr AND tHE GAlApAgOS ISlANDS, BrAZIl.

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