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{{short description|Family of spiders}}
{{Taxobox
{{Automatic taxobox
| fossil_range = {{Fossil range|Turonian|present}}
| name = Ray spiders
| name = Ray spiders
| image = Wendilgarda.sp.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
| image = Wendilgarda.sp.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
| image_caption = female ''Wendilgarda''
| image_caption = ''[[Wendilgarda]]'', female
| taxon = Theridiosomatidae
| image_width = 250px
| authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1881<ref name=NMBE/>
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| classis = [[Arachnid]]a
| ordo = [[Spider|Araneae]]
| subordo = [[Araneomorphae]]
| superfamilia = [[Araneoidea]]
| familia = '''Theridiosomatidae'''
| familia_authority = [[Eugène Simon|Simon]], 1881
| diversity_link = List of Theridiosomatidae species
| diversity = 12 genera, 75 species
| range_map = Distribution.theridiosomatidae.1.png
| range_map = Distribution.theridiosomatidae.1.png
| subdivision_ranks =
| range_map_width = 250px
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
| subdivision =
| diversity = [[#Genera|20 genera]], [[List of Theridiosomatidae species|132 species]]
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}}'''Theridiosomatidae,''' commonly known as '''Ray Spiders,''' are a family of [[Araneomorphae|araneomorph]] [[Spider|spiders]] first described by [[Eugène Simon]] in 1881.<ref>{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| author-link=Eugène Simon| year=1881| title=Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie}}</ref> The family includes 137 [[species]] divided between 20 [[genus|genera]].<ref name="NMBE" /> They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs.<ref>{{cite book |first=B.J. |last=Kaston |author-link=B. J. Kaston |title=How to Know the Spiders |edition=3rd |series=Pictured key nature series |publisher=Wm C. Brown Company Publishers |location=Dubuque, IA |date=1972 |isbn=9780697048981 |oclc=668250654 }}</ref>
}}

The '''ray spiders''' (family ''Theridiosomatidae'') are [[spider]]s most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs. As of 2008, the family consists of 75 species in 12 genera.


==Genera==
==Genera==
{{as of|2023|04}}, the [[World Spider Catalog]] accepts the following genera:<ref name="NMBE">{{cite web |title=Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/102 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}</ref>
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Theridiosomatidae.txt Biology Catalog].
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*''[[Andasta]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> – Seychelles, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
*''[[Baalzebub_(spider)|Baalzebub]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Central America, Brazil, Australia, China
*''[[Chthonopes]]'' <small>Wunderlich, 2011</small> Laos
*''[[Chthonos]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Ecuador, Brazil, Peru
*''[[Coddingtonia]]'' <small>Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009</small> – Malaysia, Laos
*''[[Cuacuba]]'' <small>Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018</small>
*''[[Epeirotypus]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894</small> Mexico, Costa Rica
*''[[Epilineutes]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Mexico, Brazil
*''[[Karstia]]'' <small>Chen, 2010</small> – China
*''[[Menglunia]]'' <small>Zhao & Li, 2012</small> – China
*''[[Naatlo]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Central America, South America, Trinidad and Tobago
*''[[Ogulnius]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882</small> South America, Caribbean, Panama, Asia
*''[[Parogulnius]]'' <small>Archer, 1953</small> – United States
*''[[Plato_(spider)|Plato]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> South America, Trinidad
*''[[Sennin]]'' <small>Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022</small> – Japan
*''[[Sinoalaria]]'' <small>Zhao & Li, 2014</small> – China
*''[[Tagalogonia]]'' <small>Labarque & Griswold, 2014</small> – Philippines
*''[[Theridiosoma]]'' <small>O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879</small> – South America, Africa, Oceania, North America, Asia, Central America, Jamaica
*''[[Wendilgarda]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> – Asia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Central America, Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean
*''[[Zoma_(spider)|Zoma]]'' <small>Saaristo, 1996</small> – China, Seychelles
{{div col end}}


=== Fossil species ===
* [[Eperiotypinae]]
:* ''[[Epeirotypus]]'' <small>[[Octavius Pickard-Cambridge|O. P-Cambridge]], 1894</small> Mexico to Costa Rica
:* ''[[Naatlo]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Central and South America


* †''Eoepeirotypus'' <small>Wunderlich 2004</small> [[Baltic amber]], [[Eocene]]
* [[Ogulninae]]
:* ''[[Ogulnius]]'' <small>O. P.-Cambridge, 1882</small> Central and South America, South Asia
* ''Eotheridiosoma'' <small>Wunderlich 2004</small> [[Bitterfeld amber]], Baltic amber, Eocene
* †''Palaeoepeirotypus'' <small>Wunderlich 1988</small> [[Dominican amber]], [[Miocene]]
* †''Umerosoma'' <small>Wunderlich 2004</small> Baltic amber, Eocene
* †"''Baalzebub''" ''mesozoicum'' {{small|Penney 2014}} - [[Vendée amber]], France, [[Turonian]]<ref>{{Cite journal|date=2014-12-01|title=A fossil ray spider (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) in Cretaceous amber from Vendée, France|journal=Paleontological Contributions|doi=10.17161/pc.1808.15982|issn=1946-0279|doi-access=free}}</ref> later considered to be stem-theridiosomatid<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Magalhaes|first1=Ivan L. F.|last2=Azevedo|first2=Guilherme H. F.|last3=Michalik|first3=Peter|last4=Ramírez|first4=Martín J.|date=February 2020|title=The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/brv.12559|journal=Biological Reviews|language=en|volume=95|issue=1|pages=184–217|doi=10.1111/brv.12559|pmid=31713947|s2cid=207937170|issn=1464-7931}}</ref>


==See also==
* [[Platoninae]]
* [[List of Theridiosomatidae species]]
:* ''[[Chthonos]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> South Africa
:* ''[[Plato (spider)|Plato]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> South America

* [[Theridiosomatinae]]
:* ''[[Andasta]]'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> South Asia
:* ''[[Baalzebub (spider)|Baalzebub]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Central and South Africa, Australia
:* ''[[Epilineutes]]'' <small>Coddington, 1986</small> Mexico to Brazil
:* ''[[Theridiosoma]]'' <small>O. P.-Cambridge, 1879</small> — worldwide
:* ''[[Wendilgarda]]'' <small>Keyserling, 1886</small> — Central to South America, Asia
:* ''[[Zoma (spider)|Zoma]]'' <small>Saaristo, 1996</small> Seychelles

* ''[[incertae sedis]]''
:* ''[[Parogulnius]]'' <small>Archer, 1953</small> USA


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite book | author = B.J. Kaston | title = How to Know the Spiders | publisher = Wm C. Brown Company Publishers | year = 1972 | id = }}
* {{aut|Platnick, Norman I.}} (2008): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog], version 8.5. ''American Museum of Natural History''.

==See also==
* [[List of Theridiosomatidae species]]
* [[Spider families]]


==External links==
==External links==
{{wikispecies|Theridiosomatidae}}
{{Wikispecies|Theridiosomatidae}}
{{commonscat|Theridiosomatidae}}
{{commons category|Theridiosomatidae}}


{{Araneae}}
{{Araneae}}
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[[Category:Araneomorphae]]
[[Category:Spiders of South America]]
[[Category:Theridiosomatidae|Theridiosomatidae]]


[[ca:Teridiosomàtid]]
[[de:Zwergradnetzspinne]]
[[it:Theridiosomatidae]]


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Latest revision as of 01:52, 8 September 2023

Ray spiders
Temporal range: Turonian–present
Wendilgarda, female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiosomatidae
Simon, 1881[1]
Diversity
20 genera, 132 species

Theridiosomatidae, commonly known as Ray Spiders, are a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1881.[2] The family includes 137 species divided between 20 genera.[1] They are most recognizable for their construction of cone-shaped webs.[3]

Genera[edit]

As of April 2023, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]

  • Andasta Simon, 1895 – Seychelles, Malaysia, Sri Lanka
  • Baalzebub Coddington, 1986 – Central America, Brazil, Australia, China
  • Chthonopes Wunderlich, 2011 – Laos
  • Chthonos Coddington, 1986 – Ecuador, Brazil, Peru
  • Coddingtonia Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – Malaysia, Laos
  • Cuacuba Prete, Cizauskas & Brescovit, 2018
  • Epeirotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Mexico, Costa Rica
  • Epilineutes Coddington, 1986 – Mexico, Brazil
  • Karstia Chen, 2010 – China
  • Menglunia Zhao & Li, 2012 – China
  • Naatlo Coddington, 1986 – Central America, South America, Trinidad and Tobago
  • Ogulnius O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1882 – South America, Caribbean, Panama, Asia
  • Parogulnius Archer, 1953 – United States
  • Plato Coddington, 1986 – South America, Trinidad
  • Sennin Suzuki, Hiramatsu & Tatsuta, 2022 – Japan
  • Sinoalaria Zhao & Li, 2014 – China
  • Tagalogonia Labarque & Griswold, 2014 – Philippines
  • Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 – South America, Africa, Oceania, North America, Asia, Central America, Jamaica
  • Wendilgarda Keyserling, 1886 – Asia, São Tomé and Príncipe, Central America, Brazil, Mexico, Caribbean
  • Zoma Saaristo, 1996 – China, Seychelles

Fossil species[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Family: Theridiosomatidae Simon, 1881". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2023-04-25.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1881). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie.
  3. ^ Kaston, B.J. (1972). How to Know the Spiders. Pictured key nature series (3rd ed.). Dubuque, IA: Wm C. Brown Company Publishers. ISBN 9780697048981. OCLC 668250654.
  4. ^ "A fossil ray spider (Araneae: Theridiosomatidae) in Cretaceous amber from Vendée, France". Paleontological Contributions. 2014-12-01. doi:10.17161/pc.1808.15982. ISSN 1946-0279.
  5. ^ Magalhaes, Ivan L. F.; Azevedo, Guilherme H. F.; Michalik, Peter; Ramírez, Martín J. (February 2020). "The fossil record of spiders revisited: implications for calibrating trees and evidence for a major faunal turnover since the Mesozoic". Biological Reviews. 95 (1): 184–217. doi:10.1111/brv.12559. ISSN 1464-7931. PMID 31713947. S2CID 207937170.

External links[edit]