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1238:(1946). "The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama".
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1262:"A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae)"
753:– Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
831:, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East),
231:), meaning "near" or "next to", and the theridiid genus
797:– Tropical Asia. Introduced to North America, Europe,
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1293:Bee, Lawrence; Oxford, Geoff; Smith, Helen (2020).
1240:Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History
827:) – South America. Introduced to Canada, USA,
1333:Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae
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1342:Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China
835:, Iran, Central Asia, China, Japan,
268:females, although slightly smaller.
292:. A few species originate from the
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280:genus, with many species found in
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1208:World Spider Catalog Version 20.0
1627:urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03640
1340:Yin, C. M.; et al. (2012).
1295:Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide
1204:"Gen. Parasteatoda Archer, 1946"
899:– New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (
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1210:. Natural History Museum Bern.
950:(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995)
993:(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
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571:(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
423:(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
349:(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)
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658:Yoshida & Takasuka, 2011
573:– India, China, Korea, Japan
309:Yang, Irfan & Peng, 2019
213:that was first described by
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1180:List of Theridiidae species
738:– Japan, Ryukyu Is., Taiwan
721:Parasteatoda quadrimaculata
483:(Zhu, Zhang & Xu, 1991)
305:Parasteatoda aequipeiformis
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527:Parasteatoda jinghongensis
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1165:Parasteatoda tepidariorum
1150:Parasteatoda nigrovittata
1120:Parasteatoda nigrovittata
1075:Parasteatoda nigrovittata
847:Parasteatoda t. australis
817:Parasteatoda tepidariorum
669:Parasteatoda nigrovittata
553:Parasteatoda kentingensis
375:Parasteatoda celsabdomina
370:, New Guinea, Solomon Is.
319:Parasteatoda angulithorax
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684:Parasteatoda oxymaculata
654:Parasteatoda merapiensis
567:Parasteatoda kompirensis
516:Parasteatoda hatsushibai
455:(Krakatau), New Guinea,
867:(Zhu & Zhang, 1992)
863:Parasteatoda transipora
706:Parasteatoda polygramma
638:Parasteatoda l. serrata
589:Parasteatoda longiducta
578:Parasteatoda lanyuensis
479:Parasteatoda galeiforma
419:Parasteatoda culicivora
241:name for this genus is
908:Parasteatoda vervoorti
874:Parasteatoda triangula
806:Parasteatoda taiwanica
430:Parasteatoda daliensis
408:Parasteatoda corrugata
397:Parasteatoda cingulata
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1135:Parasteatoda tabulata
923:Jin & Zhang, 2013
791:Parasteatoda tabulata
743:Parasteatoda simulans
679:– Mexico to Argentina
441:Parasteatoda decorata
351:– China, Korea, Japan
345:Parasteatoda asiatica
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1498:Fauna Europaea (new)
1324:The Spiders of China
1260:Yoshida, H. (2008).
780:Parasteatoda subvexa
695:Parasteatoda palmata
690:– China, India, Laos
501:Parasteatoda hammeni
1331:Zhu, M. S. (1998).
1279:10.2476/asjaa.57.37
1105:Parasteatoda lunata
1090:Parasteatoda camura
1086:(Chrysanthus, 1963)
1019:(Chrysanthus, 1963)
912:(Chrysanthus, 1975)
897:(Chrysanthus, 1975)
893:Parasteatoda valoka
884:, Indonesia (Java,
732:Parasteatoda ryukyu
642:(Franganillo, 1930)
600:Parasteatoda lunata
538:Parasteatoda kaindi
356:Parasteatoda camura
333:(Far East), China,
211:comb-footed spiders
1670:Spiders of Oceania
1650:Theridiidae genera
1266:Acta Arachnologica
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1153:(Keyserling, 1884)
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919:Parasteatoda wangi
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758:Parasteatoda songi
699:Gao & Li, 2014
468:Parasteatoda ducta
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1032:Saito, 1939
990:P. japonica
984:Campanicola
970:Campanicola
901:New Britain
837:New Zealand
784:(Zhu, 1998)
773:(Zhu, 1998)
762:(Zhu, 1998)
688:(Zhu, 1998)
593:(Zhu, 1998)
531:(Zhu, 1998)
507:Chrysanthus
494:(Zhu, 1998)
472:(Zhu, 1998)
434:(Zhu, 1998)
401:(Zhu, 1998)
379:(Zhu, 1998)
368:Philippines
249:Description
135:Theridiidae
95:Chelicerata
91:Subphylum:
1644:Categories
1221:2020-06-30
1216:10.24436/2
1186:References
1158:P. pallida
1116:Levi, 1959
1051:Nihonhimea
1023:Nihonhimea
1016:P. mundula
1010:Nihonhimea
1003:P. mundula
997:Nihonhimea
955:Nihonhimea
833:Kazakhstan
829:Seychelles
712:Kulczyński
675:Keyserling
626:, Russia (
461:Queensland
286:New Guinea
176:C. L. Koch
85:Arthropoda
1272:: 37–40.
1098:P. lunata
1083:P. krausi
1037:Keijiella
882:Singapore
457:Australia
453:Indonesia
385:, China,
294:New World
278:Old World
105:Arachnida
71:Kingdom:
65:Eukaryota
1446:BugGuide
1422:BioLib:
1386:Q3015061
1380:Wikidata
1174:See also
1113:P. mesax
1060:synonymy
812:– Taiwan
727:– Taiwan
624:Caucasus
584:– Taiwan
387:Thailand
239:Japanese
234:Steatoda
192:see text
184:Species
131:Family:
81:Phylum:
75:Animalia
61:Domain:
1614:4439878
1542:1220782
1516:2157401
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925:– China
869:– China
855:Myanmar
799:Georgia
786:– China
775:– China
764:– China
751:, 1875)
749:Thorell
714:, 1911)
701:– China
677:, 1884)
608:, 1757)
595:– China
533:– China
522:– Japan
509:, 1963)
496:– China
485:– China
474:– China
449:, 1867)
447:L. Koch
414:– Japan
403:– China
364:, 1877)
327:, 1906)
272:Species
178:, 1841)
141:Genus:
115:Araneae
111:Order:
101:Class:
1611:uBio:
1604:499524
1588:NZOR:
1581:449632
1555:849068
1529:120584
1490:353320
1451:184967
1438:154746
1425:753172
1301:
841:Hawaii
628:Europe
620:Israel
616:Turkey
612:Europe
606:Clerck
561:Taiwan
331:Russia
325:Strand
290:Europe
237:. The
154:, 1946
152:Archer
1537:IRMNG
1477:89136
383:India
362:Simon
339:Japan
335:Korea
313:China
223:para-
207:genus
205:is a
1576:NCBI
1550:ITIS
1511:GBIF
1464:6GWP
1433:BOLD
1299:ISBN
886:Bali
825:type
662:Java
646:Cuba
632:Iran
544:Levi
391:Laos
284:and
282:Asia
228:παρά
190:42,
1622:WSC
1563:NBN
1472:EoL
1459:CoL
1410:ADW
1274:doi
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