Theridula

Theridula is a genus of cobweb spiders, found in many (mostly tropical) parts of the world. Species vary in size from 1 to 3.5 mm in length. In females, the abdomen is wider than long, with a hump or horn on each side, and sometimes a posterior median horn. The pedipalp in males is simple, lacking a conductor or theridioid tegular apophysis.

Theridula spiders are frequently found on bushes or tall grass where they rest on the undersides of leaves near their webs.

Species

 * Theridula albonigra Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
 * Theridula albonigra vittata Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
 * Theridula angula Tikader, 1970 (India)
 * Theridula casas Levi, 1954 (Mexico)
 * Theridula emertoni Levi, 1954 (USA, Canada)
 * Theridula faceta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1894) (Mexico, Guatemala)
 * Theridula gonygaster (Simon, 1873) (Cosmopolitan)
 * Theridula huberti Benoit, 1977 (St. Helena)
 * Theridula iriomotensis Yoshida, 2001 (Japan)
 * Theridula multiguttata Keyserling, 1896 (Brazil)
 * Theridula nigerrima (Petrunkevitch, 1911) (Ecuador, Peru)
 * Theridula opulenta (Walckenaer, 1842) (Cosmopolitan)
 * Theridula perlata Simon, 1889 (Madagascar)
 * Theridula puebla Levi, 1954 (Mexico, Panama)
 * Theridula pulchra Berland, 1920 (East Africa)
 * Theridula sexpupillata Mello-Leitão, 1941 (Brazil)
 * Theridula swatiae Biswas, Saha & Raychaydhuri, 1997 (India)
 * Theridula theriella Strand, 1907 (Madagascar)
 * Theridula zhangmuensis Hu, 2001 (China)