Spintharus
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The spider genus Spintharus occurs from the northeastern United States to Brazil. Nicholas Marcellus Hentz circumscribed the genus in 1850, initially as a monospecific genus containing his newly described species S. flavidus.[1]
It is very similar to the genus Thwaitesia, and both are similar to Episinus. Unlike Argyrodes, they have two setae in place of a colulus.
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 S. gracilis are 3.7mm long, males 2.3mm.
A revision of the genus by Template:Ill and colleagues printed in 2018 included the description of fifteen new species, as well as the removal of S. argenteus.[2] Some of the new specific names were named in honor of political figures, artists, and celebrities.[3] As of 2017, when the electronic pre-print was published, Spintharus was the spider genus with the most species named after celebrities.[4]
An earlier revision of the genus was by Herbert Walter Levi; his taxonomy recognized two species: S. flavidus and S. gracilis.[5][6]
Species
As of 2020[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., the World Spider Catalog (WSC), largely following Agnarsson and colleagues, accepts the following extant species:[2][7]
- Spintharus barackobamai Agnarsson & Van Patten, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cuba
- Spintharus berniesandersi Agnarsson & Sargeant, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cuba
- Spintharus davidattenboroughi Agnarsson & Van Patten, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Jamaica
- Spintharus davidbowiei Agnarsson & Chomitz, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico
- Spintharus dayleae Sargeant & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Saint Lucia, Grenada
- Spintharus flavidus Hentz, 1850Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (type species) – USA, Central and South America
- Spintharus frosti Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dominican Republic
- Spintharus giraldoalayoni Agnarsson & Chomitz, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cuba
- Spintharus goodbreadae Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cuba
- Spintharus gracilis Keyserling, 1886Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Spintharus greerae Sargeant & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Mexico
- Spintharus jesselaueri Sargeant & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dominica
- Spintharus leonardodicaprioi Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dominican Republic
- Spintharus leverger LeMay & Agnarsson, 2020Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Brazil
- Spintharus manrayi Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cuba
- Spintharus michelleobamaae Agnarsson & Sargeant, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Cuba
- Spintharus rallorum Chomitz & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Spintharus skelly Van Patten & Agnarsson, 2018Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". – Dominican Republic
The WSC also recognizes one fossil species in the genus:[8]
- Template:Extinct Spintharus longisoma Wunderlich, 1988Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". — Dominican amber
Formerly accepted species in Spintharus include:[7]
- Spintharus minutus Petrunkevitch, 1926Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (= Theridion antillanum Simon, 1894Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)[9][10]
- Spintharus hentzi Levi, 1955Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (= Spintharus flavidus Hentz, 1850Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".)[6]
- Spintharus argenteus Dyal, 1935Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (nomen dubium)[2]
References
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