Rugathodes is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950.[2] It is closely related to members of Theridion and Wamba.[3]

Rugathodes
Rugathodes sexpunctatus, female
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Rugathodes
Archer, 1950[1]
Type species
R. sexpunctatus
(Emerton, 1882)
Species

8, see text

Species

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As of June 2020 it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribution:[1]

In synonymy:

  • R. lowriei (Barrows, 1945) = Rugathodes aurantius (Emerton, 1915)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Rugathodes Archer, 1950". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  2. ^ Archer, A. F. (1950). "A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species". Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History. 30: 1–40.
  3. ^ Stiles, G.J.; Coyle, F.A. (2001). "Habitat distribution and life history of species in the spider genera Theridion, Rugathodes, and Wamba in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Araneae, Theridiidae)" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 29 (3): 396–412. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2001)029[0396:HDALHO]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86847636.
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Further reading

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  • Wunderlich, J. (1993). "The Macaronesian cave-dwelling spider fauna (Arachnida: Araneae)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 33: 681–686.
  • Wunderlich, J. (1987). Die Spinnen der Kanarischen Inseln und Madeiras: Adaptive Radiation, Biogeographie, Revisionen und Neubeschreibungen. Triops, Langen. p. 435.
  • Levi, H. W. (1957). "The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 112: 1–124.
  • Le Peru, B. (2011). "The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae". Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon. 2: 1–522.