Theridula emertoni is a species of tangle web spider commonly found in the United States and Canada.[1] Prior to its formal description in 1954, specimens of T. emertoni were often classified as T. opulenta, a species with whom its range overlaps.[2] The species can be reliably distinguished from T. opulenta by the epigyne in females or by the pedipalp in males.[2]
| Theridula emertoni | |
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| Female Theridula emertoni | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Theridula |
| Species: | T. emertoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Theridula emertoni Levi, 1954
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| Synonyms | |
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Theridula sphaerula | |
Adult females are between 1.7 and 2.8 mm in length. Adult males are between 1.6 and 2.3 mm in length.[2][3]
References
edit- ^ Levi, Herbert W. (1966). "American Spider Genera Theridula and Paratheridula (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 73 (2): 123–130. doi:10.1155/1966/12793.
- ^ a b c Levi, Herbert W. (October 1954). "The Spider Genus Theridula in North and Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Theridiidae)". Transcriptions of American Microscopical Society. 73 (4): 331–343. doi:10.2307/3223578. JSTOR 3223578.
- ^ Howell, W. Mike; Ronald L. Jenkins (2004). Spiders of the Eastern United States: A Photographic Guide. Pearson Education. pp. 113–114.
External links
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