taxonID	type	description	language	source
433CA50707851784B534ABA60FF2534B.taxon	description	(Figs. 8 A-C)	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
433CA50707851784B534ABA60FF2534B.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Opisthosoma with a leaf-like and spotted color pattern on dorsum (Fig. 6 A, C). In other genera, there exists a pattern made by silver spots that form longitudinal bands (e. g., Thwaitesia) (Figs. 9 D, 10 A), or spotting and points without a defined pattern (e. g., Episinus) (Fig. 8 D-F). The patella I-IV presents each an outer lateral tubercle conspicuous, while in all remaining spintharinae genera tubercles are inconspicuous (e. g., Stemmops) (Figs. 9 B-C). The cymbium of pedipalp is triangular in shape, while oval (other Spintharinae) or sickle-shaped (Latrodectinae). A sheet-like web shape is present in Chrosiothes (Eberhard et al. 2008, figs. 8 A-E; 9 A-E), while the remaining genera have an irregular or " H " - like web (Eberhard et al. 2008, fig. 10 A-C). Levi (1954 b; 1964 b) and Levi and Levi (1962) report the presence of humps in the opisthosoma as a diagnostic character, however, we recognize that some species lack humps (Fig. 8 A-B), therefore this character would not be useful to diagnose all Chrosiothes species.	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
433CA50707851784B534ABA60FF2534B.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mainly in tropical areas. Occurs almost exclusively in the New World but the distribution includes countries like China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan (Platnick 2013).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
433CA50707851784B534ABA60FF2534B.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Chrosiothes chirica: MEXICO, [Parque Nacional] Desierto de los Leones, [19 ° 15 ' 12 " N, 99 ° 19 ' 51 " W], Distrito Federal, 23 April 1946, J. C. & D. L. Pallister, 1 ♀ (AMNH). U. S. A., Utah, Hughes Canyon, 20 May 1934, H. W. Levi, 4 ♂ and 12 immature (AMNH); same data but 20 May 1934, Wilton Ivie, 8 ♂, 4 ♀ and 4 immature (AMNH); Utah, Hughes Canyon, 29 June 1935, H. W. Levi, 4 ♂, 2 ♀ (AMNH); same data but 29 June 1935, H. W. Levi, 1 ♂ y 6 immature (AMNH); Arizona, White Mountains, 17 mi. NE Whiteriver, 8 - 10 July 1940, J. M. Gertsch, 1 ♀ (AMNH); Arizona, Santa Rita Mountains, Madera Canyon, 16 July 1940, Getrsch & Hook, 1 ♀ (AMNH); Utah, Mill Creek Canyon 1 to 2 min up, 40 ° 40 ' N 111 ° 43 ' W, 21 August 1941, J. C. Chamberlin, 1 ♀ (AMNH); Arizona, Rustlers Cam, Chiricahua Mountains, 1 June 1952, M. Cazier, W. Gertsch & R. Schrammel, 1 ♂ (holotype) (AMNH); same data but 1 June 1952, M. Cazier, W. Gertsch & R. Schrammel, 2 immature (AMNH); Colorado, Piedra, County of Archuleta, 21 July 1952, L. R. & H. W. Levi, 1 ♂ (AMNH). Chrosiothes portalensis: MEXICO, Nayarit, a 15 min. al N de Tepic, 25 July 1954, W. J. Gertsch, 1 ♂ (paratype) (MCZ); Jalisco, [Mpio. La Huerta, San Patricio], Estacion de Biologia Chamela, [Km 59 Carretera federal 200, Barra de Navidad-Puerto Vallarta], 12 July 1989, S. Guzman, 1 ♀ (CNAN); same data but 20 August 1989, S. Guzman, 1 ♀ (CNAN). U. S. A., Arizona, County of Cochise, Chiricahua Mountains, S WRS, Cave Creck Canyon, August 1856, A. F. Archer, 1 ♀ (AMNH); Arizona, Chiricahua Mountains, Rustler Camp, 09 October 1950, W. J. Gertsch, 14 immature (AMNH); Arizona, County of Cochise, Southwestern Research Sta, 5 mi. of West of Portal, 5 - 15 August 1955, M. J. Gertsch, ♂ (holotype), 1 ♀ (paratype) (AMNH); same data but 1 ♀ (paratype) (MCZ). Chrosiothes silvaticus: ECUADOR, Machala, Buenavista 20 km S. E., 11 November 1942, Moore, E., 1 ♂ (MCZ- 83505). COSTA RICA, San Jose, San Antonio de Escazu, 1300 m., W. Eberhard, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83502); Provincia de Cartago, [Town of] Turrialba, 23 July- 15 August 1965, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83503). GUATEMALA, [Department Alta Verapaz], [Municipality] Coban, July 1947, C. & P. Vaurie, 1 ♂ (AMNH). PANAMA, Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, 23 - 30 June 1934, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83880); Canal Zone, Isla Barro Colorado, 16 June- 15 July 1934, A. M. Chickering, 3 ♀ (MCZ- 83881); Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, 25 - 28 June 1936, A. M. Chickering, 3 ♀, 1 immature (MCZ- 83890); same data but 7 - 9 July 1936, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83889); Canal Zone, 28 July 1936, A. M. Chickering, 2 ♀ (MCZ- 83891); El Valle, July 1936, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♂ (MCZ- 83509); Barro Colorado Island, [Lago Gatun], Canal Zone, 6 - 9 August 1936, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♂ (MCZ- 83884); Barro Colorado Island, [Lago Gatun], Canal Zone, 23 - 30 June 1939, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♂ (MCZ- 83894); Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, 28 - 31 July 1939, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83883); Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, June 1950, A. M. Chickering, 2 ♀ (MCZ- 83886); same data but June 1950, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83888); [Barro Colorado Island, Lago Gatun], Canal Zone, Summit, 7 - 10 July 1950, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83882); Canal Zone, Sumit, 16 - 17 August 1950, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♂ (MCZ- 83885); Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, August 1950, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀, (MCZ- 83893); Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, 22 July 1954, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83892); [Prov. Chiriqui], [Town] Boquete, 4 - 11 August 1954, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀, (MCZ- 83508); Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, 21 August 1954, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83887). Canal Zone, [Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, May 1964, A. M. Chickering, 3 ♀ (MCZ- 83895); Barro Colorado Island, [Lago Gatun], Canal Zone, 17 - 19 March 1967, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83507); [Canal Zone, Lago Gatun], Barro Colorado Island, 21 June 1973, Y. Lubin, (MCZ- 83504); [Barro Colorado Island, Lago Gatun, Canal Zone], A. M. Chickering, 1 ♂, 1 ♀ (MCZ- 83896). U. S. A., Florida, County of Hernando, Brooksville, 25 February 1935, Barrows, 1 ♂ (holotype) (AMNH). Chrosiothes tonala: MEXICO, Jalisco, [Mpio. La Huerta, San Patricio], Estacion de Biologia Chamela, [Km. 59 Carretera federal 200, Barra de Navidad-Puerto Vallarta], September 1990, W. Eberhard, 2 ♀ (MCZ); Chiapas, Tonala, August 1909, 1 ♂ (holotype), 1 ♀ (allotype) (AMNH).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
67B7E244DA9CC9D0B26A4D019DFCC326.taxon	description	(Figs. 8, 9, 10 A)	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
67B7E244DA9CC9D0B26A4D019DFCC326.taxon	discussion	The subfamily Spintharinae is conformed by the genera Chrosiothes Simon, 1894; Episinus Walckenaer, in Latreille, 1809; Moneta O. P. - Cambridge, 1870; Spintharus Hentz, 1850; Thwaitesia O. P. - Cambridge, 1881 and Stemmops O. P. - Cambridge, 1894. Unambiguous synapomorphies include (Agnarsson 2004): conductor huge and folded (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 46 A-D; fig. 90 F-G), cheliceral base thin (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 84 C), colulus small or replaced by two setae (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 70 A), tarsal comb bristles with dorsal margin notched (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 84 E), web modified (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 97 A), and outermost fiber of the egg sac loosely spun (Agnarsson 2004, fig. 88 C).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
64E7E0DA9A5560300A7AB36C8258C8EB.taxon	description	(Fig. 8 D-F)	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
64E7E0DA9A5560300A7AB36C8258C8EB.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The opisthosoma is straight in relation to the location of the pedicel while in all other spintharine genera it is inclined. Also, the posterior portion of the opisthosoma is widest in dorsal view (Fig. 8 D-E), while in the remaining genera the widest portion is anterior or in the middle. An " H " - like architecture of the web is shared with Thwaitesia and Spintharus. Levi (1954 a, 1964 a) included the characters horns between the anterior eyes, eyes often on tubercles, and eyes with reddish pigment, as diagnostic characters, all of which we could not observe in the specimens examined.	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
64E7E0DA9A5560300A7AB36C8258C8EB.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Worldwide, mainly in warmer areas; relatively species rich in North, Central, and South America, poorly known from the Caribbean (Platnick 2013).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
64E7E0DA9A5560300A7AB36C8258C8EB.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Episius amoenus: MEXICO, Hidalgo, 10 - 20 miles south of Jacala, 20 July 1956, V. Roth & W. Gertsch, 1 ♂ (AMNH). U. S. A., North Carolina, Buncombe County, Valley 2 1 / 2 mi S of Black Mt., 2400 m, 23 June 1951, A. F. Archer, 1 ♀ (AMNH). E. bruneoviridis: PANAMA, C [anal] Zone, Barro Colorado Island, 3 - 20 April 1953, A. M. Nadler, 1 ♀ (AMNH). E. cognatus: MEXICO, Jalisco, Estacion de Biologia Chamela, 7 August 1989, S. Guzman, 1 ♂ (CNAN); same data but 16 August 1989, S. Guzman, 1 ♂ (CNAN); same data but 29 October 1989, S. Guzman, 1 ♂ (CNAN); same data but 15 November 1990, S. Guzman, 2 ♂ (CNAN); same data but 15 November 1990, S. Guzman, 2 ♂ (CNAN); same data but 02 June 1998, J. L. Castelo, 2 ♀, 3 ♂ (CNAN); same data but 02 September 1998, S. Guzman, 1 ♀ (CNAN); Jalisco, Mpio. La Huerta, Estacion de Biologia Chamela, Sendero del Tejon, 19.50501 ° N, 105.08326 ° W, 3 October 2010, R. Paredes, G. Montiel-Parra, D. Barrales, G. Contreras, 1 ♀ (CNAN); same data but 4 October 2010, R. Paredes, G. Montiel-Parra, D. Barrales, G. Contreras, 1 ♀ [diurnal collecting] (CNAN). E. erythrophthalmus. PANAMA, Canal Zone, Forest Reserve, 4 - 6 July 1939, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀, 1 ♂ (AMNH).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
63C41DEB96B44D4BE949AA67B9D3A405.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Moneta species may be recognized by having the eyes in dorsal view in two parallel rows (Saaristo 2006).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
63C41DEB96B44D4BE949AA67B9D3A405.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mostly occur in Asia and Oceania (Platnick 2013).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
63C41DEB96B44D4BE949AA67B9D3A405.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. None.	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
837DC86683019577D96234C9E4D2AA21.taxon	description	(Fig. 9 A)	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
837DC86683019577D96234C9E4D2AA21.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male palpus presents the cymbial hood in a hat-like shape (Fig. 7 C); while the other genera have a cymbial hood as a hook or half moon shape (Fig. 7 A-B). The architecture of an " H " - like web is shared with Thwaitesia and Episinus. Levi and Levi (1962, figs. 203, 204) comment that Spintharus may be distinguished because of an opisthosoma longer than wide, widest anterior to middle. Studied specimens had an unpatterned, uniformly pale brown opisthosoma.	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
837DC86683019577D96234C9E4D2AA21.taxon	distribution	Distribution. From the United States to Bolivia and Brazil, with one species found in Pakistan (Platnick 2013).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
837DC86683019577D96234C9E4D2AA21.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Spintharus flavidus. U. S. A., Tennessee, Stony Point, 20 August 1939, R. V. Chamberlin, 1 ♂ (AMNH); (no locality) R. V. Chamberlin, 1 ♀ (AMNH).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
7FD564B6FB139F207FFF3C8B02EF41C9.taxon	description	(Fig. 9 B, C)	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
7FD564B6FB139F207FFF3C8B02EF41C9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Species of Stemmops present the posterior median eyes closer to the lateral eyes (Levi 1955) than between themselves (Fig. 6 C, D). In all other spintharines their posterior median eyes are far from the lateral eyes. A sclerotized ring around the spinnerets is exclusive of this genus (Aganarsson 2004, figs. 63 B, 74 A).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
7FD564B6FB139F207FFF3C8B02EF41C9.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Mostly occur in warm parts of America, from U. S. A. to Brazil. Two species are found in China, Japan and Korea (Levi 1964 b; Yaginuma 1969; Platnick 2013).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
7FD564B6FB139F207FFF3C8B02EF41C9.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Stemmops bicolor. U. S. A., Georgia, north of Sylvania, 15 April 1943, 1 ♀ (AMNH). Stemmops orsus: PANAMA, [Province of Chiriqui], [Town] Boquete, 18 August 1950, A. M. Chickering, 1 ♀ (paratype) (AMNH). Stemmops ornata. U. S. A., Ohio, Cantwell Cliffs near Rockbridge, 39 ° 37 N, 82 ° 33 ' W, 08 August 1935, W. M. Barrows & W. Ivie, 1 ♀ (AMNH).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
5E284F152B166FF0F77A31DCEC0FAC65.taxon	description	(Figs. 9 D, 10 A)	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
5E284F152B166FF0F77A31DCEC0FAC65.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The posterior median eyes have a distance between them about an eye diameter. Other spintharine genera present the posterior median eyes separated for less than an eye diameter or twice or more an eye diameter. Dorsally the opisthosoma presents a pigmentation pattern conformed by silver spots that become longitudinal bands (Figs. 9 D, 10 A). In the rest of genera, pigmentation forms a leaf-like pattern, just spotting, or points with no pattern defined. The male pedipalp cavity is sclerotized, only in this genus, observed dorsally in cleared specimens (Fig. 7 D). An " H " - like web architecture is shared with Episinus and Spintharus. Levi and Levi (1962) comment that Thwaitesia is close to Spintharus and Episinus and that some species are probably intermediate between them.	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
5E284F152B166FF0F77A31DCEC0FAC65.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Caribbean, Central America, South America; probably worldwide in the tropics (Platnick 2013).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
5E284F152B166FF0F77A31DCEC0FAC65.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined. Thwaitesia affinis: BRAZIL, [Municipality Rio de Janeiro], [Town] Petropolis, April 1946, 850 m, H. Sick, 1 ♂ (AMNH). PANAMA, Canal zone, Summit, October 1946, N. L. H. Krauss, 1 ♀ (AMNH); Summit C [anal] Z [one], November 1946, N. L. H. Krauss, 1 ♀ (AMNH). CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, Rupununi River, near mountains Makavapan, 5 October 1937, W. G. Hassler, 1 ♂ (AMNH). Thwaitesia bracteata: BRAZIL, [Rio de Janeiro], [City] Sumare, January 1946, 200 - 300 m, H. Sick, 1 ♂ (AMNH); Rio de Janeiro, [Municipality] Paineiras, 22 January 1959, A. M. Nadler, 5 ♀, 1 ♂ (AMNH). COLOMBIA, [Department] Amazonas, [City] Leticia, February 1956, J. N. Layne, 1 ♀ (AMNH). PARAGUAY, Jaguarazaga, Alto Parana, 7 ♀, 2 ♂ (AMNH- 3721).	en	Durán-Barrón, CÉSAR G., Rosas, MARÍA V., Contreras-Ramos, Atilano (2013): Phylogenetic relationships of the comb-footed spider subfamily Spintharinae (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae), with generic diagnoses and a key to the genera. Zootaxa 3666: 171-193, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.2, URL: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03666p193.pdf
