Paratheuma

Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Elizabeth B. Bryant in 1940. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975, and to the Dictynidae in 2016.

==Species== , this genus includes twelve species: Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Islands Paratheuma armata (Marples, 1964) – Caroline Islands to Samoa Paratheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Australia (Queensland), Fiji Paratheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2013 – Japan (Okinawa) Paratheuma draneyi Berry, 2024 – New Zealand Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 – Iran Paratheuma insulana (Banks, 1902) – United States, Caribbean. Introduced to China (Hainan), Japan (type species) Paratheuma interaesta (Roth & Brown, 1975) – Mexico Paratheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989 – Hawaii Paratheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Islands Paratheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Polynesia Paratheuma shirahamaensis (Oi, 1960) – China, Korea, Japan