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Thwaitesia
Sign in to saveThwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. The genus is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyTheridiidae
Observations recorded1,891
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 262
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Theridiidae
- Collections
- MNRJ, MCZ, CASC, UNM, AM
- Recorded in
- Brasil, Colombia, Madagascar, Nicaragua, Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Theridiidae
- Named after
- George Henry Kendrick Thwaites
- Image
- Thwaitesia.affinis.female.svg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Thwaitesia
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- Thwaitesia
- Commons gallery
- Thwaitesia
- taxon author citation
- O.P.-Cambridge, 1881
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Thwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881. The genus is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites.
T. affinis females are long, and males are long. T. bracteata are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both Spintharus and Episinus.
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