Theridion Walckenaer, 1805

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Theridion Walckenaer, 1805

" Theridion " accoense Levy,1985 N – – – – e

Theridion accoensis Levy 1985a: 117 , f. 62–65 (♂); Levy 1998b: 184, f. 349–352 (♂).

Records. Western Galilee : Akko (type locality) .

Distribution. Israel (known so far only from the type locality).

Theridion dafnense Levy & Amitai, 1982 N – – – – e

Theridion dafnensis Levy & Amitai 1982a: 113 , f. 65, 66 (♀).

Theridion dafnense: Levy 1998b: 71 , f. 131–133 (♀).

Records. North-eastern Galilee: Dafna (type locality).

Distribution. Israel (known so far only from the type locality).

Theridion gekkonicum Levy & Amitai, 1982 N C – – – e

Theridion gekkonicus Levy & Amitai 1982a: 109 , f. 56, 57 (♀); Levy 1998b: 203, f. 388, 389 (♀).

Records. Near Lake Kinneret (southwestern shore is the type locality) and Petah Tiqwa (Central coastal plain) .

Distribution. Known only from Israel.

Theridion hemerobium Simon, 1914 N – – – – –

Theridion pictum Levy & Amitai 1982a: 96 , f. 23, 24 (♀).

Theridion hemerobius: Levy 1998b: 186 , f. 353, 354 (♀).

Records. Galilee: Lake Hula.

Distribution. Known from Nearctic, Western and Central Europe and Israel.

Theridion hermonense Levy,1991 N – – – – e

Theridion hermonense Levy 1991: 227 , f. 1, 2 (♀); Levy 1998b: 188, f. 355, 356 (♀).

Records. Mt. Hermon, 1950 m.

Distribution. Known only from the type localily.

Theridion hierichonticum Levy&Amitai,1982 – – – R – e Theridion varians: O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 280 (♂, misidentified).

Theridion hierichonticus Levy & Amitai 1982a: 102 , f. 38–40 (♂).

Theridion hierichonticum: Levy 1998b: 195 , f. 370–372 (♂).

Records. Jericho.

Distribution. Known so far only from from the type localily.

Theridion jordanense Levy & Amitai, 1982 N – – R – e

Theridion jordanensis Levy & Amitai 1982a: 103 , f. 41, 42 (♀).

Theridion jordanense: Levy 1998b: 196 , f. 373, 374 (♀).

Records. Around Lake Kinneret (moulth of Nahal Samak north of the lake is the type locality) and near the Dead Sea .

Distribution. Known so far from Israel only.

Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 N C – R – –

Theridion melanostictum: Levy & Amitai 1982a: 99 , f. 32–37 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 192, f.364–369 (♂ ♀).

Records. Coastal Plain: HaBonim; Bet She'an Valley: Sede Eliyyahu; Dead Sea Area: En Fashkha and 'En Gedi.

Distribution. Mediterranean (Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Cyprus and Israel), SE Asia, Nearctic, Seychelles and Hispaniola.

Theridion melanurum Hahn, 1831 N C S – – –

Theridion melanurum: Shulov & Amitai 1965: 19 , f. 33 (♂); Levy & Amitai 1982a: 89, f. 6–10 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 173, f. 227–231 (♂ ♀).

Records. Throughout the country from Upper Galilee, along the Coastal Plain and Judean Hills to the sand dunes south of Be'er Sheva.

Distribution. West Palaearctic and Western Nearctic.

Theridion negebense Levy & Amitai, 1982 – – S – – e

Theridion negebensis Levy & Amitai 1982a: 106 , f. 48–55 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 199, f. 380–387 (♂ ♀).

Records. Negev: Berosh; Judean Desert : Arad (type locality) .

Distribution. Known only from Southern Israel.

Theridion ochreolum Levy & Amitai, 1982 N C – – – e

Theridion ochreolus Levy & Amitai 1982a: 91 , f. 11–13 (♂).

Theridion ochreolum: Levy 1985a: 115 , f. 60–61 (♀); Levy 1998b: 176, f. 332–336 (♂ ♀).

Records. Along the Coastal plain (Regba, Akko, Afeq, Ashdod); Judean Hills : Jerusalem (type locality), 'En Kerem .

Distribution. Known so far only from Israel.

" Theridion " vallisalinarum Levy & Amitai, 1982 – – – R – e

Theridion vallisalinarus Levy & Amitai 1982a: 115 , f. 67, 68 (♀).

Theridion vallisalinarum: Levy 1998b: 210 , f. 399, 400 (♀).

Records. Northern Shore of Dead Sea : Qallia (type locality) .

Distribution. Known only from the type locality.

Theridion vespertinum Levy,1985 – C – – – e

Theridion vespertinus Levy 1985a: 119 , f. 66–68 (♂).

Theridion vespertinum: Levy 1998b: 180 , f. 340–342 (♂).

Records. Jeruslaem (type locality).

Disstribution. Israel (known only from the holotype male) .

Theridion zekharya Levy,2007 – C – – – e

Theridion zekharya Levy 2007: 25 , f. 65–66 (♂).

Records. Judean Hills: Giv'at Zekharya (type locality).

Distribution. Known only from the type localily.

THOMISIDAE Sundevall, 1833

Note. This family is well studied in Israel thanks to several revisions, monograph and publications by Levy.

Nomena dubia:

Ozyptila jaffa Strand 1915 c: 151 (j, Jaffa–Rehoboth)— Levy 1975: 165.

Ozyptila unica Strand 1915 c: 150 (j, Jaffa–Rehoboth)— Levy 1975: 165.