Thwaitesia
| Thwaitesia | |
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| T. affinis, female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Superfamily: | Araneoidea |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Subfamily: | Spintharinae |
| Genus: |
Thwaitesia O. P-Cambridge, 1881 |
| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 22 species | |
See text.
Thwaitesia is a genus of spider that occurs worldwide in the tropics.
It is very similar to the genus Spintharus, and both are similar to Episinus.
The female T. affinis is 4.5 mm long, the male 2.7 mm; T. bracteata is about the same size.
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