Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0099] Detail
Gen. Nihonhimea Yoshida, 2016 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04327] Detail
type Theridion japonicum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906; gender feminine
In synonymy:
Nihonhimea picadoi (Banks, 1909, T from Achaearanea) = Nihonhimea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) (Levi, 1963b: 232, sub Achaearanea).
Nihonhimea terex (Levi, 1959, T from Achaearanea) = Nihonhimea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) (Levi, 1963b: 232, sub Achaearanea).
Nihonhimea ungilensis (Kim & Kim, 1996, T from Achaearanea) = Nihonhimea japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Yoshida, 2000b: 142, sub Achaearanea; N.B.: a junior S of Parasteatoda kompirensis instead per Namkung, Kim & Lee, 2000: 308, 338).
Nihonhimea brookesiana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) | f | India, Philippines     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006757]
Achaearanea brookesiana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 436, f. 261a-g (Df).
Achaearanea brookesiana Ganeshkumar & Siliwal, 2007: 2926, f. 1-6 (f).
Parasteatoda brookesiana Yoshida, 2008: 39 (Tf from Achaearanea).
Nihonhimea brookesiana Prasad et al., 2019: 116 (T from Parasteatoda, may be S of Nihonhimea indica [S stated in the abstract, but not in the text] or N. mundula).
Nihonhimea indica (Tikader, 1977) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008439]
Theridion indica Tikader, 1977a: 168, f. 5A-C (Df).
Theridion indicum Brignoli, 1983c: 416.
Theridion indicum Sen et al., 2015: 85, f. 499-503, pl. 19 (f).
Nihonhimea indicum Prasad et al., 2019: 115, f. 7-13 (f, T from Theridion, may be S of Nihonhimea mundula).
Nihonhimea japonica (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) * | m f | Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Laos     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006803]
Theridion japonicum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 140, pl. 12, f. 283 (Dmf).
Theridion japonicum Nakatsudi, 1942a: 301, f. 29 (f).
Theridion japonicum Lee, 1966: 28, f. 6i-k (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Yoshida, 1983b: 41 (Tmf from Theridion).
Theridion japonicum Hu, 1984: 168, f. 175.1-3 (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Yaginuma, 1986a: 33, f. 19.5 (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Chikuni, 1989b: 31, f. 6 (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Chen & Gao, 1990: 89, f. 111a-b (mf).
Achaearanea japonicum Chen & Zhang, 1991: 140, f. 132.1-2 (mf).
Parasteatoda ungilensis Kim & Kim, 1996b: 28, f. 1-6 (Dm).
Achaearanea japonica Zhu, 1998: 89, f. 51A-E (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 91, f. 40A-B, M-N (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Yoshida, 2000b: 142, f. 11-13 (mf, S, but see Namkung, Kim & Lee, 2000: 304, 338 regarding that S).
Achaearanea japonica Namkung, 2002: 88, f. 13.6a-b (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Kim & Cho, 2002: 298, f. 757-762 (f).
Achaearanea japonica Namkung, 2003: 90, f. 13.6a-b (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Yoshida, 2003a: 104, f. 257-259, 539, 575 (mf).
Parasteatoda japonica Yoshida, 2008: 39 (Tmf from Achaearanea).
Parasteatoda japonica Yoshida, 2009b: 382, f. 254-255 (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 72, f. 37A-E (mf).
Achaearanea japonica Yin et al., 2012: 260, f. 87a-e (mf).
Parasteatoda japonica Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 23, 4 f. (mf).
Nihonhimea japonica Yoshida, 2016: 22, f. 16-23 (Tmf from Parasteatoda).
Parasteatoda japonica Jin, 2018: 25, f. 4-14.A-G, pl. 5 (mf).
Nihonhimea japonica Vanuytven, 2021: 45, 206, f. A.34d-e, B.205a-b (m).
Nihonhimea japonica Kim, 2021: 91, f. 38A-G, pl. 17 (mf).
Nihonhimea mundula (L. Koch, 1872) | m f | Seychelles, India to New Caledonia     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006825]
Theridion mundulum L. Koch, 1872a: 263, pl. 22, f. 3 (Df).
Theridion amoenum Thorell, 1877b: 463 (Df; N.B.: possibly valid, per Saaristo, 2006: 70, contra Thorell, 1895).
Theridion amoenum Workman, 1896: 68, pl. 68 (f).
Theridion amoenum Hogg, 1919: 83 (Dm).
Achaearanea mundula Chrysanthus, 1963: 741, f. 76-77, 83 (Tmf from Theridion).
Achaearanea mundula Zhu, 1998: 100, f. 59A-C (f).
Achaearanea mundula Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 91, f. 40I-J (f).
Parasteatoda mundula Saaristo, 2006: 69, f. 55-59 (Tmf from Achaearanea).
Parasteatoda mundula Saaristo, 2010: 261, f. 37.95-101 (mf).
Nihonhimea mundula Yoshida, 2016: 22 (T from Parasteatoda).
Nihonhimea mundula papuana (Chrysanthus, 1963) | f | Indonesia (New Guinea)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006826]
Achaearanea mundula papuana Chrysanthus, 1963: 741, f. 78-82 (Df; N.B.: possibly a junior S of Theridion amoenum Thorell, 1877, per Saaristo, 2006: 70).
Nihonhimea mundula papuana Yoshida, 2016: 22 (T from Parasteatoda, subsequently with P. mundula).
Nihonhimea tesselata (Keyserling, 1884) | m f | Mexico to Paraguay. Introduced to Pakistan, New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006872]
Theridion tesselatum Keyserling, 1884a: 48, pl. 2, f. 27 (Df).
Theridion picadoi Banks, 1909a: 204 (D).
Theridion tesselatum Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 195, f. 40-41 (f).
Theridion tesselatum Kraus, 1955b: 16, f. 30 (f).
Achaearanea terex Levi, 1959b: 74, f. 52 (Dm).
Achaearanea tesselata Levi, 1959b: 76, f. 70-71 (Tf from Theridion).
Achaearanea picadoi Levi, 1959b: 76, f. 57-60 (Tf from Theridion).
Achaearanea mundula Chrysanthus, 1963: 741 (S, rejected).
Achaearanea tesselata Levi, 1963b: 232 (S).
Achaearanea tesselata Levi, 1967c: 179, f. 15-19 (mf).
Achaearanea tesselata Darchen & Ledoux, 1978: 126, f. 4d-e (mf, may be senior S of Achaearanea disparata).
Parasteatoda tesselata Yoshida, 2008: 39 (Tmf from Achaearanea).
Nihonhimea tesselata Yoshida, 2016: 22 (T from Parasteatoda).
Nihonhimea tikaderi (Patel, 1973) | f | India     [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008734]
Theridion tikaderi Patel, 1973: 149, f. 1-4 (Df).
Nihonhimea tikaderi Prasad et al., 2019: 116 (T from Theridion).
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