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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Thymoites  Keyserling, 1884   2 species

Thymoites oleatus (L. Koch, 1879)

Description
Female

Prosoma yellowish, with darker median mark. Sternum and legs yellowish. Opisthosoma yellowish, dorsum with dark markings.

Body length female: 2.2 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Canada, Greenland, Russia (Europe to Far East)
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Distribution List
Russia, Eastern   (Esyunin & Efimik, 1996a) ||| Russia, Northern   (Koponen et al., 1998) ||| Russia, Novaya Zemlya   (Tanasevitch, 2017b) |||
References

Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1996a) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of the Urals. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 228 pp. pdf

Koponen S, Marusik Y M, Tanasevitch A V (1998) New data on the spider fauna of the Polar Urals (Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 6: 109-119 pdf

Kulczyński W (1916) Araneae Sibiriae occidentalis arcticae. Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Petrograd (8) 28(11): 1-44 pdf

Levi H W (1957a) The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124 pdf

Levi H W (1964) The spider genus Thymoites in America (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130: 445-471 pdf

Tanasevitch A V (2017b) Spiders (Aranei) of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago and the Vaygach Island, Russia. Arthropoda Selecta 26: 145-153 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
17-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
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