Theridiidae: Neottiura Menge, 1868
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 Femur IV basally with a robust tooth; sternum with elevation in median region; cymbium tapering, with teeth; opisthosoma uniformly dark; legs uniformly light yellow; pedipalp as fig.

Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)

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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)

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male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
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male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)

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male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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male Bulbus, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
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male Cymbium
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)

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male Prosoma, lateral view
(Knoflach 1999)
- Femur IV without tooth; sternum flat; cymbium rounded; opisthosoma mostly with pattern; legs mostly with dark pattern

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(2)		 Opisthosoma with tubercle, dorsally dark with white spots; pedipalps dark; eyes approx. equally large

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- Opisthosoma without tubercle, dorsally brown with black and white spots; pedipalps only partly dark; anterior median eyes smaller than remaining eyes

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 Cymbium strongly bent and swollen; bulbus comparatively small

Neottiura suaveolens (Simon, 1880)

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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp
(Miller 1971)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
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male Pedipalp
(Pozzi & Hänggi 1998)

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male Pedipalp
(Pesarini 2000)

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male Cymbium
(Knoflach 1999)
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 Cymbium long and straight; bulbus strongly developed

Neottiura uncinata (Lucas, 1846)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Cymbium
(Knoflach 1999)
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 Prosoma with median elevation on posterior margin; stridulatory ring on opisthosoma forming 2 lobes; femora rugose, ventrally with haired warts; femora and patella of pedipalps swollen; cymbium comparatively small

Neottiura herbigrada (Simon, 1873)

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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp
(Pesarini 2000)
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male Cymbium
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Sternum
(Knoflach 1999)
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 Posterior margin of prosoma and stridulatory ring not strikingly modified; femora smooth; cymbium very large

Neottiura curvimana (Simon, 1914)

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male Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Knoflach 1999)
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 Opisthosoma dorsally with a white-yellowish median stripe or completely dark, ventrally dark; legs uniformly light yellow; epigyne strongly protruding

Neottiura bimaculata (Linnaeus, 1767)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)

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female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
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female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)

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female Epigyne, lateral view
(Miller 1971)

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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)
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female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
- Opisthosoma spotted, dorsally mostly light white with dark spots, ventrally dark except a white band posterior to epigastric furrow; legs light yellow with dark annulations; epigyne not protruding

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(6)		 Opisthosoma with tubercle, sometimes inconspicuous; epigaster not swollen; pedipalps with dark spots; entrance ducts forming one or two loops

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 Opisthosoma without tubercle; epigaster swollen; pedipalps uniformly light yellow; entrance ducts strongly spiral, forming a double helix

Neottiura curvimana (Simon, 1914)

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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)

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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)
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 Tubercle on opisthosoma large; opisthosoma rather high; body length 3.2-3.4 mm; epigyne and vulva as figs.

Neottiura uncinata (Lucas, 1846)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Knoflach 1999)

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female Vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)
- Tubercle on opisthosoma small; body length 2.3-3.1 mm

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 Pedipalps dark brown, only tarsi lighter; femora of legs light yellow; eyes approx. equal in size

Neottiura suaveolens (Simon, 1880)

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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)

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female Vulva
(Pozzi & Hänggi 1998)

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female Vulva
(Miller 1947)
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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)
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 Pedipalps annulated; femora of legs with many dark spots; anterior median eyes smaller than remaining eyes

Neottiura herbigrada (Simon, 1873)

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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)

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female Vulva
(Knoflach 1999)

Further taxa

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1. Neottiura bimaculata pellucida (Simon, 1873)
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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1999)

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female Epigyne
(Brignoli 1967c)

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female Epigyne/vulva
(Knoflach 1999)
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female Vulva
(Brignoli 1967c)