Paratheuma
Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by E. B. Bryant in 1940. Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was transferred to the intertidal spiders in 1975, and to the Dictynidae in 2016.Species
it contains eleven species:
- Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
- Paratheuma armata – Caroline Is. to Samoa
- Paratheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Australia, Fiji
- Paratheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2013 – Japan
- Paratheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 – Iran
- Paratheuma insulana – USA, Caribbean. Introduced to Japan
- Paratheuma interaesta – Mexico
- Paratheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989 – Hawaii
- Paratheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook Is.
- Paratheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Polynesia
- Paratheuma shirahamaensis – Korea, Japan
