Paratheuma
Paratheuma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Argyronetidae. It was first described by Elizabeth 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
, this genus includes twelve species:Paratheuma andromeda Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook IslandsParatheuma armata – Caroline Islands to SamoaParatheuma australis Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Australia, FijiParatheuma awasensis Shimojana, 2013 – Japan Paratheuma draneyi Berry, 2024 – New ZealandParatheuma enigmatica Zamani, Marusik & Berry, 2016 – IranParatheuma insulana – United States, Caribbean. Introduced to China, Japan Paratheuma interaesta – MexicoParatheuma makai Berry & Beatty, 1989 – HawaiiParatheuma ramseyae Beatty & Berry, 1989 – Cook IslandsParatheuma rangiroa Beatty & Berry, 1989 – PolynesiaParatheuma shirahamaensis – China, Korea, Japan