Stemmops

Stemmops

male S. questa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Stemmops O. P-Cambridge, 1894
Species
See text.
Diversity
21 species

Stemmops is a genus of small theridiid spiders that mostly occur in America, from the United States to Brazil. In 1998, two species were found in China, in addition to S. nipponicus, which is found in Japan, Korea and China.

Species

Stemmops belavista Marques & Buckup, 1996 — Brazil
Stemmops bicolor O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 — USA to Panama, Cuba, Bahama Islands
Stemmops cambridgei Levi, 1955 — Mexico, Honduras
Stemmops caranavi Marques & Buckup, 1996 — Bolivia
Stemmops carius Marques & Buckup, 1996 — Brazil
Stemmops concolor Simon, 1897 — St. Vincent
Stemmops cryptus Levi, 1955 — Panama
Stemmops forcipus Zhu, 1998 — China
Stemmops lina Levi, 1955 — Mexico
Stemmops mellus Levi, 1964 — Panama
Stemmops nigrabdomenus Zhu, 1998 — China
Stemmops nipponicus Yaginuma, 1969 — China, Korea, Japan
Stemmops ornatus (Bryant, 1933) — USA
Stemmops orsus Levi, 1964 — Panama, Brazil
Stemmops osorno (Levi, 1963) — Chile
Stemmops questus Levi, 1955 — Mexico to Venezuela
Stemmops salenas Marques & Buckup, 1996 — Brazil
Stemmops servus Levi, 1964 — Panama
Stemmops subtilis (Simon, 1895) — Venezuela
Stemmops vicosa Levi, 1964 — Brazil
Stemmops victoria Levi, 1955 — Mexico

References

Levi, H.W. (1964): The Spider Genera Stemmops, Chrosiothes, and the New Genus Cabello from America. Psyche 71: 73-92. PDF
Yaginuma, T. (1969): A new Japanese spider of the genus Stemmops (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta arachn. Tokyo 22: 14-16.

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