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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