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The Great Lakes Entomologist Volume 16 Number 2 - Summer 1983 Number 2 - Summer 1983 Article 5 July 1983 Checklist of American Uloboridae (Arachnida: Araneae) Brent D. Opell Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle  Part of the Entomology Commons Recommended Citation Opell, Brent D. 1983. "Checklist of American Uloboridae (Arachnida: Araneae)," The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 16 (2) Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol16/iss2/5 This Peer-Review Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Biology at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Great Lakes Entomologist by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at scholar@valpo.edu. 1983 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 61 CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN ULOBORIDAE (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE) Brent D. Opell l ABSTRACT Names, synonyms, and distributions ofu10borid spiders known from North, Central, and South America are provided. The first comprehensive revision of American Uloboridae was Muma and Gertsch's (1964) treatment of the family's United States and Canadian members. This was followed by Lehtinen's (1967) reevaluation of the family's generic division, Chickering's (1968) study of Panamanian and West Indi  Miagrammopes and Opell's (1979) revision of all Mexican and Central and South American Uloboridae except members of the genus Mia rammopes. Studies by Lubin et al. (1982) and Opell (1981, 1982) broughtthe number of known American uloborid genera to 14 and the number of recognized species to 71. The purpose ofthis list is to provide ready access to the names, synonyms, nomenclatural changes, and general distribution of the American Uloboridae. As a revision of Miagram­mopes sensu lato (Huanacauria, Miagrammopes, Mumaia. Miagramopsidis. and Ranguma, the latter two not represented in the New World) nearing completion will render obsolete any listing of these species, they are only summarized. Included are all other known taxa except the following which, largely due to the unavailability of type material, are of uncertain status: Uloborus minutus Mello-Leimo, U. tetramaculatus Mello-Leimo, U. formosus Marx (in Banks), U. ater Mello-Leimo, Petrunkevitchia venusta Mello-Leitao, and P. pusilla Mello-Leitao. Genera are arranged according to Opell's (1979) phylogenetic hypothesis. Within each genus, species are arranged alphabetically, the only exception being in Philoponella where species are listed under three groups. The type species of each genus, if not included in a generic synonym r listed below the genus name, is marked by an asterisk. A colon following a name denotes the first transfer of the species to the cited genus. Five genera (Uloborus, Zosis, and Philoponella. Miagrammopes and the closely related Mumaia) and four species (U. campestratus, U. segregatus, Z. geniculatus and P. semiplumosa) are found in North, Central, and South America. Uloborus trilineatus, P. republicana and P. tingena are found in both Central and South America and Mumaia mexican a in both North and Central America. As Figure 1 shows, the greatest number and percent of endemic genera and species are found in South America and the least in North America. Because this evaluation may be biased by the number of named Mi grammopes species, totals exclusive of these species are also provided. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Collections made by William G. Eberhard in Colombia and Costa Rica extended the known ranges of several Central and South American species. Preparation of this list was supported in part by National Science Foundation grant DEB-8011713. 1 Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, V A 24061. 1Opell: Checklist of American Uloboridae (Arachnida: Araneae)Published by ValpoScholar, 198362 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 16. No.2 NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA (South Qf Panama)(Canada, Unite<;l (5, Mexico through States, ,~, Mexico) Panama [, I" Indies) Coni faber, Sybota [IDEMIC ~ENERA Ariston I-k.ianacauria. Orinomana, Ponella TOTAL NLMlER 6 10 OF GENERA EI\()(MIC SPECIES 11 (11) 23 (6) 29 (16) TO TAL NLMlER Of SPECIES 16 (15) 31 (12) 36 (22) Fig. I. Distribution and number of known American uloborid taxa. Numbers in parentheses inicate totals exclusive of members of the closely related genem Hlianacallria. Miagrammopes. and Mumaia. ARISTON O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896. 3 species. *'A. albicans O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896. SE Mexico and Honduras. A. aris/us OpeII 1979. Panama. A. mazolus Opell1979. SW Mexico. HYPTIOTES Walckenaer 1837. 4 species. Mithras (preoccupied) C. L. Koch 1834. Type-M. paradoxlls C. Koch 1834. Vptiotes WaIckenaer 1837. Type-V. anceps Walckenaer 1837. Hyptiotes: Erickson 1845, emendation. Cylfopodia Hentz 1847. Type-C. cava/us Hentz 1847. H. cava/us (Hentz) 1847. E half of U.S. and Canada. H. ger/schi Chamberlin & Ivie 1935. W U.S. and Canada. H. pllebla Muma & Gertsch 1964. SW U.S. H. tehama 	Muma & Gertsch 1964. Central W U.S. SIRATOBA Opell 1979. 2 species. Ads/on (in part) O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896. *S. referena (Muma & Gertsch) 1964. SW U.S. and N Mexico. S. 	sira Opell 1979. Central Mexico. HUANACAURIA Lehtinen 1967. Type-Miagrammopes bambusicola Simon 1892. Miagrammopes (in part) O. Pickard-Cambridge 1869. 3 species. Brazil (2), Venezuela (I). 2The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 16, No. 2 [1983], Art. 5https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol16/iss2/51983 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 	 63 MIAGRAMMOPES O. Pickard-Cambridge 1869. Type-M. thwaitesii O. Pickard-Cambridge 1869. 22 species. Antilles (I), Brazil (6), Cuba (2), Guiana (I), Jamaica (3), Panama (7), Puerto Rico (I), Venezuela (I), Virgin Islands (I). MUMAIA Lehtinen 1967. Type-Miagrammopes corticeus Simon 1892. Miagrammopes (in part) O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869. 6 species. Antiles (I), Argentina (I), Mexico (I), Panama (I), Puerto Rico (2), St. Vincent (I), U.S. (I), Venezuela (I), Virgin Islands (I). SYBOTA Simon 1892. 3 species. Sylvia (preoccupied) Nicolet 1849. Sybota Simon 1892, replacement name for Sylvia. S. 	abdominalis (Nicolet) 1849. Chile. *Sylvia abdominalis Nicolet 1849. Sylvia ater Nicolet 1849. Sylvia similis Nicolet 1849. Sylvia rubiginosa Nicolet 1849. Sylvia vittata Nicolet 1849. Uloborus abdominalis: Simon 1887. Sybota abdominalis: Simon 1892. S. mendozae Opell 1979. Argentina. S. osornis Opell 1979. Chile. ORINOMANA Strand 1934. 2 species. Orinomus (preoccupied) Chamberlin 1916. Orinomana Strand 1934, replacement name for Orinomus. O. 	bituberculata (Keyserling) 1882. Peru. Uloborus bituberculatus Keyserling 1882. *Orinomus lamprus Chamberlin 1916. Orinomana lampra: Strand 1934.O. mana Opell 1979. Chile. ULOBORUS Latreille 1806. 8 species. Uloborus Latreille 1806. Type-Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille 1806. Phillyra Hentz 1850. Type-Phillyra mammeata Hentz 1850. Veleda Blackwall 1859. Type-Veleda lineata Blackwall 1859. Philoponus Thorell 1887. Type-Philoponus pteropus Thorell 1887. U. campestratus Simon 1893. SE U.S. through N South America. U. cinereus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1898. U. spernax O. Pickard-Cambridge 1898. U. diversus Marx, in Banks 1898. W U.S. and NW Mexico. U. albineus Marx, in Banks 1898. U. californicus Banks 1904. U. utahensis Chamberlin 1919. U. saphes Chamberlin 1924. U. crepedinis Chamberlin 1924. 3Opell: Checklist of American Uloboridae (Arachnida: Araneae)Published by ValpoScholar, 198364 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 16, No.2 U. eberhardi Opel! 1981. Costa Rica. U. e/ongatus Open 1982. Argentina. U. glomosus 	(Walckenaer) 1847 (1842). E half of U.S. & Canada, N. Mexico. Epeire g/omosa Walckenaer 1837 (1842). Phillyra mammeata Hentz 1850. Phillyra riparia Hentz 1850. Uloboms plumipes: Emerton 1888. Uloborus americanus: Comstock 1912 (1913). Uloborus glomosus: Chamberlin & Ivie 1944. U. metae Opell 1981. E central Colombia. U. segregatus Gertsch 1936. Texas through N South America. U. trilineatus Keyserling 1882. S. Mexico through South America. U. penicillatus Simon 1891. U. aegrotus Simon 1893. U. maniculatus Simon 1893. U. bucki Mello-Leitao 1943 U. plumipes Mello-Leitao 1947. U. plumipedatus Roewer, 1951 replacement name for U. plumipes MelJo-Leitao, preoccupied by U. plumipes Lucas 1846. ZOSIS Walckenaer 1837. 2 species. Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. Zosis Walckenaer 1837. Type-Zosis caraibe Walckenaer 1837. Orithyia Blackwall 1858. Type-Orithyia williamsii Blackwall 1858. Z. 	geniculatus (Olivier) 1789. pantropical. Aranea geniculata Olivier 1789. Zosis caraibe Walckenaer 1837. Uloborus zosis Walckenaer 1841. Uloborus latreillei Thorell 1858. Orithyia williamsii B1ackwall 1858. Uloborus domesticus Doleschall 1859. Orithyia luteola Blackwell, 1865. Uloborus williamsii: O. Pickard-Cambridge 1871. Uloborus geniculatus: Thorell 1890. Ulobarus luteolus: Roewer, 1954. Zosis geniculatus: Lehtinen 1967. Z. 	peruvianus (Keyserling) 1882. E central Colombia to N central Brazil to N central Argentina. U/obrus peruanus Keyserling 1882. Uloborus peruvianus: Bonnet 1959, emendation. Zosis peruvianus: Opell 1981. OCTONOBA Opell 1979. 1 species. Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. *0. octonaria (Muma) 1945. Central and SE U.S. Uloborus octonarius Muma 1945. Octonoba octonaria: OpeU 1979. CONIFABER Opel!, in Lubin et al. 1982. 1 species. "Conifaber pan'us Opell, in Lubin et al. 1982. E central Colombia. 4The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 16, No. 2 [1983], Art. 5https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol16/iss2/51983 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST 	 65 PONELLA Opel! 1979. 1 species. Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. *P. lactescena (Mel!o-Leitao). 1947. Paraguay and S. BraziL Uloborus lactescens Mello-Leitao 1947. Panella lactescena: OpeU 1979. PHILOPONELLA Mel!o·Leitao 1917. 15 species. Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. Philopanella Mel!o·Leitao 1917. Philoponella republicana species group Opell 1979. P. divisa Opell 1979. N South America. *P. republicana (Simon) 1891. Panama & South America. Uloborus republicana Simon, 1891. Uloborus cuminamensis Mello·Leitiio 1930. Uloborus mundior Chamberlin & Ivie 1936. Zosis mundior: Lehtinen 1967. Philopenella republicana: Opell 1979. P. signatella (Roewer) 1951. SE Mexico through Honduras. Uloboms signatus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. Uloborus signatellus Roewer 1951, replacement name for preoccupied U. signatus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. Philoponella signatella: Opel! 1979. P. tingena 	(Chamberlin & Ivie) 1936. Costa Rica through Colombia. Uloborus tingnes Chamberlin & Ivie 1936. Philoponella tingena: Opell 1979. P. 	viGina (0. Pickard-Cambridge) 1898. S Mexico through Central America. Uloborus vicinus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. Philoponella vicina: Opell 1979. Philoponella semiplumosa species group Opel! 1979. P. arizonica (Gertsch) 1936. Arizona. Uloborus arizonicus Gertsch 1936. Philoponella arizonica: Opell 1979. P. oweni (Chamberlin) 1924. SW U.S. Uloboms oweni Chamberlin 1924. Philoponella oweni: Opell 1979. P. 	semiplumosa (Simon) 1893. Texas through N South America. Uloborus semiplumosus Simon 1893. Uloborus variegatus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. Uloborus abstrusus Gertsch & Davis 1942. Philoponella semiplumosa: OpeU 1979. P. subvittata Opell 1981. Guyana. P. 	viltala (Keyserling) 1882. South America. Uloborus vittatus Keyserling 1882. Uloborus servulus Simon 1892. Uloborus semiargenteus Simon 1893. Uloborus amazonicus Mello-Leitao 1949. Philoponella vittata: Opell 1979. 5Opell: Checklist of American Uloboridae (Arachnida: Araneae)Published by ValpoScholar, 198366 THE GREAT LAKES ENTOMOLOGIST Vol. 16, No, 2 Philoponella Jasciata species group Opel! 1979. P, bella Opell 1979. NE Colombia. P. collina (Keyserling) 1882. Peru. Uloborus collin us Keyserling 1882. Philoponella collina: Opel! 1981. P. Jasciata 	Mello-Leitao 1917. SE Brazil & Paraguay. Uloborus Jasciatus Mello-Leimo 1917. Philoponella Jasciata: Opel! 1979. P. para Opell 1979. Paraguay. LITERATURE CITED Chickering, A. M. 1968. The genus Miagrammopes (Araneae, Uloboridae) in Panama and the West Indies. Breviora 289:1-28. Lehtinen, P. T. 1%7. Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha. Ann. Zool., Fennici 4: 199-468. Lubin, Y. D., B. D. Open, W. G. Eberhard, and H. W. Levi. 1982. Orb plus conewebs in Uloboridae (Araneae), with a description of a new genus and four new species. Psyche 89:29-M. Muma, M. M. and W. 1. Gertsch. 1964. The spider family Uloboridae in North America north of Mexico. Amer. Mus. Novitates 21%:1-43. Opell, B. D. 1979. Revision f the genera and tropical American species of the spider family Uloboridae. Bull. Mus. Compo Zool. 148:443-549. ----. 1981. New Central and South American Uloboridae (Arachnida, Araneac). Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 170:219-228. ----. 1982. A new Uloborus Latreille species from Argentina (Arachnida: Araneae: Uloboridae). Proc. BioI. Soc. Washington, 95:552-554. 6The Great Lakes Entomologist, Vol. 16, No. 2 [1983], Art. 5https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol16/iss2/5

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Checklist of American Uloboridae (Arachnida: Araneae) 
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CHECKLIST OF AMERICAN ULOBORIDAE (ARACHNIDA: ARANEAE) 
Brent D. Opell l 
ABSTRACT 
Names, synonyms, and distributions ofu10borid spiders known from North, Central, and 
South America are provided. 
The first comprehensive revision of American Uloboridae was Muma and Gertsch's 
(1964) treatment of the family's United States and Canadian members. This was followed by 
Lehtinen's 
(1967) reevaluation 
of the family's generic division, Chickering's (1968) study of 
Panamanian and West Indi  Miagrammopes and Opell's (1979) revision of all Mexican and 
Central and South American Uloboridae except members of the genus Mia rammopes. 
Studies by Lubin et al. (1982) and Opell (1981, 1982) broughtthe number of known American 
uloborid genera to 14 and the number of recognized species to 71. 
The purpose ofthis list is to provide ready access to the names, synonyms, nomenclatural 
changes, and general distribution of the American Uloboridae. As a revision of Miagram­
mopes sensu lato (Huanacauria, Miagrammopes, Mumaia. Miagramopsidis. and 
Ranguma, the latter two not represented in the New World) nearing completion will render 
obsolete any listing of these species, they are only summarized. Included are all other 
known taxa except the following which, largely due to the unavailability of type material, are 
of 
uncertain status: 
Uloborus minutus Mello-Leimo, U. tetramaculatus Mello-Leimo, U. 
formosus Marx (in Banks), U. ater Mello-Leimo, Petrunkevitchia venusta Mello-Leitao, 
and P. pusilla Mello-Leitao. Genera are arranged according to Opell's (1979) phylogenetic 
hypothesis. Within each genus, species are arranged alphabetically, the only exception 
being in Philoponella where species are listed under three groups. The type species of each 
genus, if not included in a generic synonym r listed below the genus name, is marked by an 
asterisk. A colon following a name denotes the first transfer of the species to the cited genus. 
Five 
genera 
(Uloborus, Zosis, and Philoponella. Miagrammopes and the closely related 
Mumaia) and four species (U. campestratus, U. segregatus, Z. geniculatus and P. 
semiplumosa) are found in North, Central, and South America. Uloborus trilineatus, P. 
republicana and P. tingena are found in both Central and South America and Mumaia 
mexican a in both North and Central America. As Figure 1 shows, the greatest number and 
percent of 
endemic genera and species are found 
in South America and the least in North 
America. Because this evaluation may be biased by the number of named Mi grammopes 
species, totals exclusive of these species are also provided. 
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 
Collections made by William G. Eberhard in Colombia and Costa Rica extended the 
known 
ranges 
of several Central and South American species. Preparation of this list was 
supported in part by National Science Foundation grant DEB-8011713. 
1 Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, V A 24061. 
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NORTH AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA 
(South Qf Panama)(Canada, Unite<;l (5, Mexico through States, ,~, Mexico) Panama [, I" Indies) 
Coni faber, Sybota 
[IDEMIC ~ENERA Ariston I-k.ianacauria. 
Orinomana, Ponella 
TOTAL NLMlER 6 10 
OF GENERA 
EI\()(MIC SPECIES 11 (11) 23 (6) 29 (16) 
TO TAL NLMlER 
Of SPECIES 
16 (15) 31 (12) 36 (22) 
Fig. I. Distribution and number of known American uloborid taxa. Numbers in parentheses inicate totals 
exclusive of members of the closely related genem Hlianacallria. Miagrammopes. and Mumaia. 
ARISTON O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896. 3 species. 
*'A. albicans O. Pickard-Cambridge 1896. SE Mexico and Honduras. 
A. aris/us OpeII 1979. Panama. 
A. mazolus Opell1979. SW Mexico. 
HYPTIOTES Walckenaer 1837. 4 species. 
Mithras (preoccupied) C. L. Koch 1834. Type-M. paradoxlls C. Koch 1834. 

Vptiotes WaIckenaer 1837. Type-V. anceps Walckenaer 1837. 

Hyptiotes: Erickson 1845, emendation. 

Cylfopodia Hentz 1847. Type-C. cava/us Hentz 1847. 

H. cava/us (Hentz) 1847. E half of U.S. and Canada. 
H. ger/schi Chamberlin & Ivie 1935. W U.S. and Canada. 
H. pllebla Muma & Gertsch 1964. SW U.S. 
H. tehama 	Muma & Gertsch 1964. Central W U.S. 
SIRATOBA Opell 1979. 2 species. 
Ads/on 
(in part) O. Pickard-Cambridge 
1896. 
*S. referena (Muma & Gertsch) 1964. SW U.S. and N Mexico. 
S. 	sira Opell 1979. Central Mexico. 
HUANACAURIA Lehtinen 1967. 
Type-Miagrammopes bambusicola Simon 1892. 
Miagrammopes (in part) O. Pickard-Cambridge 1869. 
3 species. Brazil (2), Venezuela (I). 
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MIAGRAMMOPES O. Pickard-Cambridge 1869. 

Type-M. 
thwaitesii O. Pickard-Cambridge 
1869. 

22 
species. Antilles 
(I), Brazil (6), Cuba (2), Guiana (I), Jamaica (3), Panama (7), Puerto 
Rico (I), Venezuela (I), Virgin Islands (I). 
MUMAIA Lehtinen 1967. 

Type-Miagrammopes 
corticeus Simon 
1892. 

Miagrammopes 
(in part) O. Pickard-Cambridge, 
1869. 
6 species. Antiles (I), Argentina (I), Mexico (I), Panama (I), Puerto Rico (2), St. Vincent 
(I), U.S. (I), 
Venezuela 
(I), Virgin Islands (I). 
SYBOTA Simon 1892. 3 species. 
Sylvia (preoccupied) Nicolet 1849. 

Sybota 
Simon 
1892, replacement name for Sylvia. 

S. 	abdominalis (Nicolet) 1849. Chile. 
*Sylvia abdominalis Nicolet 1849. 
Sylvia ater Nicolet 1849. 
Sylvia similis Nicolet 1849. 
Sylvia rubiginosa Nicolet 1849. 
Sylvia vittata Nicolet 1849. 
Uloborus abdominalis: Simon 1887. 
Sybota 
abdominalis: Simon 1892. 
S. 
mendozae Opell 1979. Argentina. 
S. osornis Opell 1979. Chile. 
ORINOMANA Strand 1934. 2 species. 
Orinomus (preoccupied) Chamberlin 1916. 

Orinomana Strand 1934, replacement name for Orinomus. 

O. 	bituberculata (Keyserling) 1882. Peru. 
Uloborus bituberculatus Keyserling 1882. 
*Orinomus lamprus Chamberlin 1916. 
Orinomana lampra: Strand 1934.
O. mana Opell 1979. Chile. 
ULOBORUS Latreille 1806. 8 species. 
Uloborus Latreille 1806. Type-Uloborus walckenaerius Latreille 1806. 

Phillyra Hentz 1850. Type-Phillyra mammeata Hentz 1850. 

Veleda Blackwall 1859. Type-Veleda lineata Blackwall 1859. 

Philoponus Thorell 1887. Type-Philoponus pteropus Thorell 1887. 

U. campestratus Simon 1893. SE U.S. through N South America. 
U. cinereus O. Pickard-Cambridge 1898. 
U. spernax O. Pickard-Cambridge 1898. 
U. diversus Marx, in Banks 1898. W U.S. and NW Mexico. 
U. 
albineus Marx, in Banks 
1898. 
U. 
californicus Banks 
1904. 
U. utahensis Chamberlin 1919. 
U. saphes Chamberlin 1924. 
U. 
crepedinis Chamberlin 
1924. 
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U. eberhardi Opel! 1981. Costa Rica. 
U. e/ongatus Open 1982. Argentina. 
U. glomosus 	(Walckenaer) 1847 (1842). E half of U.S. & Canada, N. Mexico. 
Epeire g/omosa Walckenaer 1837 (1842). 
Phillyra mammeata Hentz 1850. 
Phillyra riparia Hentz 1850. 
Uloboms plumipes: Emerton 1888. 
Uloborus americanus: Comstock 1912 (1913). 
Uloborus glomosus: Chamberlin & Ivie 1944. 
U. metae Opell 1981. E central Colombia. 
U. segregatus Gertsch 1936. Texas through N South America. 
U. trilineatus Keyserling 1882. S. Mexico through South America. 
U. penicillatus Simon 1891. 
U. aegrotus Simon 1893. 
U. maniculatus Simon 1893. 
U. bucki Mello-Leitao 1943 
U. plumipes Mello-Leitao 1947. 
U. plumipedatus Roewer, 1951 replacement name for 
U. plumipes MelJo-Leitao, preoccupied by U. plumipes Lucas 1846. 
ZOSIS Walckenaer 1837. 2 species. 
Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. 

Zosis Walckenaer 1837. Type-Zosis caraibe Walckenaer 1837. 

Orithyia Blackwall 1858. Type-Orithyia williamsii Blackwall 1858. 

Z. 	geniculatus (Olivier) 1789. pantropical. 
Aranea geniculata Olivier 1789. 
Zosis caraibe Walckenaer 1837. 
Uloborus zosis Walckenaer 1841. 
Uloborus latreillei Thorell 1858. 
Orithyia williamsii B1ackwall 1858. 
Uloborus domesticus Doleschall 1859. 
Orithyia luteola Blackwell, 1865. 
Uloborus williamsii: O. Pickard-Cambridge 1871. 
Uloborus geniculatus: Thorell 1890. 
Ulobarus luteolus: Roewer, 1954. 
Zosis geniculatus: Lehtinen 1967. 
Z. 	peruvianus (Keyserling) 1882. E central Colombia to N central Brazil to N central 
Argentina. 
U/obrus peruanus Keyserling 1882. 
Uloborus peruvianus: Bonnet 1959, emendation. 
Zosis peruvianus: Opell 1981. 
OCTONOBA Opell 1979. 1 species. 
Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. 
*0. octonaria (Muma) 1945. Central and SE U.S. 
Uloborus octonarius Muma 1945. 
Octonoba octonaria: OpeU 1979. 
CONIFABER Opel!, in Lubin et al. 1982. 1 species. 
"Conifaber pan'us Opell, in Lubin et al. 1982. E central Colombia. 
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PONELLA Opel! 1979. 1 species. 
Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. 
*P. lactescena (Mel!o-Leitao). 1947. Paraguay and S. BraziL 
Uloborus lactescens Mello-Leitao 1947. 
Panella lactescena: OpeU 1979. 
PHILOPONELLA Mel!o·Leitao 1917. 15 species. 
Uloborus (in part) Latreille 1806. 

Philopanella Mel!o·Leitao 1917. 

Philoponella republicana species group Opell 1979. 
P. divisa Opell 1979. N South America. 
*P. republicana (Simon) 1891. Panama & South America. 
Uloborus republicana Simon, 1891. 
Uloborus cuminamensis Mello·Leitiio 1930. 
Uloborus mundior Chamberlin & Ivie 1936. 
Zosis mundior: Lehtinen 1967. 
Philopenella republicana: Opell 1979. 
P. signatella (Roewer) 1951. SE Mexico through Honduras. 
Uloboms signatus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. 
Uloborus signatellus Roewer 1951, replacement name for preoccupied 
U. signatus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. 

Philoponella signatella: Opel! 1979. 

P. tingena 	(Chamberlin & Ivie) 1936. Costa Rica through Colombia. 
Uloborus tingnes Chamberlin & Ivie 1936. 
Philoponella tingena: Opell 1979. 
P. 	viGina (0. Pickard-Cambridge) 1898. S Mexico through Central America. 
Uloborus vicinus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. 
Philoponella vicina: Opell 1979. 
Philoponella semiplumosa species group Opel! 1979. 
P. arizonica (Gertsch) 1936. Arizona. 
Uloborus arizonicus Gertsch 1936. 
Philoponella arizonica: Opell 1979. 
P. oweni (Chamberlin) 1924. SW U.S. 
Uloboms oweni Chamberlin 1924. 
Philoponella oweni: Opell 1979. 
P. 	semiplumosa (Simon) 1893. Texas through N South America. 
Uloborus semiplumosus Simon 1893. 
Uloborus variegatus O. Pickard·Cambridge 1898. 
Uloborus abstrusus Gertsch & Davis 1942. 
Philoponella semiplumosa: OpeU 1979. 
P. subvittata Opell 1981. Guyana. 
P. 	viltala (Keyserling) 1882. South America. 
Uloborus vittatus Keyserling 1882. 
Uloborus servulus Simon 1892. 
Uloborus semiargenteus Simon 1893. 
Uloborus amazonicus Mello-Leitao 1949. 
Philoponella vittata: Opell 1979. 
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Philoponella Jasciata species group Opel! 1979. 
P, bella Opell 1979. NE Colombia. 
P. collina (Keyserling) 1882. Peru. 
Uloborus collin us Keyserling 1882. 
Philoponella collina: Opel! 1981. 
P. Jasciata 	Mello-Leitao 1917. SE Brazil & Paraguay. 
Uloborus Jasciatus Mello-Leimo 1917. 
Philoponella Jasciata: Opel! 1979. 
P. para Opell 1979. Paraguay. 
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