Rugathodes is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Allan Frost Archer in 1950. It is closely related to members of Theridion and Wamba.
Species
it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribution:
- Rugathodes acoreensis <small>Wunderlich, 1992</small> â Azores
- Rugathodes aurantius <small>(Emerton, 1915)</small> â North America, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
- Rugathodes bellicosus <small>(Simon, 1873)</small> â Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
- Rugathodes instabilis <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)</small> â Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
- Rugathodes madeirensis <small>Wunderlich, 1987</small> â Madeira
- Rugathodes nigrolimbatus <small>(Yaginuma, 1972)</small> â Japan
- Rugathodes pico <small>(Merrett & Ashmole, 1989)</small> â Azores
- Rugathodes sexpunctatus <small>(Emerton, 1882)</small> (type) â USA, Canada, Russia (Commander Is.). Introduced to Britain
In synonymy:
- R. lowriei <small>(Barrows, 1945)</small> = Rugathodes aurantius <small>(Emerton, 1915)</small>
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