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| Theridiosoma Temporal range:
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| T. gemmosum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiosomatidae |
| Genus: | Theridiosoma O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. gemmosum (L. Koch, 1877)
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| Species | |
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33, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Theridiosoma is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1879.[3] They use their web as a high speed slingshot to actively hunt for prey.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
NMBEwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 30.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879). "On some new and rare British spiders, with characters of a new genus". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 4 (5): 190–215. doi:10.1080/00222937908679818.