Thwaitesia
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| Thwaitesia | |
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| T. affinis, female | |
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| Thwaitesia sp. from the NSW Central Coast | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Thwaitesia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| T. margaritifera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1881 | |
| Species | |
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23, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thwaitesia is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1881.[3] The genus is named after George Henry Kendrick Thwaites.[4]
T. affinis females are 4.6 millimetres (0.18 in) long, and males are 2.7 millimetres (0.11 in) long. T. bracteata are about the same size. They are similar in appearance to members of both Spintharus and Episinus.[citation needed]
