Rugathodes
# Rugathodes

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

As of June 2020 it contains eight species with a mostly paleotropical distribution:

* Rugathodes acoreensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Azores
* Rugathodes aurantius (Emerton, 1915) – North America, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
* Rugathodes bellicosus (Simon, 1873) – Europe, Russia (Europe to South Siberia)
* Rugathodes instabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) – Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
* Rugathodes madeirensis Wunderlich, 1987 – Madeira
* Rugathodes nigrolimbatus (Yaginuma, 1972) – Japan
* Rugathodes pico (Merrett & Ashmole, 1989) – Azores
* Rugathodes sexpunctatus (Emerton, 1882) (type) – USA, Canada, Russia (Commander Is.). Introduced to Britain

In synonymy:

* R. lowriei (Barrows, 1945) = Rugathodes aurantius (Emerton, 1915)
