Taxon details


Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841)

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-03-06
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006870]
  • Distribution: Asia. Introduced to Canada, USA, South America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), South Africa, Seychelles, New Zealand, Hawaii
Type deposit: provide information
Taxonomic references
Theridion pallidum Walckenaer, 1841: 321 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059782].
Theridium tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841a: vol. 8: 75, f. 646-648 (Dmf).
Theridion vulgare Hentz, 1850: 271, pl. 9, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059784].
Steatoda tepidariorum Thorell, 1856: 108.
Theridion tepidariorum Blackwall, 1864a: 180, pl. 13, f. 114 (mf).
Theridium marmoreum Holmberg, 1876: 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059785].
Theridium tepidariorum Emerton, 1876: 129 (S of Theridion vulgare).
Theridion tepidariorum Emerton, 1882: 13, pl. 2, f. 1 (mf).
Theridion tepidatorium Keyserling, 1884a: 9, pl. 1, f. 1 (mf).
Theridium tepidariorum Keyserling, 1884a: 9 (S of Theridium marmoreum).
Theridium varium Urquhart, 1886: 187, pl. 6, f. 3 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059786].
Theridium tepidariorum Urquhart, 1892a: 187 (S of Theridium varium).
Theridion tepidariorum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 35, pl. 1, f. 38 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Simon, 1894a: 536, f. 545 (m).
Theridion tepidariorum Becker, 1896: (2): 97, pl. 20, f. 3 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Tullgren, 1901a: 5, pl. 1, f. 1 (f).
Theridion tepidariorum Bösenberg, 1902: 96, pl. 8, f. 115 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Emerton, 1902: 111, f. 256-260 (mf).
Steatoda tepidariorum F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902a: 382, pl. 36, f. 1-2 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Kulczyński, 1905a: 561, pl. 14, f. 24 (m).
Theridion tepidariorum Engelhardt, 1910: 68, f. 21-23 (f).
Theridion tepidariorum Simon, 1914: 260, 296, f. 518 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Dalmas, 1917a: 356 (S of Theridion sericum; rejected by Hann, 1994: 236, see Steatoda grossa).
Theridion tepidariorum Saitō, 1933b: 42, pl. 2, f. 9.
Theridion tepidariorum Wiehle, 1937: 155, f. 91-94 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Comstock, 1940: 360, f. 342-343 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Nakatsudi, 1942a: 301, f. 30 (m).
Theridion tepidariorum Muma, 1943: 67, pl. XIII, f. 5-6 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 55 (S of Theridion pallidum).
Theridion tepidariorum Denis, 1945a: 111, f. 2, 5 (m).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Archer, 1946: 38 (T from Theridion).
Theridion tepidariorum Kaston, 1948: 103, f. 155-161 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 63, f. 43D, F (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Levi, 1955a: 32, f. 69-70, 83-84 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Saito, 1959: 72, f. 71a-j (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Abalos & Báez, 1963: 203, f. 16-19, 29-30 (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Lee, 1966: 28, f. 6e-h (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Abalos, 1967: 273, f. 12A (f).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Levi, 1967c: 178, f. 9-11 (mf).
Theridium tepidariorum Azheganova, 1968: 60, f. 116-117 (mf).
Theridium tepidariorum Tystshenko, 1971: 150, f. 408, 432 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Miller, 1971: 192, pl. XXXIV, f. 22, pl. XXXV, f. 1 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Locket & Łuczak, 1974: 267, f. 1A, 2A, 5 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 52, f. 29A (f).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Martin, 1974b: 251, f. 1a, pl. I, f. 1, pl. II, f. 4, 6 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Palmgren, 1974b: 31, f. 7.11 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Levi & Randolph, 1975: 36, f. 52, 55 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Chrysanthus, 1975: 45, f. 168 (f).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Wozny, 1976: 217, f. 5b (f).
Theridion tepidariorum Song, 1980: 138, f. 74a-e (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Roth, 1982: 47-9, f. 52, 55 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Heimer, 1982: 41, f. 6 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Yin, Wang & Hu, 1983: 34, f. 5B (m).
Theridion tepidariorum Hu, 1984: 173, f. 181.1-2 (f).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Roth, 1985: B43-9, f. 52, 55 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Roberts, 1985: 182, f. 81a (mf).
Theridion tepidariorum Guo, 1985: 99, f. 2-43.1-3 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Zhu & Shi, 1985: 98, f. 84a-d (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Yaginuma, 1986a: 33, f. 19.1 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Song, 1987: 119, f. 80 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Zhang, 1987: 104, f. 84.1-4 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Hu & Wu, 1989: 118, f. 91.1-3 (mf).
Theridium tepidariorum Izmailova, 1989: 96, f. 75 (f).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Chikuni, 1989b: 30, f. 1 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Feng, 1990: 112, f. 87.1-4 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Chen & Gao, 1990: 90, f. 113a-b (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Chen & Zhang, 1991: 139, f. 131.1-3 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 280, f. 753 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Knoflach, 1991: 61, f. 13, 18-19 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Song, Zhu & Li, 1993: 853, f. 2A-B (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Zhao, 1993: 203, f. 94a-d (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Roth, 1994: 183, f. 55 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Dimitrov, 1994: 77, f. 2, 4 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Roberts, 1995: 279, f. (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Zhao, 1995: 922, f. 433a-d (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Agnarsson, 1996: 52, f. 35A-B (mf).
Theridium tepidariorum Mcheidze, 1997: 193, f. 393-393 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1706, f. 4a-b (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Zhu, 1998: 105, f. 63A-E (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Roberts, 1998: 293, f. (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 95, f. 12F, 43E-F, K-L (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Yoshida, 2000b: 146, f. 28-31 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Hu, 2001: 556, f. 374.1-3 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 95, f. 45A-E (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Namkung, 2002: 82, f. 13.1a-c (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Kim & Cho, 2002: 299, f. 769-774 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 26, f. 21 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 213, f. 2383-2384 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Namkung, 2003: 84, f. 13.1a-c (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Guryanova, 2003: 5, f. 2 (f).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Yoshida, 2003a: 109, f. 274-277, 542, 579 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Knoflach, 2004: 218, f. 60g (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Agnarsson, 2004: 626, f. 10A-F, 11A-F (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Almquist, 2006: 54, f. 81a-i (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Saaristo, 2006: 70, f. 60-63 (mf, T from Achaearanea).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Agnarsson, 2006b: 583, f. 56D (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 366, f. 109 (m).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Yoshida, 2009b: 380, f. 232-233 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 62, f. 34.11-12 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Saaristo, 2010: 261, f. 37.102-106 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Wunderlich, 2011: 236, f. 98 (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Le Peru, 2011: 434, f. 654 (mf).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 77, f. 41A-E (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 853, f. 140E (m).
Achaearanea tepidariorum Yin et al., 2012: 273, f. 95a-e, 3-13b-c (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Yoshida, 2015: 27, f. 1-4 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 24, 4 f. (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Faúndez & Téllez, 2016: 85, f. 1-5 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Jin, 2018: 27, f. 4-17.A-G, pl. 6 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019: 31, f. 26A-C (f) [N.B.: probably misidentified, cf. P. tabulata).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Zhan et al., 2019: 5, f. 1E-J, 4F-H (f).
Steatoda tepidariorum Benavides & Hormiga, 2020: 157, f. 11A (m).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Kim, 2021: 108, f. 46A-I, pl. 22 (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021z: 53, 2 f. (f).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Lapointe & Paquin, 2022: 109, f. 3c-d, 4b, 5b, f, j (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 38, f. 20A-G (mf).
Parasteatoda tepidariorum Zehbi & Yousuf, 2023: 416, f. 5A-C (f).
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Saaristo, M. I. (2006). Theridiid or cobweb spiders of the granitic Seychelles islands (Araneae, Theridiidae). Phelsuma 14: 49-89. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Saitō, S. (1933b). Notes on the spiders from Formosa. Transactions of the Sapporo Natural History Society 13(1): 32-60, pl. 3. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saitō, S. (1959). The Spider Book Illustrated in Colours. Hokuryukan, Tokyo, 194 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1894a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 489-760. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1914). Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae. Tome VI. 1re partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-308. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (ed.) (1980). [Farm Spiders]. Science Press, Beijing, 247 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X. (1987). Spiders from agricultural regions of China (Arachnida: Araneae). Agriculture Publishing House, Beijing, 376 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Li, S. Q. (1993). Arachnida: Araneae. In: Huang, C. M. (ed.) Animals of Longqi Mountain. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 852-890. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Chen, J. & Zhu, M. S. (1997). Arachnida: Araneae. In: Yang, X. K. (ed.) Insects of the Three Gorge Reservoir area of Yangtze River. Chongqing Publishing House, 2, pp. 1704-1743. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (2001). The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 510 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1856). Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis (3) 2(1): 61-176. [the cited page numbers at the single species refer to a separate, which started at p. 1] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tullgren, A. (1901a). On the spiders collected in Florida by Dr. Einar Lönnberg 1892–93. Bihang till Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 27(IV, 1): 1-29, 1 pl. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tystshenko, V. P. (1971). Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Urquhart, A. T. (1886). On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184-205. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Urquhart, A. T. (1892a). Catalogue of the described species of New Zealand Araneidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 24: 220-230. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1841). Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Tome deuxième. Roret, Paris, 549 pp., pl. 16-22. [not published in 1837, see pp. 430, 452, 505; plates in second pdf of Walckenaer, 1837] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.61095 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1937). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. 26. Familie. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 119-222. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Woźny, M. (1976). On some anomalies in spiders. Przegląd Zoologiczny 20: 214-218. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (2011). Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Wang, J. F. & Hu, Y. J. (1983). Essential types and the evolution of palpal organ of spiders. Journal of Hunan Teachers College (nat. Sci. Ed.) 1983: 31-46. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yin, C. M., Peng, X. J., Yan, H. M., Bao, Y. H., Xu, X., Tang, G., Zhou, Q. S. & Liu, P. (2012). Fauna Hunan: Araneae in Hunan, China. Hunan Science and Technology Press, Changsha, 1590 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoo, J. C. & Kim, J. P. (2002a). Studies on basic pattern and evolution of male palpal organ (Arachnida: Araneae). Korean Arachnology 18: 13-31. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2000b). The spider genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 49(2): 137-153. doi:10.2476/asjaa.49.137 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2015). Parasteatoda and a new genus Campanicola (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Taiwan. Bulletin of the Yamagata Prefectural Museum 33: 25-38. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yuan, L., Zhao, L. J. & Zhang, Z. S. (2019). Preliminary study on the spider diversity of the Wanglang National Nature Reserve. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 28(1): 7-36. doi:10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2019.01.002 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zehbi, N. & Yousuf, M. (2023). Household spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kashmir Himalayas with three new records from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 16(3): 413-420. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2023.06.004 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhan, Y., Jiang, H., Wu, Q., Zhang, H., Bai, Z. S., Kuntner, M. & Tu, L. H. (2019). Comparative morphology refines the conventional model of spider reproduction. PLoS One 14(7, e0218486): 1-16 & 12 Supplements. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0218486 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhang, W. S. (ed.) (1987). [Farm spiders from Hebei Province]. Hebei University of Science and Technology Press, 299 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhang, F., Peng, J. Y. & Zhang, B. S. (2022). Spiders of Mt. Xiaowutai. Science Press, Beijing, 387 pp. [pdf in three parts] download pdf download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhao, J. Z. (1993). Spiders in the cotton fields in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, 552 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhao, J. Z. (1995). Araneida. In: Natural enemies of cotton pests in China. Wuhan Publishing House, Wuhan, China, pp. 762-1155. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Shi, J. G. (1985). [Crop field spiders of Shanxi Province]. Agriculture Planning Committee of Shanxi Province (for 1983), 239 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Zhang, B. S. (2011). Spider Fauna of Henan: Arachnida: Araneae. Science Press, Beijing, 558 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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