Taxon details


Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-08-27
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008048]
  • Distribution: North Africa, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Middle East, India, China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to USA, Caribbean, Venezuela, Cape Verde, South Africa
Type deposit provide information
  • Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; f of Euryopis albomaculata (Bosmans & Hervé, 2021)
  • Holotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; m (B. 587, t. 5) of Steatoda signata (Levy & Amitai, 1982b)
  • Syntype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; 1m 1f (B. 588, t. 17) (Levy & Amitai, 1982b)
Taxonomic references
Theridion erigoniforme O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872: 284 (Dmf).
Steatoda signata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 568 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059845].
Crustulina signata Simon, 1881a: 161.
Lithyphantes septemmaculatus Keyserling, 1884a: 141, pl. 6, f. 88 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059843].
Lithyphantes septemmaculatus Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 155, pl. 12, f. 277 (f).
Lithyphantes septemmaculatus Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 169, f. 6-7 (f).
Asagenella erigoniformis Schenkel, 1937: 381, f. 3 (m).
Lithyphantes septemmaculatus Bryant, 1945c: 204, f. 7, 9 (Dm).
Euryopis albomaculata Denis, 1952h: 313, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007686].
Steatoda septemmaculata Levi, 1957b: 402, f. 70-73 (mf).
Asagenella erigoniformis Levi & Levi, 1962: 60, f. 261-262 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Levi, 1962a: 25 (S of Steatoda septemmaculata).
Lithyphantes septemmaculatus Lee, 1966: 27, f. 5o-p (f).
Steatoda erigoniformis Levi, 1967c: 184, f. 46-49 (mf).
Steatoda septemmaculata Gruia, 1973a: 311, f. 18-21 (m).
Steatoda erigoniformis Levy & Amitai, 1982b: 26, f. 63-71 (mf, S of Steatoda signata).
Steatoda septemmaculatus Hu, 1984: 165, f. 171.1-2 (f).
Steatoda erigoniformis Yaginuma, 1986a: 39, f. 21.8 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Chikuni, 1989b: 40, f. 49 (m).
Steatoda septemmaculatus Chen & Zhang, 1991: 142, f. 135 (f).
Steatoda erigoniformis Zhu, 1998: 332, f. 222A-E (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Levy, 1998b: 81, f. 152-160 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 128, f. 68E-F, K-L (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Yoshida, 2001b: 45, f. 49-52 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Namkung, 2002: 127, f. 13.45a-b (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Namkung, 2003: 129, f. 13.45a-b (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Yoshida, 2003a: 43, f. 81-84, 554 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 204, f. 555-557 (f).
Steatoda erigoniformis Yoshida, 2009b: 363, f. 61-63 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Le Peru, 2011: 464, f. 780 (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Yin et al., 2012: 385, f. 164a-c (f).
Steatoda erigoniformis Bosmans & Hervé, 2021: 63, f. 5a-f (f, S of Euryopis albomaculata).
Steatoda erigoniformis Kim, 2021: 137, f. 59A-G (m).
Steatoda erigoniformis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A: 17, 7 f. (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Coşar & Danışman, 2022b: 11, f. 2A-D, 3A-E, 4 (m).
Steatoda erigoniformis Tripathi et al., 2023d: 26, pl. 15, f. 1A-H, pl. 16, f. 2A-E (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024: 24, f. 38A-H (mf).
Steatoda erigoniformis Alioua & Bosmans, 2024: 326, f. 14a-c (m).
References

Alioua, Y. & Bosmans, R. (2024). Spiders of arid lands: the Ghardaïa region (northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria. Zootaxa 5497(3): 301-336. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. & Strand, E. (1906). Japanische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 30: 93-422. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bosmans, R. & Hervé, C. (2021). Less is more: eight new synonyms in Mediterranean spiders (Araneae), with a new Pelecopsis species from Tunisia (Linyphiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 61: 58-64. doi:10.30963/aramit6109 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Bryant, E. B. (1945c). Notes on some Florida spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 36: 199-213. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, Z. F. & Zhang, Z. H. (1991). Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneida. Zhejiang Science and Technology Publishing House, Hangzhou, 356 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Coşar, İ. & Danışman, T. (2022b). First record of the cobweb spider Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) in Turkey (Araneae, Theridiidae). Acta Zoologica Cypria 1(1): 10-14. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1952h). Quelques araignées de Basse-Égypte recueillies par M. B. Condé. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France 76(5-6, 1951): 313-315. [year corrected per Frétey, 2023: 80] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021A). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 49 pp. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gruia, M. (1973a). Sur quelques Theridiidae (Aranea) recueillis par les expéditions biospéologiques à Cuba. Résultats des Expéditions Biospéologiques Cubano-Roumaines à Cuba 1: 305-313. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heinrichs, E. A. & Barrion, A. T. (2004). Rice-feeding insects and selected natural enemies in West Africa: biology, ecology, identification. International Rice Research Institute, Manila & Africa Rice Center, Abidjan, 242 pp. [spiders: pp. 192-222] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (1984). The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests. Tianjin Science and Technology Press, 482 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1884a). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 1, 1-222. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, S. T. (2021). Spiders V. Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae, Amaurobiidae, Eresidae, Zoropsidae, Anyphaenidae. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea 21(47): 1-230. [first pdf is reduced in size] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lee, C. L. (1966). [Spiders of Formosa (Taiwan)]. Taichung Junior Teachers College Publisher, 84 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1957b). The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117: 367-424. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1962a). The spider genera Steatoda and Enoplognatha in America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Cambridge 69(1): 11-36. doi:10.1155/1962/42957 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. & Levi, L. R. (1962). The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127(1): 1-71, pl. 1-14. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1967c). Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacific Insects 9: 175-186. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. (1982b). The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scripta 11(1): 13-30. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00515.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1998b). Araneae: Theridiidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 228 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1930a). The spiders of Porto Rico. Part two. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 30: 159-356. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1872). General list of the spiders of Palestine and Syria, with descriptions of numerous new species, and characters of two new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 40(1): 212-354, pl. 13-16. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1872.tb00489.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1876b). Catalogue of a collection of spiders made in Egypt, with descriptions of new species and characters of a new genus. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 44(3): 541-630, pl. 58-60. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1876.tb02595.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1937). Beschreibungen einiger afrikanischer Spinnen und Fundortsangaben. Festschrift Embrik Strand 3: 373-398. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1881a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-180, pl. 25. 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

Tripathi, R., Jangid, A. K., Bhagirathan, U. & Sudhikumar, A. V. (2023d). First record of the cobweb spider (Steatoda erigoniformis) from India. Taprobanica 12(1): 26-27, pl. 15-17. doi:10.47605/tapro.v12i1.299 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Van Keer, J., Bosselaers, J. & Oger, P. (2024). Description of four new Steatoda species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from the Mediterranean region with notes on some related species. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39(2, supplement): 1-77. 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., 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

Yoshida, H. (2001b). The spider genera Robertus, Enoplognatha, Steatoda and Crustulina (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 50(1): 31-48. doi:doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.50.31 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

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

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-08-26 New taxonomic reference entry Alioua & Bosmans, 2024 n/a
2024-08-26 Species distribution update Alioua & Bosmans, 2024 n/a (Old value)
2024-07-23 New taxonomic reference entry Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024 n/a
2024-04-01 Species distribution update n/a (Old value)
2023-05-11 New taxonomic reference entry Tripathi et al., 2023d n/a
2023-05-11 Species distribution update Tripathi et al., 2023d n/a (Old value)
2023-02-10 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A n/a
2023-02-10 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A n/a (Old value)
2022-07-19 New taxonomic reference entry Kim, 2021 n/a
2022-06-29 New taxonomic reference entry Coşar & Danışman, 2022b n/a
2021-04-26 New taxonomic reference entry Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 n/a
2021-04-26 Species synonymy Bosmans & Hervé, 2021 Steatoda albomaculata synonymized with Steatoda erigoniformis
2021-01-03 New taxonomic reference entry Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004 n/a