Taxon details
Theridion melanurum Hahn, 1831
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2024-11-12
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008518]
- Distribution: Macaronesia, North Africa, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Middle Siberia), Middle East. Introduced to USA
- External Resources *:
- Holotype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019); Theridion bishopi Schenkel, 1950, 1 f (NMB-ARAN-01446 a)
Theridion denticulatum Walckenaer, 1805: 74.
Theridion melanurum Hahn, 1831b: 1, pl. 3, f. A (Df).
Theridion denticulatum Walckenaer, 1841: 305 (Dmf).
Theridion denticulatum Blackwall, 1864a: 185, pl. 13, f. 118 (mf).
Steatoda undulata Menge, 1868: 158, pl. 30, f. 67 (Dmf).
Steatoda denticulata Karsch, 1873: 129.
Theridion denticulatum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 34, pl. 1, f. 33 (mf).
Theridion denticulatum Becker, 1896: (2): 89, pl. 19, f. 2 (mf) [includes T. mystaceum].
Theridion dorsatum Banks, 1897: 195 (Df).
Theridion denticulatum Bösenberg, 1902: 100, pl. 9, f. 122 (mf).
Theridion undulatum Bösenberg, 1902: 101, pl. 9, f. 123 (f).
Theridion pictulum Banks, 1908: 205 (Df).
Theridion stanfordi Emerton, 1924b: 30, f. 7, 9 (Dmf).
Theridion denticulatum Wiehle, 1937: 165, f. 114-118 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Roewer, 1942a: 466 (S of Theridion denticulatum, oldest available name).
Theridion melanurum Tullgren, 1949: 41, f. 2-4 (mf).
Allotheridion dorsatum Archer, 1950: 19, pl. III, f. 4 (Tf from Theridion, Dm).
Theridion bishopi Schenkel, 1950b: 47, f. 12 (Df).
Theridion melanurum Wiehle, 1952: 226, f. 1, 3, 6 (mf).
Theridion denticulatum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 71, f. 45C, 46D, 47D (mf).
Theridion melanurum Locket & Millidge, 1957: 481, f. 3A-B (mf).
Theridion melanurum Levi, 1957a: 55, f. 181-186 (mf, S).
Theridion melanurum Wiehle, 1960b: 248, f. 32a, 33a, 35a (mf).
Theridion melanurum Thaler, 1966: 154, f. 2a (f).
Theridion melanurum Wiehle, 1967b: 187, f. 9 (f).
Theridion denticulatum Tystshenko, 1971: 150, f. 414, 434 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Miller, 1971: 195, pl. XXXV, f. 20-21, pl. LXII, f. 20 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Locket, Millidge & Merrett, 1974: 55, f. 32A, 33A, C (mf).
Theridion melanurum Palmgren, 1974b: 22, f. 5.6-9 (mf).
Theridion mystaceum Punda, 1975b: 64, f. 144, 146 (f; misidentified per Vanuytven, 2021: 312).
Theridion denticulatum Ledoux, 1979: 288, f. 1d, 2d, 3b (mf).
Theridion denticulatum Ledoux & Canard, 1981: 17, f. 34 (f).
Theridion melanurum Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 89, f. 6-10 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Roberts, 1985: 184, f. 83a, c, pl. C (mf).
Theridion melanurum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 304, f. 816 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Roberts, 1995: 285, f. (mf).
Theridion denticulatum Mcheidze, 1997: 194, f. 399-400 (f).
Theridion melanurum Roberts, 1998: 299, f. (mf).
Theridion melanurum Levy, 1998b: 173, f. 327-331 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Aakra, 2000a: 85, f. 6B, D (f).
Theridion melanurum Knoflach & Pfaller, 2004: 142, f. 24g (f).
Theridion melanurum Almquist, 2006: 100, f. 122a-f (mf).
Theridion melanurum Wunderlich, 2011: 251, f. 32-39 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Le Peru, 2011: 480, f. 831 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Vanuytven, 2014: 130, f. 4, 8, 13 (mf).
Theridion melanurum Lecigne, 2017: 29, f. 5I, 6G-H (mf).
Aakra, K. (2000a). New records of spiders (Araneae) from Norway with notes on epigynal characters of Philodromus fuscomarginatus (De Geer) (Philodromidae) and Araneus sturmi (Hahn) (Araneidae). Norwegian Journal of Entomology 47: 77-88. 
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Almquist, S. (2006). Swedish Araneae, part 1 – families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 62(2005): 1-284. [publ. in 2006 per Jonsson, in litt.] -- Show included taxa
Archer, A. F. (1950). A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40. -- Show included taxa
Banks, N. (1897). Descriptions of new spiders. The Canadian Entomologist 29(8): 193-197. doi:10.4039/Ent29193-8 -- Show included taxa
Banks, N. (1908). New species of Theridiidae. The Canadian Entomologist 40(6): 205-208. doi:10.4039/Ent40205-6 -- Show included taxa
Becker, L. (1896). Les arachnides de Belgique, deuxième et troisième parties. Annales du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(2): 1-127, pl. 1-25 & 12(3): 1-378, pl. 1-18. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.48721 -- Show included taxa
Blackwall, J. (1864a). A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Ray Society, London, pp. 175-384, pl. 13-29. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.143674 -- Show included taxa
Bösenberg, W. (1902). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(2-4): 97-384, pl. 9-36. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.6508 -- Show included taxa
Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1894). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, pp. 1-151, Pl. I-V. -- Show included taxa
Emerton, J. H. (1924b). New California spiders. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 1: 29-31. -- Show included taxa
Hahn, C. W. (1831b). Monographie der Spinnen. Lechner, Nürnberg, Heft 6, 1 p., 4 pls. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.122225 -- Show included taxa
Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa
Karsch, F. (1873). Verzeichniss westfälischer Spinnen (Araneiden). Verhandlungen des Naturhistorischen Vereins der Preussischen Rheinlande und Westfalens 10: 113-160. -- Show included taxa
Knoflach, B. & Pfaller, K. (2004). Kugelspinnen – eine Einführung (Araneae, Theridiidae). In: Thaler, K. (ed.) Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen und anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12: 111-160. -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Lecigne, S. (2017). Contribution a la connaissance de l’araneofaune (Araneae) de l’Algarve (Portugal). Description de Theridion bernardi n.sp. (Araneae: Theridiidae) et redécouverte d’Ozyptila perplexa Simon, 1875 (Araneae: Thomisidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 31: 25-48. -- Show included taxa
Ledoux, J.-C. (1979). Theridion mystaceum et T. betteni, nouveaux pour la faune française (Araneae, Theridiidae). Revue Arachnologique 2: 283-289. -- Show included taxa
Ledoux, J.-C. & Canard, A. (1981). Initiation à l'étude systématique des araignées. Ledoux, Domazan, 56 pp. -- Show included taxa
Levi, H. W. (1957a). The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124. -- Show included taxa
Levy, G. & Amitai, P. (1982a). The comb-footed spider genera Theridion, Achaearanea and Anelosimus of Israel (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Zoology, London 196(1): 81-131. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.1982.tb03496.x -- Show included taxa
Levy, G. (1998b). Araneae: Theridiidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 228 pp. -- Show included taxa
Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. -- Show included taxa
Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1957). On new and rare British spiders. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (12) 10(115): 481-492. doi:10.1080/00222935708655988 -- Show included taxa
Locket, G. H., Millidge, A. F. & Merrett, P. (1974). British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. -- Show included taxa
Mcheidze, T. S. (1997). [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi University, 390 pp. (in Georgian). [English version published by Otto (2014) available here] -- Show included taxa
Menge, A. (1868). Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (N. F.) 2: 153-218, pl. 29-43 (f. 117). -- Show included taxa
Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. -- Show included taxa
Palmgren, P. (1974b). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiidae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fennica 26: 1-54. -- Show included taxa
Punda, H. (1975b). Pająki Borów Sosnowych. Polska Akad. Nauk, 91 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roberts, M. J. (1985). The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England, 229 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roewer, C. F. (1942a). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. 1. Band (Mesothelae, Orthognatha, Labidognatha: Dysderaeformia, Scytodiformia, Pholciformia, Zodariiformia, Hersiliaeformia, Argyopiformia). Natura, Buchhandlung für Naturkunde und exakte Wissenschaften Paul Budy, Bremen, 1040 pp. -- Show included taxa
Schenkel, E. (1950b). Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Erster Teil. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 61: 28-92. -- Show included taxa
Thaler, K. (1966). Fragmenta faunistica tirolensia (Diplopoda, Arachnida). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 54: 151-157. -- Show included taxa
Tullgren, A. (1949). Bidrag till kännedomen om den svenska spindelfaunan. III. Svenska representanter för familjen Theridiidae. Entomologisk Tidskrift 70: 33-64. -- Show included taxa
Tystshenko, V. P. (1971). Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp. -- Show included taxa
Vanuytven, H. (2014). Theridion asopi n. sp., a new member of the Theridion melanurum group (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Europe. Arachnology 16(4): 127-134. doi:10.13156/arac.2014.16.4.127 -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1802). Faune parisienne. Insectes. Ou histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris, classés d'après le système de Fabricius. Tome seconde. Dentu, Paris, pp. 187-250, 428-430. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.8151 -- Show included taxa
Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. -- 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 -- Show included taxa
Wiehle, H. (1937). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. 26. Familie. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 119-222. -- Show included taxa
Wiehle, H. (1952). Eine übersehene deutsche Theridion-Art. Zoologischer Anzeiger 149: 226-235. -- Show included taxa
Wiehle, H. (1960b). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der deutschen Spinnenfauna. Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 88: 195-254. -- Show included taxa
Wiehle, H. (1967b). Meta, – eine semientelegyne Gattung der Araneae (Arach.). Senckenbergiana Biologica 48(3): 183-196. -- Show included taxa
Wunderlich, J. (2011). Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640. -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-02-14 | Taxonomic reference added from other taxon | n/a (Old value) | |
| 2018-01-01 | New taxonomic reference entry | Lecigne, 2017 | n/a |
| 2014-07-07 | New taxonomic reference entry | Vanuytven, 2014 | n/a |