Taxon details
Theridion pictum (Walckenaer, 1802)
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
- Described:
- Last updated: 2024-09-13
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008606]
- Distribution: North America, Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Turkemenistan, China, Japan. Introduced to South Africa
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Theridion pictum Walckenaer, 1805: 74.
Theridion ornatum Hahn, 1831b: 1, pl. 3, f. C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061094].
Theridion pictum Hahn, 1833a: 90, f. 68 (mf).
Steatoda picta C. L. Koch, 1837b: 9.
Theridion pictum C. L. Koch, 1845: 139, f. 1062-1063 (mf).
Theridion pictum Blackwall, 1864a: 184, pl. 13, f. 117 (mf).
Steatoda picta Menge, 1868: 154, pl. 29, f. 65 (mf).
Theridion zelotypum Emerton, 1882: 11, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061095].
Theridion zelotypum Keyserling, 1884a: 25, pl. 1, f. 10 (f).
Theridion pictum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 34, pl. 1, f. 31 (mf).
Theridion pictum Becker, 1896: (2): 92, pl. 20, f. 1 (mf).
Theridion pictum Smith, 1900b: 206, p. 207, f. 1b (m).
Theridion pictum Bösenberg, 1902: 99, pl. 8, f. 120 (mf).
Theridion zelotypum Emerton, 1909: 180, pl. 1, f. 5 (f, Dm).
Theridion pictum Fedotov, 1912a: 63, f. 5 (f).
Theridion pictum Wiehle, 1937: 168, f. 126-131 (mf).
Theridion zelotypum Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 7, f. 3 (f).
Theridion zelotypum Kaston, 1948: 109, f. 128, 150 (mf).
Theridion ornatum Tullgren, 1949: 45, f. 5b only (f).
Allotheridion ornatum Archer, 1950: 19 (T from Theridion).
Allotheridion zelotypum Archer, 1950: 19 (T from Theridion).
Allotheridion pictum Archer, 1950: 20 (T from Theridion).
Theridion zelotypum Levi, 1951: 4, f. 47 (f).
Theridion pictum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 68, f. 45B, 46A, 47A (mf).
Allotheridion zelotypum Levi & Field, 1954: 442, f. 3 (f).
Theridion ornatum Levi, 1957a: 50, f. 164-165, 168-170, 173 (mf, S of Theridion zelotypum).
Theridion pictum ICZN, 1958: 63 (specific name validated, S of Theridion ornatum).
Theridion pictum Yaginuma, 1960: 37, f. 35 (f).
Theridion pictum Levi & Levi, 1962: 45, f. 90-93 (mf).
Theridion pictum Azheganova, 1968: 59, f. 105, 114-115 (mf).
Theridion pictum Yaginuma, 1971: 37, f. 35 (f).
Theridion pictum Tystshenko, 1971: 151, f. 437 (f).
Theridion pictum Miller, 1971: 196, pl. XXXV, f. 13-15 (mf).
Theridion pictum Palmgren, 1974b: 24, f. 6.1-5 (mf).
Theridion pictum Levi & Randolph, 1975: 45, f. 72, 74-77 (mf).
Theridion ornatum Kaston, 1977: 15, f. 6-7 (mf).
Theridion pictum Roth, 1982: 47-11, f. 72, 74-77 (mf).
Theridion pictum Roth, 1985: B43-10, f. 72, 74-77 (mf).
Theridion pictum Roberts, 1985: 184, f. 82a (mf).
Theridion pictum Yaginuma, 1986a: 35, f. 20.1 (f).
Theridion pictum Izmailova, 1989: 94, f. 74 (f).
Theridion pictum Chikuni, 1989b: 42, f. 56 (mf).
Theridion pictum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 300, f. 806 (mf).
Theridion pictum Blick, Sammorey & Martin, 1993: 30, f. 1-2, 5 (mf).
Theridion pictum Bosmans, Vanuytven & Van Keer, 1994: 236, f. 6-8 (mf).
Theridion pictum Roth, 1994: 184, f. 74-77 (mf).
Theridion pictum Roberts, 1995: 282, f. (mf).
Theridion pictum Mcheidze, 1997: 196, f. 402-404 (mf).
Theridion pictum Knoflach, 1998: 589, f. 40, 43, 50, 55e, 59 (mf).
Theridion pictum Roberts, 1998: 296, f. (mf).
Theridion pictum Hu, 2001: 583, f. 395.1-2 (f).
Theridion pictum Yoshida, 2001c: 162, f. 21-25 (m).
Theridion pictum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 224, f. 2503-2505 (mf).
Theridion pictum Yoshida, 2003a: 72, f. 11-12, 16, 169-174 (mf).
Theridion pictum Agnarsson, 2004: 606, f. 91E-F (m).
Theridion pictum Almquist, 2006: 102, f. 124a-g (mf).
Theridion pictum Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 376, f. 149-152 (m).
Theridion pictum Yoshida, 2009b: 370, f. 1-2, 15,19, 21, 127-128 (mf).
Theridion pictum Le Peru, 2011: 483, f. 843 (mf).
Theridion pictum Vanuytven, 2021: 279, f. B.306-307 (m).
Theridion pictum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A: 32, 6 f. (mf).
Theridion pictum Nolan & Foster, 2024: 156, f. 1a-b, 3a-c (mf).
Agnarsson, I. (2004). Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 447-626. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x -- Show included taxa
Agnarsson, I., Coddington, J. A. & Knoflach, B. (2007). Morphology and evolution of cobweb spider male genitalia (Araneae, Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology 35(2): 334-395. doi:10.1636/SH-06-36.1 -- Show included taxa
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
Azheganova, N. S. (1968). Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, Moscow, 149 pp. -- 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
Blick, T., Sammorey, T. & Martin, D. (1993). Spinnenaufsammlungen im NSG "Großer Schwerin mit Steinhorn" (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), mit Anmerkungen zu Tetragnatha reimoseri (syn. Eucta kaestneri), Theridion hemerobius und Philodromus praedatus (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 6: 26-33. doi:10.5431/aramit0604 -- 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
Bosmans, R., Vanuytven, H. & Van Keer, J. (1994). On two poorly known Theridion species, recently collected in Belgium for the first time (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 236-240. -- Show included taxa
Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co., Tokyo, 310 pp. -- 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
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 -- Show included taxa
Emerton, J. H. (1882). New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 1-86. -- Show included taxa
Emerton, J. H. (1909). Supplement to the New England Spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 171-236. -- Show included taxa
Fedotov, D. (1912a). Materialy k faounié paukow Twerskoï gouberny. Berichte der Biologischen Süßwasserstation der Kaiserlichen Naturforschergesellschaft zu St. Petersburg 3: 53-134. -- Show included taxa
Gertsch, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1942). Descriptions of new American Theridiidae. American Museum Novitates 1171: 1-16. -- 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
Hahn, C. W. (1833a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 77-129, pl. 19-36 (f. 57-95); Zweiter Band, pp. 1-16, pl. 37-47 (f. 96-105). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- Show included taxa
Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa
Hu, J. L. (2001). Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp. -- Show included taxa
ICZN (1958). Opinion 517. Rejection of the proposal for the validation under the Plenary Powers of the emendation to Theridium of the generic name Theridion Walckenaer, 1805; use of the above Powers (i) to validate the specific name picta Walckenaer, 1802, as published in the combination Aranea picta, (ii) to designate the species so named to be the type species of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805, and (iii) to suppress the generic name Phyllonethis Thorell, 1869 (Class Arachnida). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19(3): 45-110. -- Show included taxa
Izmailova, M. V. (1989). [Fauna of Spiders of South Part of Eastern Siberia]. Irkutsk State University Publishing, 184 pp. -- Show included taxa
Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. -- Show included taxa
Kaston, B. J. (1977). Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. Journal of Arachnology 4: 1-72. -- Show included taxa
Keyserling, E. (1884a). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 1, 1-222. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa
Knoflach, B. (1998). Mating in Theridion varians Hahn and related species (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Natural History 32(4): 545-604. doi:10.1080/00222939800770301 -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1837b). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 1. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, 39 pp., pl. 1-6. [for the detailled publishing date see Nagel & Grieder, 2019: 47] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561 -- Show included taxa
Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Zwölfter Band, pp. 1-166, pl. 397-432 (f. 960-1077). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 -- 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
Levi, H. W. (1951). New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. American Museum Novitates 1501: 1-41. -- Show included taxa
Levi, H. W. & Field, H. M. (1954). The spiders of Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 51: 440-467. -- 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
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. -- Show included taxa
Levi, H. W. & Randolph, D. E. (1975). A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 3: 31-51. -- Show included taxa
Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 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
Nolan, M. & Foster, S. (2024). First Irish records of Theridion pictum (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneae, Theridiidae) from counties Armagh and Antrim. Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 47: 155-162. -- Show included taxa
Palmgren, P. (1974b). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiidae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fennica 26: 1-54. -- Show included taxa
Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. -- 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
Roth, V. D. (1982). Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona, 128 pp. -- Show included taxa
Roth, V. D. (1985). Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville. -- Show included taxa
Roth, V. D. (1994). Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, 203 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, F. P. (1900b). An introduction to British spiders [continued]. Science-Gossip New Series 7(73, 74, 77, 78, 79): 14-16, 45-47, 138-140, 166-167, 206-207. -- 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. (2021). The Theridiidae of the World. A key to the genera with their diagnosis and a study of the body length of all known species. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 35(Supplement): 1-363. -- 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
Wiehle, H. (1937). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. 26. Familie. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 119-222. -- Show included taxa
Yaginuma, T. (1960). Spiders of Japan in colour. Hoikusha, Osaka, 186 pp. -- Show included taxa
Yaginuma, T. (1971). Spiders of Japan in colour (enlarged and revised edition). Hoikusha, Osaka (for 1969), 197 pp. -- Show included taxa
Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa
Yoshida, H. (2001c). A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 50(2): 157-181. doi:10.2476/asjaa.50.157 -- Show included taxa
Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. -- 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. -- Show included taxa
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Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2024-09-13 | New taxonomic reference entry | Nolan & Foster, 2024 | n/a |
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) |
2021-02-16 | New taxonomic reference entry | Vanuytven, 2021 | n/a |
2020-11-24 | New taxonomic reference entry | Smith, 1900b | n/a |