Taxon details
Theridion varians Hahn, 1833
- Rank: Species
- Status: accepted
- Described:
- Last updated: 2021-01-13
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008769]
- Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China. Introduced to Canada, USA
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Theridion varians Hahn, 1833a: 93, f. 71-72 (Df).
Theridion abelardi Walckenaer, 1841: 304 (D).
Theridion heloisii Walckenaer, 1841: 317 (Df).
Theridion varians C. L. Koch, 1845: 134, f. 1056-1058 (f, Dm).
Steatoda varians C. L. Koch, 1850: 17.
Theridion varians Blackwall, 1864a: 188, pl. 14, f. 120 (mf).
Steatoda varians Menge, 1868: 157, pl. 29, f. 66 (mf).
Theridion cuneatum Thorell, 1875a: 91 (Df).
Theridion cuneatum Thorell, 1875c: 48 (Df).
Theridion honorum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893a: 151, f. 4 (Df).
Theridion varians Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 34, pl. 1, f. 30 (mf).
Theridion varians Becker, 1896: (2): 86, pl. 18, f. 1 (mf).
Theridion varians Bösenberg, 1902: 104, pl. 9, f. 128 (mf).
Theridion varians Kulczyński, 1905a: 562, pl. 14, f. 26 (m).
Theridion varians melanotum Strand, 1907e: 220 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008771].
Theridion varians Engelhardt, 1910: 76, f. 27 (f).
Theridion varians Fedotov, 1912a: 62, f. 3 (f).
Theridion varians Simon, 1914: 266, 267, 298, f. 526 (mf).
Theridion kratochvili Kolosváry, 1934b: 14, f. 3 (Dm).
Theridion varians Wiehle, 1937: 166, f. 119-125 (mf).
Allotheridion varians Archer, 1950: 19 (Tmf from Theridion).
Theridion varians Locket & Millidge, 1953: 70, f. 46C, F, 47B (mf).
Theridion varians Levi, 1957a: 52, f. 175-178 (mf).
Theridion varians Brændegaard, 1958: 29, f. 18 (m).
Theridion varians Azheganova, 1968: 60, f. 106, 118 (mf).
Theridion varians Tystshenko, 1971: 151, f. 436 (f).
Theridion varians Miller, 1971: 194, pl. XXXV, f. 8-10 (mf).
Theridion varians Palmgren, 1974b: 24, f. 5.10-13 (mf).
Theridion varians Punda, 1975b: 66, f. 142, 148-149 (mf).
Theridion varians Wunderlich, 1977a: 289, f. 1-2 (m, S).
Theridion varians Roberts, 1985: 184, f. 82b (mf).
Theridion varians Hu & Wu, 1989: 140, f. 112.1-2 (f).
Theridion varians Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 304, f. 814 (mf).
Theridion varians Roberts, 1995: 283, f. (mf).
Theridion varians Knoflach, 1998: 589, f. 35-38, 44, 49, 55f, 64a-e (mf).
Theridion varians Zhu, 1998: 146, f. 88A-E (mf).
Theridion varians Roberts, 1998: 297, f. (mf).
Theridion varians Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 148, f. 81E-F, L-M (mf).
Theridion varians Knoflach & Pfaller, 2004: 138, f. 21f, 23b, d, f, 24a (mf).
Theridion varians Knoflach, 2004: 183, f. 22a-b (f).
Theridion varians Agnarsson, 2004: 594, f. 79A-G, 80-A-F (mf).
Theridion varians Almquist, 2006: 106, f. 128a-g (mf).
Theridion varians Agnarsson, 2006b: 583, f. 56E (m).
Theridion varians Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 365, f. 104 (m).
Theridion varians Eberhard & Huber, 2010: 264, f. 12.13 (f).
Theridion varians Wunderlich, 2011: 239, f. 11-13 (f).
Theridion varians Le Peru, 2011: 486, f. 854 (mf).
Theridion varians Kaya & Ugurtas, 2011: 152, f. 24 (f).
Theridion varians Breitling et al., 2015: 76 (S).
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. (2006b). A revision of the New World eximius lineage of Anelosimus (Araneae, Theridiidae) and a phylogenetic analysis using worldwide exemplars. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 146(4): 453-593. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2006.00213.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
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
Brændegaard, J. (1958). Araneida. In: The Zoology of Iceland. Ejnar Munksgaard, Copenhagen 3(54), 1-113. -- Show included taxa
Breitling, R., Lemke, M., Bauer, T., Hohner, M., Grabolle, A. & Blick, T. (2015). Phantom spiders: notes on dubious spider species from Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 50: 65-80. doi:10.5431/aramit5010 -- 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
Eberhard, W. G. & Huber, B. A. (2010). Spider genitalia: precise maneuvers with a numb structure in a complex lock. In: Leonard, J. L. & A. Córdoba-Aguilar (eds.) The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 249-284. -- Show included taxa
Engelhardt, V. v. (1910). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der weiblichen Copulationsorgane einiger Spinnen. Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 96: 32-117. -- 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
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. & Wu, W. G. (1989). Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong University Publishing House, Jinan, 435 pp. -- Show included taxa
Kaya, R. S. & Uğurtaş, İ. H. (2011). The cobweb spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Uludağ Mountain, Bursa. Serket 12: 144-153. -- 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
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
Knoflach, B. (2004). Diversity in the copulatory behaviour of comb-footed spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae). In: Thaler, K. (ed.) Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen und anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12: 161-256. -- 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
Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 5. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, 77 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561 -- Show included taxa
Kolosváry, G. (1934b). 21 neue Spinnenarten aus Slovensko, Ungarn und aus der Banat. Folia Zoologica et Hydrobiologica, Rigā 6: 12-17. -- Show included taxa
Kulczyński, W. (1905a). Fragmenta arachnologica. I-IV. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1904: 533-568. -- 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. (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
Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. -- 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
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1893a). On new and rare British spiders. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 14: 142-164. -- 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
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. -- 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. -- Show included taxa
Strand, E. (1907e). Verzeichnis der bis jetzt bei Marburg von Prof. Dr H. Zimmermann aufgefundenen Spinnenarten. Zoologischer Anzeiger 32: 216-243. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1875a). Diagnoses Aranearum Europaearum aliquot novarum. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 18: 81-108. -- Show included taxa
Thorell, T. (1875c). Descriptions of several European and North African spiders. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 13(5): 1-204. -- Show included taxa
Tystshenko, V. P. (1971). Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 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
Wunderlich, J. (1977a). Zur Synonymie südeuropäischer Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneida: Theridiidae, Linyphiidae, Gnaphosidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 57(4-6, 1976): 289-293. -- Show included taxa
Wunderlich, J. (2011). Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640. -- Show included taxa
Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. -- Show included taxa
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Date | Type | Reference | Detail |
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2015-10-20 | New taxonomic reference entry | Breitling et al., 2015 | n/a |
2015-10-20 | Species synonymy | Breitling et al., 2015 | Theridion varians melanotum synonymized with Theridion varians |