Taxon details


Rugathodes instabilis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-06-20
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008002]
  • Distribution: Europe, Russia (Europe to West Siberia)
Type deposit provide information
  • Neotype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; m (2770 (i)), validity of neotype doubtful (Locket, 1964)
  • Paratype: Oxford University Museum of Natural History (OUMNH) = Hope Entomological Collections Oxford (HECO), Oxford, UK; f (2770 (i)) (Locket, 1964)
Taxonomic references
Theridion instabile O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871a: 416, pl. 55, f. 14 (Dmf).
Phyllonethis instabilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879d: 95.
Theridion lepidum Simon, 1881a: 64 (misidentified per Simon, 1914: 294, not Walckenaer, 1802, see Enoplognatha ovata).
Theridion lepidum Becker, 1896: (2): 85, pl. 16, f. 2 (mf; refers e.g. to Simon, 1881a: 64, therefore listed here).
Theridion lepidum Lessert, 1910b: 98, f. 79-80 (mf; misidentified per Simon, 1914: 294).
Theridion instabile Jackson, 1914: 122, pl. 2, f. 8, 10, 12-13 (mf).
Theridion instabile Simon, 1914: 256, 294, f. 507 (mf).
Theridion instabile Wiehle, 1937: 146, f. 59, 60b, d, 61-62 (mf).
Theridion (Rugathodes) instabile Archer, 1950: 24.
Theridion instabile Locket & Millidge, 1953: 77, f. 51A, C, E-F (mf).
Theridion instabile Tystshenko, 1971: 147, f. 421 (f).
Theridion instabile Roberts, 1985: 188, f. 84a (mf).
Theridion instabile Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 300, f. 803 (mf).
Rugathodes instabilis Kronestedt, 1993b: 111, f. 1 (f).
Theridion instabile Roberts, 1995: 287, f. (mf).
Theridion instabile Roberts, 1998: 302, f. (mf).
Rugathodes instabilis Trotta, 2005: 176, f. 462-463 (mf).
Rugathodes instabilis Almquist, 2006: 87, f. 110a (f).
Rugathodes instabilis Jäger, 2006d: 4, f. 1-4f-g (m).
Theridion instabile Le Peru, 2011: 479, f. 825 (mf).
References

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.] download pdf download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jackson, A. R. (1914). A contribution to the spider fauna of Scotland. Proceedings of the Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh 19: 107-128. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Jäger, P. (2006d). I. Order Araneae. In: Gerecke, R. (ed.) Chelicerata: Araneae, Acari I. Süßwasserfauna von Mitteleuropa 7/2-1, 1-13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kronestedt, T. (1993b). On Rugathodes instabilis (O. P.-Cambridge), new to Sweden, and R. bellicosus (Simon) (Araneae, Theridiidae). Entomologisk Tidskrift 114: 111-113. 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

Lessert, R. de (1910b). Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, 635 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1871a). Descriptions of some British spiders new to science, with a notice of others, of which some are now for the first time recorded as British species. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 27(3): 393-464, pl. 54-57. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1871.tb00218.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1879d). The spiders of Dorset. Araneidea. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club 1: 1-235. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. 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

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

Trotta, A. (2005). Introduzione al ragni italiani (Arachnida Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 83: 3-178. doi:10.4081/memorieSEI.2004.3 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Tystshenko, V. P. (1971). Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp. 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

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