Taxon details


Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-11-04
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008036]
  • Distribution: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho. Introduced to St. Helena, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii
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Taxonomic references
Teutana lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904b: 154, pl. 11, f. 2 (Dmf; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880, see Steatoda lepida) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056118].
Steatoda lepida Benoit, 1977i: 139, f. 59a-c (f).
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990: 283 (replacement name).
Steatoda capensis Hann, 1994: 226, f. 1-6 (mf).
Steatoda capensis Paquin, Vink & Dupérré, 2010: 62, f. 34.15-17 (mf).
Steatoda capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A: 14, p. 13: 2 f., p. 14: 5 f., p. 15: 2 f. (f).
Steatoda capensis Dippenaar-Schoeman & Paton, 2024: 19, f. 1-11 (mf).
Steatoda capensis Sherwood et al., 2024e: 1277, f. 71 (f).
References

Benoit, P. L. G. (1977i). Fam. Theridiidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 131-152. 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

Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. & Paton, J. (2024). Notes on the false button spider Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 in South Africa (Araneae: Theridiidae). SANSA Newsletter 50: 19-21. doi:10.5281/zenodo.11526860 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hann, S. W. (1990). A new combination involving Lithyphantes lepidus Cambridge 1897 and a new name for Teutana lepida Cambridge 1903 (Araneae, Theridiidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17: 283. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hann, S. W. (1994). Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21: 225-238. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P., Vink, C. & Dupérré, N. (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press, Lincoln, New Zealand, 118 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1904b). Descriptions of some new species and characters of three new genera, of Araneidea from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 143-165, pl. 9-12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D., Henrard, A., Jocqué, R., Fowler, L., Marusik, Y. M., Maddison, W., Harvey, M. S., Hormiga, G., Rheims, C. A., Piacentini, L. N., Peters, M., Stevens, N., Joshua, D., Scipio-O’Dean, C. J., Ellick, G., Wilkins, V., Ashmole, M. & Ashmole, P. (2024e). Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19(9): 1218-1291. download pdf -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-11-04 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood et al., 2024e n/a
2024-06-09 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman & Paton, 2024 n/a
2023-06-24 Species distribution update n/a (Old value)
2023-02-10 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A n/a
2019-05-21 Species distribution update Haddad & Marusik, 2019 n/a (Old value)
2014-09-29 Species distribution update Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 n/a (Old value)