Taxon details


Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2024-08-05
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008125]
  • Distribution: Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Jordan, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Central Asia, India, China, Korea. Introduced to Canada, USA, Argentina, Canary Is., South Africa
Type deposit provide information
  • Syntype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019); Teutana lugubris Schenkel, 1963, 1 f (NMB-ARAN-01442 a)
Taxonomic references
Aranea triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802: 207 (D).
Theridion triangulifer Walckenaer, 1805: 75, pl. 8. f. 73-74 (Df).
Theridium venustissimum C. L. Koch, 1838: 114, f. 322 (Df).
Theridion triangulifer Walckenaer, 1841: 324 (Dm).
Theridion punicum Lucas, 1846: 256, pl. 16, f. 3 (Df).
Theridion flavo-maculatum Lucas, 1846: 257, pl. 17, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059826].
Theridion serpentinum Hentz, 1850: 273, pl. 9, f. 2 (Df).
Steatoda venustissima C. L. Koch, 1850: 17.
Steatoda triangulosa Thorell, 1873: 505.
Steatoda triangulifera Simon, 1873a: 116.
Teutana triangulosa Simon, 1881a: 163.
Teutana triangulosa Keyserling, 1884a: 122, pl. 6, f. 78 (mf).
Teutana triangulosa Becker, 1896: (2): 115, pl. 25, f. 2 (mf).
Teutana triangulosa Emerton, 1902: 121, f. 286 (mf).
Teutana triangulosa Lessert, 1910b: 121, f. 81-82 (mf).
Teutana triangulosa punica Simon, 1914: 280.
Teutana triangulosa Wiehle, 1937: 198, f. 217-221 (mf).
Theridion saylori Fox, 1940: 43, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059842].
Teutana triangulosa Muma, 1943: 65, pl. XIII, f. 1 (m).
Teutana triangulosa Kaston, 1948: 86, f. 57-59 (mf).
Teutana triangulosa Levi, 1957a: 21 (S of Theridion saylori).
Steatoda triangulosa Levi, 1957b: 407, f. 75-76, 80-82 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Levi & Levi, 1962: 59, f. 258-259 (m).
Teutana lugubris Schenkel, 1963: 104, f. 61a-c (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059832].
Steatoda triangulosa Namkung, 1964: 34, f. 11 (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Levi, 1967c: 185, f. 53-56 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Levy & Amitai, 1982a: 84 (S of Theridion flavomaculatum).
Steatoda triangulosa Levy & Amitai, 1982b: 17, f. 18-25 (mf).
Steatoda lugubris Brignoli, 1983c: 412.
Steatoda triangulosa Zhu & Shi, 1985: 102, f. 88a-c (m).
Steatoda triangulosa Yaginuma, 1986a: 39, f. 21.9 (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Zhang, 1987: 111, f. 91.1-3 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Chen & Gao, 1990: 96, f. 121a-b (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 298, f. 798 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Saito, 1992c: 946, f. 1-2 (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Breene et al., 1993: 56, f. 22A-C (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Roberts, 1995: 276, f. (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Zhu, 1998: 335, f. 224A-E (mf, S of SteatodaTeutana lugubris).
Steatoda triangulosa Roberts, 1998: 290, f. (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Levy, 1998b: 59, f. 104-111 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 132, f. 70A-B, E-F (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Hu, 2001: 576, f. 389.1-3 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 109, f. 53A-E (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Yoshida, 2001b: 44, f. 46-48 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Namkung, 2002: 131, f. 13.49a-b (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 221, f. 2474-2476 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Namkung, 2003: 133, f. 13.49a-b (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Yoshida, 2003a: 43, f. 43, f. 78-80, 553 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 351, f. 43-47 (m).
Steatoda triangulosa Paquin, Dupérré & Labelle, 2008: 222, f. 3A-F (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Yoshida, 2009b: 363, f. 59-60 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Le Peru, 2011: 467, f. 792 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Kaya & Ugurtas, 2011: 151, f. 20-21 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Rozwałka, 2011b: 143, f. 1a-b (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Wunderlich, 2012a: 73, f. 1-3 (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Faúndez & Carvajal, 2016: 84, f. 3-4 .
Steatoda triangulosa Roušar, 2017: 11, f. 3 (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Kim, 2021: 142, f. 61A-I (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A: 23, 6 f. (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022: 44, f. 24A-G (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Zarikian, 2022b: 175, f. 12A-B (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Carvajal, Faúndez & Pedemonte, 2023: 88, f. 1A (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Zehbi & Yousuf, 2023: 417, f. 6A-C (f).
Steatoda triangulosa Kovács & Szinetár, 2024: 81, f. 1-3 (mf).
Steatoda triangulosa Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024: 25, f. 43A-H (mf).
References

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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

Breene, R. G., Dean, D. A., Nyffeler, M. & Edwards, G. B. (1993). Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Brignoli, P. M. (1983c). A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester University Press, 755 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Carvajal, M. A., Faúndez, E. I. & Pedemonte, G. (2023). On a bite case of Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer) (Arachnida: Theridiidae) on a human being. Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 82(1): 88-90. doi:10.25085/rsea.820111 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Chen, X. E. & Gao, J. C. (1990). The Sichuan farmland spiders in China. Sichuan Science and Technology Publishing House, Chengdu, 226 pp. 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

Emerton, J. H. (1902). The common spiders of the United States. Boston, 225 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5617 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Faúndez, E. I. & Carvajal, M. A. (2016). The spider genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the State of North Dakota (USA). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 29: 83-85. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Fox, I. (1940). Notes on Nearctic spiders chiefly of the family Theridiidae. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 53: 39-46. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Hentz, N. M. (1850). Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 18-35, 271-295. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (2001). Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp. download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kaya, R. S. & Uğurtaş, İ. H. (2011). The cobweb spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Uludağ Mountain, Bursa. Serket 12: 144-153. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1884a). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. I. Hälfte. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 222 pp., pl. 1-10. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kim, S. T. (2021). Spiders V. Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae, Amaurobiidae, Eresidae, Zoropsidae, Anyphaenidae. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea 21(47): 1-230. [first pdf is reduced in size] download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1838). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, pl. 139-144 (f. 319-339); Fünfter Band, pp. 1-124, pl. 145-174 (f. 340-417). [for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.43744 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1850). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 5. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, 77 pp. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.39561 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Kovács, G. & Szinetár, C. (2024). Adatok a háromszöges faggyúpók (Steatoda triangulosa [Walckenaer, 1802]) biológiájához (Araneae: Theridiidae) [Data on the biology of the triangulate cobweb spider: Steatoda triangulosa [Walckenaer, 1802], (Araneae: Theridiidae)]. Biológia Savaria Természettudományi és Sporttudományi Közlemények 21: 81-104. 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

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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1957b). The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 117: 367-424. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1967c). Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacific Insects 9: 175-186. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. & Amitai, P. (1982b). The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scripta 11(1): 13-30. doi:10.1111/j.1463-6409.1982.tb00515.x download pdf -- Show included taxa

Levy, G. (1998b). Araneae: Theridiidae. In: Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem, 228 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1846). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie 1, 89-271, pl. 1-17. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.112444 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Muma, M. H. (1943). Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (1964). Spiders from Chungjoo, Korea. Atypus 33-34: 31-50. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2002). The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. [2001 in the book, but publ. in 2002 per Platnick] download pdf -- Show included taxa

Namkung, J. (2003). The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P., Dupérré, N. & Labelle, S. (2008). Introduced spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in an artificial ecosystem in eastern Canada. Entomological News 119: 217-226. 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

Roušar, A. (2017). Snovačka půdní (Steatoda triangulosa) ve volné přírodě v ČR. Pavouk 42: 11-12. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Rozwałka, R. (2011b). Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Poland. Zeszyty Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego, Acta Biologica 676 18: 143-147. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Saito, H. (1992c). [A list of spiders collected from Yamanashi Prefecture. II.]. Yamanashi No Konchu 36: 944-953. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1963). Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1-481. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1873a). Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2e mémoire). Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (2) 5(8): 1-174, pl. 1-3. 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

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999). The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (2001). The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 510 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1873). Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part IV. C. J. Lundström, Uppsala, pp. 375-645. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.69282 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Van Keer, J., Bosselaers, J. & Oger, P. (2024). Description of four new Steatoda species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from the Mediterranean region with notes on some related species. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39(2, supplement): 1-77. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 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

Wunderlich, J. (2012a). Fifteen papers on extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 7: 1-246. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co., Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2001b). The spider genera Robertus, Enoplognatha, Steatoda and Crustulina (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 50(1): 31-48. doi:doi.org/10.2476/asjaa.50.31 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zarikian, N. A. (2022b). New records on Salticidae and Theridiidae (Araneae) spiders from Armenia. Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum 17(2): 169-185. doi:10.26842/binhm.7.2022.17.2.0169 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zehbi, N. & Yousuf, M. (2023). Household spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Kashmir Himalayas with three new records from India. Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity 16(3): 413-420. doi:10.1016/j.japb.2023.06.004 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhang, W. S. (ed.) (1987). [Farm spiders from Hebei Province]. Hebei University of Science and Technology Press, 299 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhang, F., Peng, J. Y. & Zhang, B. S. (2022). Spiders of Mt. Xiaowutai. Science Press, Beijing, 387 pp. [pdf in three parts] download pdf download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Shi, J. G. (1985). [Crop field spiders of Shanxi Province]. Agriculture Planning Committee of Shanxi Province (for 1983), 239 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. (1998). Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, 436 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

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Date Type Reference Detail
2024-08-05 Species distribution update Zamani, Khudhur & Marusik, 2024 n/a (Old value)
2024-07-23 New taxonomic reference entry Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024 n/a
2024-05-12 New taxonomic reference entry Kovács & Szinetár, 2024 n/a
2024-03-06 New taxonomic reference entry Zehbi & Yousuf, 2023 n/a
2024-03-06 Species distribution update Zehbi & Yousuf, 2023 n/a (Old value)
2023-04-01 New taxonomic reference entry Carvajal, Faúndez & Pedemonte, 2023 n/a
2023-04-01 Species distribution update Carvajal, Faúndez & Pedemonte, 2023 n/a (Old value)
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)
2023-01-05 New taxonomic reference entry Zarikian, 2022b n/a
2022-11-16 New taxonomic reference entry Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022 n/a
2022-11-16 Species distribution update Zhang, Peng & Zhang, 2022 n/a (Old value)
2022-07-19 New taxonomic reference entry Kim, 2021 n/a
2022-07-19 Species distribution update Kim, 2021 n/a (Old value)
2017-11-22 New taxonomic reference entry Roušar, 2017 n/a
2016-12-30 New taxonomic reference entry Faúndez & Carvajal, 2016 n/a
2014-05-28 New taxonomic reference entry Rozwałka, 2011b n/a