Taxon details

Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Steatoda

Steatoda venator (Audouin, 1826)

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: nomen dubium
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2024-07-23
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008136]
  • Distribution: Libya, Egypt
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Taxonomic references
Latrodectus venator Audouin, 1826: 138, pl. 3, f. 11 (Df).
Lithyphantes venator Simon, 1881a: 171.
Steatoda venator Levy & Amitai, 1982b: 19 (removed from S of S. paykulliana).
Steatoda venator Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024: 23 (type most probably lost, nomen dubium; f. 32 see Steatoda paykulliana).
References

Audouin, V. (1826). Explication sommaire des planches d'arachnides de l'Égypte et de la Syrie. In: Savigny, M. J. C. L. de: "Description de l'Égypte, ou recueil des observations et des recherches qui ont été faites en Égypte pendant l'expédition de l'armée franҫaise, publié par les ordres de sa Majesté l'Empereur Napoléon le Grand.". Histoire Naturelle 1(4): 1-339 (arachnids, pp. 99-186, pl. 1-7). [for year of publication and authorship see Sherbourn, 1897, Tollitt, 1986 and ICZN, 1987b; a second edition was publ. in 1829, with different pagination: arachnids, pp. 291-430] 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

Simon, E. (1881a). Les arachnides de France. Tome cinquième, première partie. Roret, Paris, pp. 1-180, pl. 25. 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

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2024-07-23 Taxon is nomen dubium Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024 Steatoda venator (Audouin, 1826) declared a nomen dubium
2024-07-23 New taxonomic reference entry Van Keer, Bosselaers & Oger, 2024 n/a
2018-10-03 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)
2018-10-03 Taxonomic reference added from other taxon n/a (Old value)