Steatoda borealis (Hentz, 1850)
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FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 Species: Steatoda borealis (Hentz, 1850)  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Point Collections & Seasonality
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO CT MD MT NH ND PA SC SD
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Natural History & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† space web builders
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Habitat (published): on buildings, mixed woods
Habitat (<30 randomly chosen specimens): Aspen-Spruce Forest; Clay-Stoney Eskerine Ridge; Spruce (closed) Forest; Clay Esker Ridge; Aspen/Spruce Ecotone; suburban; Mixedwood forest; Lodgepole Pine closed Forest; Buildings, Floating dock; Mixed open Forest; Wetland; Coniferous-dominant , contiguous forest; Riparian, Black Cottonwood Forest; Town garden; Old growth; Shed; Garage; Deciduous-dominant with coniferous understory, Control;
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
| Male Dimensions: (Dimensions not yet available) |
Image of External Male Genitalia: email an image |
Details About Females
Description: (not yet recorded or unknown)
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Image of Epigynum: email an image |
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1933. Spiders of the Raft River Mountains of Utah. Bull. Univ. Utah 23(4): 1-79.
Dionne, C. E. 1910. Nos araignées. Naturaliste canad. 37: 18-25, 33-41, 49-58, 65-72.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-222.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 117: 367-424.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Shear, W. A. 1967. Expanding the palpi of male spiders. Breviora 259: 1-27.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 112: 1-124. 
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 117: 367-424.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Chrysso and Tidarren in America. Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 63: 59-81.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 76: 105-115.
Levi, H. W. 1957. Spiders of the new genus Arctachaea (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Camb. 64: 102-106. 
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