Theridion hemerobium Simon, 1914
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FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Theridion Walckenaer, 1805 Species: Theridion hemerobium Simon, 1914  |
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Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Europe
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database) 
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Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & 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
Recorded Habitats: Most often to be found in field layer of grasslands (Hancock, pers. obs.)
Life & Natural History: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: Carapace yellow-white, with a wide median dusky band; margins, eye region dusky. Legs yellow-white, with black patches on bands at middle or distal ends of segments. Abdomen patterned with a pair of blackbands running the its length. Note the small embolus (Levi, 1957).
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Details About Females
Description: Carapace yellow-white, with a wide median dusky band; margins, eye region dusky. Legs yellow-white, with black patches on bands at middle or distal ends of segments. Abdomen patterned and has a pair of blacl patches near anterior end.. Note that the epigynum has a drop-shaped opening: a carina almost halfway between opening and posterior border (Levi, 1957).
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Descriptions Source:
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.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Blick, T., T. Sammorey & D. Martin. 1993. Spinnenaufsammlungen im NSG "Grosser Schwerin mit Steinhorn" (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), mit Anmerkungen zu Tetragnatha reimoseri (syn. Eucta kaestneri), Theridion hemerobius und Philodromus praedatus (Araneae). Arachnol. Mitt. 6: 26-33.
Bosmans, R., H. Vanuytven & J. Van Keer. 1994. On two poorly known Theridion species, recently collected in Belgium for the first time (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Br. arachnol. Soc. 9: 236-240.
Emerton, J. H. 1924. New California spiders. Pan-Pacif. Ent. 1: 29-31.
Kasal, P. 1982. Theridion antusi sp. n. and Mysmena jobi from Czechoslovakia (Araneida, Theridiidae and Symphytognathidae). Acta ent. bohemoslovaca 79: 73-76.
Kaston, B. J. 1976. Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. J. Arachnol. 4: 1-72.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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. 1951. New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. Am. Mus. Novit. 1501: 1-41.
Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.
Levy, G. 1998. Araneae: Theridiidae. In auna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Levy, G. & P. Amitai. 1982. The comb-footed spider genera Theridion, Achaearanea and Anelosimus of Israel (Araneae: Theridiidae). J. Zool., Lond. 196: 81-131.
Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiinae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fenn. 26: 1-54.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roberts, M. J. 1998. Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Roberts, M. J. 1995. Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp.
Schenkel, E. 1950. Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 61: 28-92.
Simon, E. 1914. Les arachnides de France. Synopsis générale et catalogue des espèces françaises de l'ordre des Araneae; 1re partie. Paris, 6: 1-308.
Tullgren, A. 1949. Bidrag till kännedomen om den svenska spindelfaunan. III. Svenska representanter för familjen Theridiidae. Ent. Tidskr. 70: 33-64.
Vanuytven, H., J. Van Keer & M. Janssen. 1990. Theridion hemerobium Simon, 1914, new for the Belgian spiderfauna (Araneae, Theridiidae). Nwsbr. belg. arachnol. Ver. 5(2): 16.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
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Page Reference
Hancock, John. submitted. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: THERIDIIDAE, Theridion hemerobium Simon, 1914. In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8414 (Accessed: 5/11/2008 8:50:17 PM).
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