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.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Sollfors, Stefan
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
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Details About Females
Description:
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Image of Epigynum:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Achaearanea lunata Clerck 1757 |
| Araneus formosus Clerck 1757 |
| Araneus lunatus Clerck 1757 |
| Achaearanea lunata Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea formosa Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea lunata Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea sisiphia Walckenaer 1802 |
| Aranea urticae Walckenaer 1802 |
| Theridion sisiphum Walckenaer 1805 |
| Theridion sisyphum Hahn 1836 |
| Theridion lunatum C. L. Koch 1841 |
| Theridion sisiphum Walckenaer 1842 |
| Theridion urticae Walckenaer 1842 |
| Theridion lunatum C. L. Koch 1845 |
| Theridion formosum Westring 1851 |
| Steatoda lunata Thorell 1856 |
| Theridion formosum Westring 1861 |
| Theridion sisyphum Blackwall 1864 |
| Steatoda lunata Menge 1866 |
| Steatoda formosa Karsch 1873 |
| Theridion formosum O. P.-Cambridge 1879 |
| Theridion formosum Chyzer & Kulczynski 1894 |
| Theridion formosum Simon 1894 |
| Theridion formosum Becker 1896 |
| Theridion formosum Bösenberg 1902 |
| Theridion formosum Simon 1914 |
| Theridion lunatum Reimoser 1930 |
| Theridion lunatum Wiehle 1937 |
| Theridion lunatum Denis 1944 |
| Parasteatoda formosum Archer 1950 |
| Theridion lunatum Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Achaearanea lunata Miller 1971 |
| Theridium lunatum Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Achaearanea lunata Martin 1974 |
| Achaearanea lunata Palmgren 1974 |
| Achaearanea lunata Punda 1975 |
| Achaearanea lunata Levy & Amitai 1982 |
| Achaearanea lunata Roberts 1985 |
| Achaearanea lunata Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Achaearanea lunata Knoflach 1991 |
| Achaearanea lunata Roberts 1995 |
| Theridium lunatum Mcheidze 1997 |
| Achaearanea lunata Levy 1998 |
| Achaearanea lunata Roberts 1998 |
| Achaearanea lunata Knoflach 2004 |
| Achaearanea lunata Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Archer, A. F. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 30: 1-40.
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1879. The spiders of Dorset. Araneidea. Proc. Dorset Nat. Hist Field Club 1: 1-235.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1894. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 2: 1-151.
Clerck, C. 1757. Svenska spindlar, uti sina hufvud-slågter indelte samt under några och sextio särskildte arter beskrefne och med illuminerade figurer uplyste. Stockholmiae, 154 pp.
Denis, J. 1944. Sur quelques Theridion appartenant à la faune de France. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 49: 111-117.
Hahn, C. W. 1836. Monographie der Spinnen. Nürnberg, Heft 8, 1 p., 4 pls.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Karsch, F. 1873. Verzeichniss westfälischer Spinnen (Araneiden). Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rhein. Westfäl. 10: 113-160.
Knoflach, B. 2004. Diversity in the copulatory behaviour of comb-footed spiders (Araneae, Theridiidae). In Thaler, K. (ed.), Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen under anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12 161-256.
Knoflach, B. 1991. Achaearanea tabulata Levi, eine für Österreich neue Kugelspinne (Arachnida, Aranei: Theridiidae). Ber. nat.-med. Verein Innsbruck 78: 59-64.
Koch, C. L. 1845. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Zwolfter Band, pp. 1-166.
Koch, C. L. 1841. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, Neunter Band, pp. 1-56.
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.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Martin, D. 1974. Morphologie und Biologie der Kugelspinne Achaearanea simulans (Thorell, 1875) (Araneae: Theridiidae). Mitt. zool. Mus. Berl. 50: 251-262.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Menge, A. 1866. Preussische Spinnen. Erste Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N.F.) 1: 1-152
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
Olivier G., A. 1789. Araignée, Aranea. Encycl. méth. Hist. nat. Ins. Paris 4: 173-240.
Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiinae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fenn. 26: 1-54.
Punda, H. 1975. Pajaki Borów Sosnowych. Polska Akad. Nauk, Warsaw, 91 pp.
Reimoser, E. 1930. Einheimische Spinnen 5. Die Natur (Wien) 6: 9-15, 53-58.
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.
Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.
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.
Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.
Thorell, T. 1856. Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus. N. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsal. (3) 2(1): 61-176.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
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. Paris, 88 pp.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1802. Faune parisienne. Insectes. ou Histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris. Paris 2: 187-250.
Westring, N. 1861. Araneae svecieae. Göteb. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 7: 1-615.
Westring, N. 1851. Förteckning öfver de till närvarande tid Kände, i Sverige förekommande Spindlarter, utgörande ett antal af 253, deraf 132 äro nya för svenska Faunan. Götenborg. Kongl. Vet. Handl. 2: 25-62.
Wiehle, H. 1937. Spinnentier oder Arachnoidea. VIII. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 33(26): 119-222.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Achaearanea Strand, 1929‡‡
A. acoreensis (Berland, 1932) ...............Cosmopolitan
A. ambera Levi, 1963 ...............USA
A. canionis (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1929) ...............USA
A. chiricahua Levi, 1955 ...............USA
A. conjuncta (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA, Canada
A. florendida Levi, 1959 ...............USA to Venezuela
A. florens (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) ...............USA to Panama, Cuba
A. fresno Levi, 1955 ...............USA
A. globosa (Hentz, 1850) ...............North America
A. insulsa (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA, Mexico
A. porteri (Banks, 1896) ...............USA to Panama, West Indies
A. riparia (Blackwall, 1834) ...............Palearctic
A. rupicola (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada
A. schullei (Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936) ...............USA, Mexico
A. serenoae (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) ...............USA
A. simulans (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
A. tabulata Levi, 1980 ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution