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: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Gabriel, Guido
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Anelosimus vittatus C. L. Koch 1836 |
| Theridion vittatum C. L. Koch 1836 |
| Theridion formosum Blackwall 1837 |
| Theridion vittatum C. L. Koch 1838 |
| Theridion pulchellum Blackwall 1864 |
| Steatoda pulchella Menge 1868 |
| Theridion vittatum Chyzer & Kulczynski 1894 |
| Theridion vittatum Simon 1914 |
| Theridion vittatum Wiehle 1937 |
| Theridion vittatum Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Levi 1956 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Miller 1971 |
| Theridium vittatum Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Roberts 1985 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Roberts 1995 |
| Theridium vittatum Mcheidze 1997 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Roberts 1998 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Agnarsson 2004 |
| Anelosimus vittatus Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Agnarsson, I. 2004. Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 141: 447-626.
Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Blackwall, J. 1837. Characters of a new genus and some undescribed species of Araneidae. Lond. Edinb. Phil. Mag. J. Sci. (3) 10: 100-105.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1894. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 2: 1-151.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Koch, C. L. 1838. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, Funfter Band, pp. 1-124.
Koch, C. L. 1836. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Dritter Band, pp. 1-104.
Levi, H. W. 1956. The spider genera Neottiura and Anelosimus in America (Araneae: Theridiidae). Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 75: 407-422.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Mcheidze, T. S. 1997. [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi Univ., 390 pp. (in Georgian).
Menge, A. 1868. Preussische spinnen. II. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 2: 153-218.
Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.
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.
Tyschchenko, V. P. 1971. Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj casti SSSR. Leningrad, pp. 1-281.
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 Anelosimus Simon, 1891‡‡
A. analyticus (Chamberlin, 1924) ...............USA, Mexico
A. arizona Agnarsson, 2006 ...............USA, Mexico
A. studiosus (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA to Argentina
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution