Nearctic States & Provinces: AB
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7322
Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Crustulina Menge, 1868
Species: Crustulina guttata (Wider, 1834)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Palearctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
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)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Nieuwenhuys, Ed
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Crustulina guttata Wider 1834 |
| Theridion guttatum C. L. Koch 1834 |
| Theridion guttatum Wider 1834 |
| Theridion guttatum C. L. Koch 1841 |
| Theridion argus Lucas 1846 |
| Steatoda guttata Thorell 1856 |
| Theridion guttatum Blackwall 1864 |
| Ceratina globosa Menge 1868 |
| Crustulina guttata Menge 1868 |
| Steatoda guttata Emerton 1882 |
| Crustulina sticta Keyserling 1886 |
| Crustulina guttata Chyzer & Kulczynski 1894 |
| Crustulina guttata Becker 1896 |
| Crustulina guttata Bösenberg 1902 |
| Steatoda guttata Emerton 1902 |
| Crustulina guttata Wiehle 1937 |
| Crustulina guttata Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Crustulina guttata Azheganova 1968 |
| Crustulina guttata Palmgren 1974 |
| Crustulina guttata Roberts 1985 |
| Crustulina guttata Yaginuma 1986 |
| Crustulina guttata Chikuni 1989 |
| Crustulina guttata Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Crustulina guttata Knoflach 1994 |
| Crustulina guttata Roberts 1995 |
| Crustulina guttata Roberts 1998 |
| Crustulina guttata Zhu 1998 |
| Crustulina guttata Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Crustulina guttata Yoshida 2001 |
| Crustulina guttata Namkung 2002 |
| Crustulina guttata Namkung 2003 |
| Crustulina guttata Yoshida 2003 |
| Crustulina guttata Agnarsson 2004 |
| Crustulina guttata Knoflach & Pfaller 2004 |
| Crustulina guttata 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.
Azheganova, N. S. 1968. Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, pp. 1-149.
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.
Chikuni, Y. 1989. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publ. Co., Tokyo, 310 pp.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1894. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 2: 1-151.
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.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Keyserling, E. 1886. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 2: 1-295.
Knoflach, B. 1994. Zur Genitalmorphologie und Biologie der Crustulina-Arten Europas (Arachnida: Araneae, Theridiidae). Mitt. schweiz. ent. Ges. 67: 327-346.
Knoflach, B. & K. Pfaller. 2004. Kugelspinnen -- eine Einführung (Araneae, Theridiidae). In Thaler, K. (ed.), Diversität und Biologie von Webspinnen, Skorpionen under anderen Spinnentieren. Denisia 12 111-160.
Koch, C. L. 1841. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41-131, Neunter Band, pp. 1-56.
Koch, C. L. 1834. Arachniden. In Herrich-Schäffer, G. A. W., Deutschlands Insekten. Heft 122-127.
Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.
Lucas, H. 1846. Histoire naturelle des animaux articules. In Exploration scientifique de l'Algerie pendant les annees 1840, 1841, 1842 publiee par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission academique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie, 1: 89-271
Menge, A. 1868. Preussische spinnen. II. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 2: 153-218.
Namkung, J. 2003. The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publ. Co., Seoul, 648 pp.
Namkung, N. 2002. The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp.
Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiinae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fenn. 26: 1-54.
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.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Thorell, T. 1856. Recensio critica aranearum suecicarum quas descripserunt Clerckius, Linnaeus, de Geerus. N. Act. reg. Soc. sci. Upsal. (3) 2(1): 61-176.
Wider, 1834. Beschreibung der Arachniden. In Reuss, A., Zoologischen miscellen. Mus. Senck. (Abh.) 1: 195-282.
Wiehle, H. 1937. Spinnentier oder Arachnoidea. VIII. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 33(26): 119-222.
Yaginuma, T. 1986. Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publ. Co., Osaka.
Yoshida, H. 2003. The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp.
Yoshida, H. 2001. The spider genera Robertus, Enoplognatha, Steatoda and Crustulina (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta arachn. Tokyo 50: 31-48.
Zhu, M. S. 1998. Fauna Sinica: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae. Science Press, Beijing, xi + 436 pp.
†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 Crustulina Menge, 1868‡‡
C. altera Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ...............USA
C. sticta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1861) ...............Holarctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution