Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC YT CO MT TX UT WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8019
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Steatoda Sundevall, 1833
Species: Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC YT CO MT TX UT WY
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†
| Steatoda albomaculata De Geer 1778 |
| Aranea maculata Olivier 1789 |
| Aranea albolunulata Panzer 1804 |
| Theridion maculatum Walckenaer 1805 |
| Theridion dispar Sundevall 1831 |
| Theridion albomaculatum Hahn 1833 |
| Theridion anchorum Hahn 1836 |
| Eucharia corollata C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Phrurolithus corollatus C. L. Koch 1839 |
| Asagena corollata C. L. Koch 1840 |
| Theridion maculatum Walckenaer 1842 |
| Theridion albocinctum Lucas 1846 |
| Steatoda corollata Thorell 1856 |
| Theridion albomaculatum Westring 1861 |
| Eucharia albomaculata Menge 1869 |
| Lithyphantes corollatus Thorell 1869 |
| Lithyphantes corollatus Hansen 1882 |
| Lithyphantes corollatus Keyserling 1884 |
| Lithyphantes corollatus Chyzer & Kulczynski 1894 |
| Lithyphantes corollatus Becker 1896 |
| Lithyphantes corollatus Bösenberg 1902 |
| Steatoda corollata Emerton 1902 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Wiehle 1934 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Wiehle 1937 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Kaston 1948 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Levi 1957 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Azheganova 1968 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Miller 1971 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Palmgren 1974 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Yamakawa & Kumada 1979 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Levy & Amitai 1982 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Hu 1984 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Roberts 1985 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Zhu et al. 1985 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Yaginuma 1986 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Zhang 1987 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Izmailova 1989 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Chikuni 1989 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Hu & Wu 1989 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Tang & Song 1990 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Paik 1995 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Roberts 1995 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Knoflach 1996 |
| Lithyphantes albomaculatus Mcheidze 1997 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Levy 1998 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Roberts 1998 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Zhu 1998 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Hu 2001 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Yoshida 2001 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Namkung 2002 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Namkung 2003 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Yoshida 2003 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Knoflach & Pfaller 2004 |
| Steatoda albomaculata Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
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Chikuni, Y. 1989. Pictorial Encyclopedia of Spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publ. Co., Tokyo, 310 pp.
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Hu, J. L. 1984. The Chinese spiders collected from the fields and the forests. Tianjin Press of Science and Techniques, 482 pp.
Hu, J. L. & W. G. Wu. 1989. Spiders from agricultural regions of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China. Shandong Univ. Publ. House, Jinan, 435 pp.
Izmailova, M. V. 1989. [Fauna of Spiders of South Part of Eastern Siberia]. Irkutsk, State Univ. Publ., 184 pp.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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Knoflach, B. 1996. Steatoda incomposita (Denis) from southern Europe, a close relative of Steatoda albomaculata (Degeer) (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Br. arachn. Soc. 10: 141-145.
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. 1840. Crustacea, Myriapoda et Arachnides. In Fürnrohr, A. E. (ed.), Naturhistorische Topographie von Regensburg. Dritter Band, pp. 387-458.
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Levy, G. 1998. Araneae: Theridiidae. In auna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Levy, G. & P. Amitai. 1982. The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scr. 11: 13-30.
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†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 Steatoda Sundevall, 1833‡‡
S. alamosa Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA, Mexico
S. americana (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada, China
S. apacheana Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA
S. atascadera Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
S. bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) ...............Holarctic
S. borealis (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
S. castanea (Clerck, 1757) ...............Palearctic (Canada, introduced)
S. fulva (Keyserling, 1884) ...............USA, Mexico
S. grandis Banks, 1901 ...............USA
S. grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838) ...............Cosmopolitan
S. hespera Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933 ...............USA, Canada
S. medialis (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
S. mexicana Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico
S. palomara Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 ...............USA
S. phalerata (Panzer, 1801) ...............Palearctic
S. pulchra (Keyserling, 1884) ...............USA
S. punctulata (Marx, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
S. quadrimaculata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1896) ...............USA to Venezuela, West Indies
S. transversa (Banks, 1898) ...............USA, Mexico
S. triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Cosmopolitan
S. variata Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA, Mexico
S. variata china Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA, Mexico
S. washona Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution