Nearctic States & Provinces: AB YT CO CT MD MT NH ND PA SC SD
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8033
Steatoda borealis (Hentz, 1850)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Steatoda Sundevall, 1833
Species: Steatoda borealis (Hentz, 1850)
Author of this page: Shorthouse, David P. (Page is in progress)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Canada, Alaska
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB YT CO CT MD MT NH ND PA SC SD
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:
on buildings, mixed woods
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Murray, Tom
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 borealis Hentz 1850 |
| Theridion boreale Hentz 1850 |
| Steatoda borealis Emerton 1882 |
| Steatoda borealis Keyserling 1884 |
| Steatoda borealis Emerton 1902 |
| Theredion boreale Dionne 1910 |
| Steatoda borealis Chamberlin & Ivie 1933 |
| Steatoda borealis Muma 1943 |
| Steatoda borealis Kaston 1948 |
| Steatoda borealis Levi 1957 |
| Steatoda borealis Shear 1967 |
| Steatoda borealis Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1933. Spiders of the Raft River Mountains of Utah. Bull. Univ. Utah 23(4): 1-79.
Dionne, C. E. 1910. Nos araignées. Naturaliste canad. 37: 18-25, 33-41, 49-58, 65-72.
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.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Keyserling, E. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-222.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 117: 367-424.
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Shear, W. A. 1967. Expanding the palpi of male spiders. Breviora 259: 1-27.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Natural History References
Aitchison-Benell, C. W. & C. D. Dondale. 1990. A checklist of Manitoba spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships. Naturaliste can. 117: 215-237.
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. 1957. The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 117: 367-424.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Chrysso and Tidarren in America. Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 63: 59-81.
Levi, H. W. 1957. The North American spider genera Paratheridula, Tekellina, Pholcomma and Archerius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Trans. Am. microsc. Soc. 76: 105-115.
Levi, H. W. 1957. Spiders of the new genus Arctachaea (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche, Camb. 64: 102-106.
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Steatoda Sundevall, 1833‡‡
S. alamosa Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA, Mexico
S. albomaculata (De Geer, 1778) ...............Cosmopolitan
S. americana (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA, Canada, China
S. apacheana Gertsch, 1960 ...............USA
S. atascadera Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
S. bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) ...............Holarctic
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
Page Reference:
Shorthouse, David P. in prep. Taxonomic and natural history description of FAM: THERIDIIDAE, Steatoda borealis (Hentz, 1850).
In: The Nearctic Spider Database. David P. Shorthouse (editor). World Wide Web electronic publication. Direct link: http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8033 (Accessed: 7/20/2008 3:58:13 PM).
Author Email Address: dshorthouse@eol.org
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