Nearctic States & Provinces: BC AK CA CO SC WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8055
Steatoda grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838)
false black widow
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Steatoda Sundevall, 1833
Species: Steatoda grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
false black widow
Distribution
Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Nearctic States & Provinces:
BC AK CA CO SC WA
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
Credit: Schimming, Lynette
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†
| Aranea nocturna Schrank 1781 |
| Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch 1838 |
| Theridion pulchellum Lucas 1838 |
| Theridion fulvo-lunulatum Lucas 1846 |
| Theridion versutum Blackwall 1846 |
| Steatoda grossa C. L. Koch 1850 |
| Theridion versutum Blackwall 1864 |
| Eucharia zonata Ohlert 1867 |
| Theridion coeliferum L. Koch 1867 |
| Theridium grossa Blackwall 1867 |
| Theridium nicoluccii Canestrini & Pavesi 1868 |
| Steatoda versuta Thorell 1870 |
| Theridium coeliferum L. Koch 1872 |
| Steatoda fulvolunulata Simon 1873 |
| Steatoda pulchella Thorell 1875 |
| Theridium domesticum Holmberg 1876 |
| Theridium nitidum Holmberg 1876 |
| Lithyphantes grossus Pavesi 1878 |
| Steatoda pusulosa Keyserling 1878 |
| Teutana grossa Simon 1881 |
| Teutana nitida Keyserling 1884 |
| Teutana zonata Keyserling 1884 |
| Theridion sericum Urquhart 1886 |
| Theridion sericum Urquhart 1890 |
| Teutana grossa Chyzer & Kulczynski 1894 |
| Asagena zonata F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Teutana grossa Bösenberg 1902 |
| Teutana grossa F. O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Teutana zonata O. P.-Cambridge 1902 |
| Teutana grossa Emerton 1911 |
| Teutana grossa Wiehle 1937 |
| Steatoda punctilineata Mello-Leitao 1939 |
| Teutana grossa Kaston 1948 |
| Teutana modesta Bryant 1948 |
| Teutana grossa Hull 1950 |
| Teutana grossa Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Steatoda grossa Levi 1957 |
| Steatoda grossa Levi 1962 |
| Steatoda grossa Levi 1967 |
| Teutana grossa Azheganova 1968 |
| Teutana grossa Miller 1971 |
| Teutana grossa Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Steatoda grossa Palmgren 1974 |
| Steatoda grossa Levy & Amitai 1982 |
| Steatoda grossa Roberts 1985 |
| Steatoda grossa Yaginuma 1986 |
| Steatoda grossa Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Steatoda grossa Snazell & Jones 1993 |
| Steatoda grossa Hann 1994 |
| Steatoda grossa Roberts 1995 |
| Teutana grossa Mcheidze 1997 |
| Steatoda grossa Griswold et al. 1998 |
| Steatoda grossa Levy 1998 |
| Steatoda grossa Roberts 1998 |
| Steatoda grossa Yoshida 2001 |
| Steatoda grossa Namkung 2002 |
| Steatoda grossa Namkung 2003 |
| Steatoda grossa Yoshida 2003 |
| Steatoda grossa Almquist 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
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Blackwall, J. 1867. Notes on spiders, with descriptions of several species supposed to be new to arachnologists. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (3) 20: 202-213.
Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.
Blackwall, J. 1846. Descriptions of some newly discovered species of Araneida. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 18: 297-303.
Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.
Bryant, E. B. 1948. The spiders of Hispaniola. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 100: 331-459.
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1902. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 313-424.
Cambridge, O. P.-. 1902. Arachnida. Araneida. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 1: 305-316.
Canestrini, G. & P. Pavesi. 1868. Araneidi italiani. Atti Soc. ital. sci. nat. 11: 738-872.
Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1894. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 2: 1-151.
Emerton, J. H. 1911. New spiders from New England. Trans. Connect. Acad. Sci. Arts Let. 16: 383-407.
Griswold, C. E., J. A. Coddington, G. Hormiga & N. Scharff. 1998. Phylogeny of the orb-web building spiders (Araneae, Orbiculariae: Deinopoidea, Araneoidea). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 123: 1-99.
Hann, S. W. 1994. Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand. New Zealand J. Zool. 21: 225-238.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
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Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
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Koch, L. 1872. Die Arachniden Australiens. Nürnberg, 1: 105-368.
Koch, L. 1867. Beschreibungen neuer Arachniden und Myriapoden. II. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 17: 173-250.
Levi, H. W. 1967. Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacif. Insects 9: 175-186.
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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.
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. 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. 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. 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