Nearctic States & Provinces: CA CO CT MT OK PA SC TX
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8125
Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Steatoda Sundevall, 1833
Species: Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Cosmopolitan
Nearctic States & Provinces:
CA CO CT MT OK PA SC TX
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: Murray, Tom
Credit: Matz, Kerry
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 triangulosa Walckenaer 1802 |
| Theridion triangulifer Walckenaer 1805 |
| Theridium venustissimum C. L. Koch 1838 |
| Theridion triangulifer Walckenaer 1842 |
| Theridion flavomaculatum Lucas 1846 |
| Theridion punicum Lucas 1846 |
| Steatoda venustissima C. L. Koch 1850 |
| Theridion serpentinum Hentz 1850 |
| Steatoda triangulifera Simon 1873 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Thorell 1873 |
| Teutana triangulosa Simon 1881 |
| Teutana triangulosa Keyserling 1884 |
| Teutana triangulosa Becker 1896 |
| Teutana triangulosa Emerton 1902 |
| Teutana triangulosa Lessert 1910 |
| Teutana triangulosa punica Simon 1914 |
| Teutana triangulosa Wiehle 1937 |
| Theridion saylori Fox 1940 |
| Teutana triangulosa Muma 1943 |
| Teutana triangulosa Kaston 1948 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Levi 1957 |
| Teutana triangulosa Levi 1957 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Teutana lugubris Schenkel 1963 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Namkung 1964 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Levi 1967 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Levy & Amitai 1982 |
| Steatoda lugubris Brignoli 1983 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Zhu et al. 1985 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Yaginuma 1986 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Zhang 1987 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Chen & Gao 1990 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Saito 1992 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Breene et al. 1993 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Roberts 1995 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Levy 1998 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Roberts 1998 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Zhu 1998 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Hu 2001 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Song, Zhu & Chen 2001 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Yoshida 2001 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Namkung 2002 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Namkung 2003 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Steatoda triangulosa Yoshida 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.
Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.
Brignoli, P. M. 1983. A catalogue of the Araneae described between 1940 and 1981. Manchester Univ. Press, 755 pp.
Chen, X. E. & J. C. Gao. 1990. The Sichuan farmland spiders in China. Sichuan Sci. Tech. Publ. House, Chengdu, 226 pp.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Fox, I. 1940. Notes on Nearctic spiders chiefly of the family Theridiidae. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 53: 39-46.
Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.
Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
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.
Koch, C. L. 1850. Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Nürnberg, Heft 5, pp. 1-77.
Koch, C. L. 1838. Die Arachniden. Nürnberg, Vierter Band, pp. 109-144, Funfter Band, pp. 1-124.
Lessert, R. de. 1910. Catalogue des invertebres de la Suisse. Fasc. 3, Araignées. Musée d'histoire naturelle de Genève, pp. 1-635.
Levi, H. W. 1967. Cosmopolitan and pantropical species of theridiid spiders (Araneae: Theridiidae). Pacif. Insects 9: 175-186.
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. & L. R. Levi. 1962. The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 127: 1-71.
Levy, G. 1998. Araneae: Theridiidae. In auna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
Levy, G. & P. Amitai. 1982. The comb-footed spider genera Theridion, Achaearanea and Anelosimus of Israel (Araneae: Theridiidae). J. Zool., Lond. 196: 81-131.
Levy, G. & P. Amitai. 1982. The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scr. 11: 13-30.
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
Muma, M. H. 1943. Common spiders of Maryland. Natural History Society of Maryland, Baltimore, 179 pp.
Namkung, J. 2003. The Spiders of Korea, 2nd. ed. Kyo-Hak Publ. Co., Seoul, 648 pp.
Namkung, J. 1964. Spiders from Chungjoo, Korea. Atypus 33-34: 31-50.
Namkung, N. 2002. The spiders of Korea. Kyo-Hak Publishing Co., Seoul, 648 pp.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
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.
Saito, H. 1992. [A list of spiders collected from Yamanashi Prefecture. II.] Yamanashi No Konchu 36: 944-953.
Schenkel, E. 1963. Ostasiatische Spinnen aus dem Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris (A, Zool.) 25: 1-481.
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.
Simon, E. 1881. Les arachnides de France. Paris, 5: 1-180.
Simon, E. 1873. Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe. (2me mémoir). Mém. Soc. roy. sci. Liège (2) 5: 187-351 [also separately paginated as 1-174].
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 2001. The Fauna of Hebei, China: Araneae. Hebei Science Technol. Publ. House, 510 pp.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Thorell, T. 1873. Remarks on synonyms of European spiders. Part IV. Uppsala, pp. 375-645.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1-549.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1805. Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris, 88 pp.
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Yoshida, H. 2001. The spider genera Robertus, Enoplognatha, Steatoda and Crustulina (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta arachn. Tokyo 50: 31-48.
Zhang, W. S. (ed.). 1987. [Farm spiders from Hubei Province]. Hubei Sci. Tech. Press, 299 pp.
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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. 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. 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