The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8196

Keijia alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942)

FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Keijia Yoshida, 2001
        Species: Keijia alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  none

Distribution

Global Distribution: USA

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)

Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

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†

Theridion cinereum Emerton 1913
Keijia alabamensis Gertsch & Archer 1942
Theridion alabamense Gertsch & Archer 1942
Theridion cinerascens Roewer 1942
Theridion americanum Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Theridion talmo Chamberlin & Ivie 1944
Theridion alabamense Kaston 1948
Theridion alabamense Levi 1957
Keijia alabamensis Yoshida 2001

Taxonomic References†

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.

Emerton, J. H. 1913. New England spiders identified since 1910. Trans. Connect. Acad. Arts Sci. 18: 209-224.

Gertsch, W. J. & A. F. Archer. 1942. Descriptions of new American Theridiidae. Am. Mus. Novit. 1171: 1-16.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

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.

Roewer, C. F. 1942. Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940. Bremen, 1: 1-1040.

Yoshida, H. 2001. A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta arachn. Tokyo 50: 157-181.

†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 Keijia Yoshida, 2001‡‡

K. antoni (Keyserling, 1884) ...............USA
K. punctosparsa (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA
K. tincta (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Holarctic

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution