Nearctic States & Provinces: QC PA SC WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8376
Theridion frondeum Hentz, 1850
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Theridion Walckenaer, 1805
Species: Theridion frondeum Hentz, 1850
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Bahama Is.
Nearctic States & Provinces:
QC PA SC WI
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: Bartlett, Troy
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 frondeum Hentz 1850 |
| Theridion brassicae Fitch 1869 |
| Theridion frondeum Emerton 1882 |
| Theridion frondeum Simon 1894 |
| Theridion frondeum Emerton 1902 |
| Theridion frondeum Kaston 1945 |
| Theridion frondeum Kaston 1948 |
| Allotheridion frondeum Archer 1950 |
| Theridion frondeum Levi 1957 |
| Theridion frondeum Shear 1967 |
| Theridion frondeum Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Theridion frondeom Agnarsson 2004 |
Taxonomic References†
Agnarsson, I. 2004. Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc. 141: 447-626.
Archer, A. F. 1950. A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Mus. Pap. Ala Mus. nat. Hist. 30: 1-40.
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.
Fitch, A. 1869. Thirteenth report on the noxious insects. Trans. N. Y. St. Agric. Soc. 29: 495-565 (Araneae, pp. 562-564).
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.
Kaston, B. J. 1945. New Micryphantidae and Dictynidae with notes on other spiders. Am. Mus. Novit. 1292: 1-14.
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.
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.
Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.
†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 Theridion Walckenaer, 1805‡‡
T. acutitarse Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. aeolium Levi, 1963 ...............USA
T. agrifoliae Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Canada
T. albidum Banks, 1895 ...............USA, Canada
T. arizonense Levi, 1957 ...............USA
T. australe Banks, 1899 ...............USA, Mexico, West Indies
T. betteni Wiehle, 1960 ...............Palearctic
T. californicum Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Canada
T. cameronense Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico
T. campestratum Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. cheimatos Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ...............USA
T. cinctipes Banks, 1898 ...............USA, Mexico
T. cochise Levi, 1963 ...............USA
T. cowlesae Levi, 1957 ...............USA
T. cynicum Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico
T. differens Emerton, 1882 ...............USA, Canada
T. dilutum Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico
T. dividuum Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ...............USA
T. dulcineum Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ...............USA
T. ellicottense Dobyns & Bond, 1996 ...............USA
T. familiare O. P.-Cambridge, 1871 ...............Palearctic
T. flavonotatum Becker, 1879 ...............USA, Cuba
T. geminipunctum Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
T. gertschi Levi, 1959 ...............USA, Mexico
T. glaucescens Becker, 1879 ...............USA, Canada
T. goodnightorum Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico
T. grallator Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. haleakalense Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. hemerobium Simon, 1914 ...............USA, Canada, Europe
T. hidalgo Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico
T. impressum L. Koch, 1881 ...............Holarctic
T. intritum (Bishop & Crosby, 1926) ...............USA
T. istokpoga Levi, 1957 ...............USA to Panama
T. kauaiense Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. kawea Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico
T. lawrencei Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ...............USA
T. leechi Gertsch & Archer, 1942 ...............USA, Canada
T. leviorum Gertsch & Riechert, 1976 ...............USA
T. llano Levi, 1957 ...............USA
T. mauiense Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. melanostictum O. P.-Cambridge, 1876 ...............Mediterranean, Aldabra, China, Japan, USA, Hispaniola
T. melanurum Hahn, 1831 ...............Holarctic, Azores
T. melinum Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. michelbacheri Levi, 1957 ...............USA
T. montanum Emerton, 1882 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Norway, Finland, Russia
T. morulum O. P.-Cambridge, 1898 ...............USA, Mexico
T. murarium Emerton, 1882 ...............North America
T. myersi Levi, 1957 ...............USA, Mexico, Jamaica
T. mystaceum L. Koch, 1870 ...............Palearctic
T. neomexicanum Banks, 1901 ...............USA, Canada
T. neshamini Levi, 1957 ...............USA
T. nigrovariegatum Simon, 1873 ...............Palearctic
T. ohlerti (Thorell, 1870) ...............Holarctic
T. ohlerti lundbecki (Sorensen, 1898) ...............Greenland
T. orlando (Archer, 1950) ...............USA
T. pennsylvanicum Emerton, 1913 ...............USA, Canada
T. perkinsi Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. petraeum L. Koch, 1872 ...............Holarctic
T. pictipes Keyserling, 1884 ...............USA
T. pictum (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Holarctic
T. pinastri L. Koch, 1872 ...............Palearctic
T. positivum Chamberlin, 1924 ...............USA, West Indies to Paraguay
T. posticatum Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. praetextum Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. praetextum concolor Simon, 1900 ...............Hawaii
T. punctipes Emerton, 1924 ...............USA, Mexico
T. rabuni Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA, Bahama Is.
T. saanichum Chamberlin & Ivie, 1947 ...............USA, Canada, Alaska
T. sardis Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 ...............USA
T. sisyphium (Clerck, 1757) ...............Palearctic
T. submissum Gertsch & Davis, 1936 ...............USA, Mexico, Bahama Is., Jamaica
T. timpanogos Levi, 1957 ...............USA
T. transgressum Petrunkevitch, 1911 ...............USA, Mexico
T. varians Hahn, 1833 ...............Holarctic
T. yuma Levi, 1963 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution