The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/8737

Keijia tincta (Walckenaer, 1802)

FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Keijia Yoshida, 2001

        Species: Keijia tincta (Walckenaer, 1802)

Common Names

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

Distribution

Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:   AB BC 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: Gabriel, Guido

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:


Credit: Gabriel, Guido

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Aranea punctata Walckenaer 1802
Aranea tincta Walckenaer 1802
Keijia tincta Walckenaer 1802
Theridion tinctum Walckenaer 1805
Theridion longimanum Sundevall 1831
Theridion irroratum C. L. Koch 1838
Theridion tinctum Walckenaer 1842
Steatoda irrorata C. L. Koch 1850
Theridion tinctum Blackwall 1864
Steatoda punctulata Menge 1868
Theridion tinctum Chyzer & Kulczynski 1894
Theridion tinctum Becker 1896
Theridion tinctum Bösenberg 1902
Theridion tinctum Simon 1914
Theridion tinctum Ovsyannikov 1937
Theridion tinctum Wiehle 1937
Theridion tinctum Locket & Millidge 1953
Theridion tinctum Levi 1957
Theridion tinctum Miller 1971
Theridion tinctum Palmgren 1974
Theridion tinctum Punda 1975
Theridion tinctum Müller 1982
Theridion tinctum Roberts 1983
Theridion tinctum Roberts 1985
Theridion tinctum Heimer & Nentwig 1991
Theridion tinctum Roberts 1995
Theridion tinctum Roberts 1998
Keijia tincta Yoshida 2001
Theridion tinctum Almquist 2005

Taxonomic References

Almquist, S. 2005. Swedish Araneae, part 1: families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Syst. Ecol., Suppl. 62: 1-284.

Becker, L. 1896. Les arachnides de Belgique. Ann. Mus. Roy. Hist. nat. Belg. 12: 1-3788.

Blackwall, J. 1864. A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. London, Ray Society, 2: 175-384.

Bösenberg, W. 1902. Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14: 97-384.

Chyzer, C. & W. Kulczynski. 1894. Araneae Hungariae. Budapest, 2: 1-151.

Heimer, S. & W. Nentwig. 1991. Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Verlag Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp.

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.

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.

Locket, G. H. & A. F. Millidge. 1953. British spiders. Ray Society, London, 2: 1-449.

Menge, A. 1868. Preussische spinnen. II. Abtheilung. Schrift. naturf. Ges. Danzig (N. F.) 2: 153-218.

Miller, F. 1971. Pavouci-Araneida. Klíc zvíreny CSSR 4: 51-306.

Müller, H.-G. 1982. Der Kopulationsapparat der Spinnen. Mikrokosmos 71: 247-249.

Ovsyannikov, A. G. 1937. Contribution to the fauna of spiders of the Kursk province. Uchenye Zapiski, Permskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet M. Gorkogo 3: 89-93.

Palmgren, P. 1974. Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiinae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fenn. 26: 1-54.

Punda, H. 1975. Pajaki Borów Sosnowych. Polska Akad. Nauk, Warsaw, 91 pp.

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.

Roberts, M. J. 1985. The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books, Colchester, England.

Roberts, M. J. 1983. Spiders of the families Theridiidae, Tetragnathidae and Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Aldabra atoll. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 77: 217-291.

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.

Sundevall, J. C. 1831. Svenska Spindlarnes Beskrifning. Fortsättning. Separate, published by P. A. Norstedt & Söner, Stockholm (journal version appeared in 1832, see below).

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.

Walckenaer, C. A. 1802. Faune parisienne. Insectes. ou Histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris. Paris 2: 187-250.

Wiehle, H. 1937. Spinnentier oder Arachnoidea. VIII. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). In Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, 33(26): 119-222.

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. alabamensis (Gertsch & Archer, 1942) ...............USA
K. antoni (Keyserling, 1884) ...............USA
K. punctosparsa (Emerton, 1882) ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution