Theridion pictum (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Male
Prosoma yellowish, with brown margin and median stripes. Prosoma 1.2-1.6 mm long. Sternum yellowish, with brown margin. Chelicerae yellow-brown. Legs reddish yellow, annulated with brown. Opisthosoma with fine white and brown spots next to dorsal longitudinal band, ventrally spotted with white, with dark points anterior to the spinnerets. Epigastric area markedly bulging.
Body length male: 2.3-3.5 mmFemale
Epigyne ± rectangular. Prosoma 1.4-1.8 mm long. Characters as in male.
Body length female: 3.5-4.8 mmAdditional information
Frequent in relatively damp terrain, in herbaceous and bush layer. Egg sac greyish brown, 3 mm in diameter, with 40 white eggs.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans et al. 1994)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Nolan & Foster 2024)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Nolan & Foster 2024)
Vulva
(Bosmans et al. 1994)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva
(Knoflach 1998)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
Habitus
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
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