Resources:
Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Cryptachaea  Archer, 1946   3 species

Cryptachaea veruculata  (Urquhart, 1886)

Description

Conductor transversely truncated distally. Opisthosoma with dark median stripe, otherwise white, laterally brownish with dark stripes.

Body length male: 2.5-3.5 mm
Body length female: 3.7-5.2 mm
Additional information

On bushes and sometimes on trees. Imported from Australia or New Zealand and established in Scilly (GB) at the beginning of the 20th century, discovered in Belgium in 1992, further records is expected in Europe

This species of Australian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and could establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  Not established
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Australia, New Zealand. Introduced to Europe
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Figures
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.

Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. pdf

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
10-06-2023 Distribution update Detail