Theridion wiehlei Schenkel, 1938
Description
Male
Prosoma 1.4-1.5 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 2.5 mmFemale
Prosoma yellowish, darker on margin, with a triangular brown patch near fovea. Prosoma 1.6 mm long. Sternum uniform dark red-brown. Legs yellowish, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally whitish, with an indistinct dentate median band, bordered with blackish, ventrally brown, with a small white spot on each side of spinnerets, and a pair of white blotches near epigastric furrow.
Body length female: 2.9-3.1 mmAdditional information
Mediterranean species, sporadically in rocky heathland in Austria, open areas in pine forest.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Denis 1945a)
Median apophysis, prolateral view
(Denis 1945a)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Denis 1945a)
Epigyne
(Deltshev 1992a)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Breitling 2020)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Distribution List
References
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WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2