Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Anelosimus  Simon, 1891   2 species

Anelosimus vittatus (C. L. Koch, 1836)

Description
Male

Male palp with broad, bent process near base of bulbus. Prosoma yellowish-orange, with narrow, dark margin and broad, brown median stripe. Opisthosoma bright yellowish, sometimes also white or reddish, with broad, brown median stripe.

Body length male: 3.0-4.0 mm
Female

Epigyne with spoon-like widened scapus. 

Body length female: 3.0-4.1 mm
Additional information

On trees and bushes, mostly in sunny forest edges, rare in the mountains. On compost heaps, aggregative spider webs reached 3 x 4 m in size and contained 500 individuals of all stages (Jäger, 2002a).

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Albania   (Deltshev et al., 2011b) ||| Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Austria   (Knoflach & Thaler, 1998) ||| Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Milosevic, 2002) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Scharff & Gudik-Sørensen, 2006) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Hungary   (Samu & Szinetár, 1999) ||| Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Libya   (Elkrew et al., 2024) ||| Luxembourg   (Hermann, 1998; Kreuels et al., 2019) ||| Montenegro   (Naumova et al., 2019a) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Norway   (Aakra & Hauge, 2003) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev et al., 2003b) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 1999) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Switzerland   (Maurer & Hänggi, 1990) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) ||| Ukraine   (Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015b) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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