Theridion adrianopoli Drensky, 1915
Description
Male
Prosoma 1.2-1.6 mm long. Characters as in female.
Body length male: 2.6-3.9 mmFemale
Prosoma yellow-brown, with a dark median band on thoracic part, and darker margins. Prosoma 1.1-1.4 mm long. Sternum uniform dark brown, or yellowish with dark edges. Legs yellowish, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally with a light dentate median band, bordered with black, larerally whitish with irregular dark spots, ventrally with a dark median band, and a whitish, almost square patch.
Body length female: 2.8-3.7 mmAdditional information
On shrubs, in beech, oak and coniferous forests, chestnut grove and olive grove. Altitude 100-1400 m.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1984b)
Pedipalp
(Brignoli 1984b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Epigyne, aboral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Epigyne
(Lecigne 2021a)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Gavalas 2023)
Vulva, ventral view
(Brignoli 1984b)
Vulva
(Deltshev 1992a)
Vulva
(Deltshev 1992a)
Vulva
(Deltshev 1992a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
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.
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124
Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91
Brignoli P M (1984b) Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 281-321
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C D (1992a) A critical review of family Theridiidae (Araneae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 43: 13-21
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2015) A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33
Knoflach B (1997) Zur Taxonomie, Verbreitung und Sexualbiologie von Theridion adrianopoli Drensky (Arachnida: Araneae, Theridiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 84: 133-148
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1995n) Beschreibung von drei bisher unbekannten west-paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Theridion Walckenaer 1805 (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 691-695