Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion corcyraeum Brignoli, 1984

Description
Male

Unknown.

Female

Prosoma greenish brown, cephalic part and edges darker. Prosoma 1 mm long. Sternum dark, lighter in the middle. Legs yellowish, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally with a white dentate median band, this band is wider on the top of opisthosoma, and bordered with black, laterally whitish, with series of dark spots, anteriorly with a dark patch around the pedicel, ventrally whitish, reticulated with dark, spinnerets ringed with dark.

Body length female: 3.2 mm
Additional information

Only one female known.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece (Corfu, Crete)
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) |||
References

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 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

Brignoli P M (1984b) Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 281-321 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-07-2025 Distribution update Detail
15-10-2013 Distribution update Detail
30-04-2013 Image insert