Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion furfuraceum Simon, 1914

Description
Male

Characters as in female.

Female

Prosoma whitish, with a median black line on cephalic part, and a black borderline. Sternum light brownish or whitish, black on edges. Eyes: medians equal, median ocular quadrangle wider in front. Legs whitish, with black thin annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally with a lighter dentate median band, ventrally whitish, with a black median band.

Additional information

On scree slopes.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France, Algeria, Syria
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Lecigne S (unpubl.)

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

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 pdf

Updates
29-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
07-10-2015 Image insert
23-10-2014 Image insert