Theridion italiense Wunderlich, 1995
Description
Male
Prosoma 1-1.1 mm long. Clypeus with a pair of tubercles.
Body length male: 2.5-3.1 mmFemale
Prosoma yellowish, with a blackish median band on cephalic part, and blackish margin. Prosoma 0.9-1.2 mm long. Sternum yellowish, blackish on the edges. Legs yellowish, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma whitish, dorsally with a dark dentate median band, ventrally with a large blackish blotch in front of spinnerets, and a pair of large blotches on the sides.
Body length female: 2.4-3.0 mmAdditional information
In limestone mountains, on shrubs in sunny areas or in crevices of rocks. Altitude 350-1000 m.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 1995n)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Duma 2009)
Median apophysis
(Duma 2009)
Chelicera, lateral view
(Duma 2009)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Duma 2009)
Vulva, ventral view
(Duma 2009)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Duma 2009)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Duma 2009)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Duma 2009)
Distribution List
References
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Duma I (2009) New data on Theridion italiense, with description of the unknown female. Journal of Arachnology 37: 383-387
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
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Van Keer J, Van Keer K, De Koninck H, Ramel G (2010) The arachnofauna (Araneae) of wetland Kerkini (Macedonia-Northern Central Greece). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 62: 141-160
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) 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