Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion pyrenaeum  Denis, 1945

Description
Male

Prosoma 1 mm long. Characters as in female.

Body length male: 2.2-2.5 mm
Female

Prosoma brownish, with a dark median band on cephalic part, and darker on margin. Prosoma 0.8-1 mm long. Sternum uniform dark red-brown. Legs with wide light red-brown annulations. Opisthosoma whitish reticulated with brown, dorsally with a median band on posterior end, and some black blotches, ventrally light brownish, with 2 whitish patches in front of spinnerets.

Body length female: 2-3 mm
Additional information

On scree slopes and in boulder fields. Altitude 1600-3300 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, France, Andorra
Phenology
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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.

Andorra   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| France   (no references) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Knoflach B, Rollard C, Thaler K (2009b) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264 pdf

Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf