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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion semitinctum Simon, 1914

Description
Male

Unknown.

Female

Epigyne: atrium very superficial, transverse oval, much wider than long. Prosoma whitish, cephalic part with a black, wedge-shaped patch widened and truncated in front. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Sternum whitish, darker on margin. Eyes surrounded with black, these black areas almost contiguous. Eyes: AME larger than PME, median ocular quadrangle wider in front. Clypeus uniformly coloured. Legs whitish, with thin black annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally with a light dentate median band, anteriorly, on each side, with a thin semicircular black line, ventrally whitish, with a thin transverse black line in front of spinnerets, spinnerets not surrounded with black.

Body length female: 3.2 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Spain (incl. Balearic Is.), France, Italy
Figures
Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (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

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

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

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 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
30-10-2025 Distribution update Detail