Theridion familiare O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
Description
Prosoma reddish yellow, bright, dorsally with darker median spot sometimes. Sternum reddish yellow, bright. Chelicerae reddish yellow, bright. Legs narrowly annulated with red-brown. Opisthosoma light yellowish, ventrally tinged with black. Bright median band of opisthosoma widest in the middle, bordered by irregular, black spots.
Body length male: 2.0-2.5 mmBody length female: 2.0-3.0 mm
Additional information
Almost only in buildings in Central Europe, otherwise under stones at very warm places.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Vulva
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva
(Hansen 1992)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
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.
References
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