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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Rugathodes  Archer, 1950   4 species

Rugathodes aurantius (Emerton, 1915)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008000

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Description
Male

Colouration as in females, but opisthosoma grey, dorsum with 2 black bands.

Body length male: 1.6-2 mm
Female

Prosoma yellow to dark brown. Sternum dark brown. Legs yellow-white. Opisthosoma: dorsum with white spots and black bands on each side, venter and lateral parts white.

Body length female: 1.7-2.4 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Alaska, Canada, USA
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1957a)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)

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male Chelicera, posterior view
(Levi 1957a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)

Distribution List
Russia, Eastern   (Nesterkov et al., 2020) ||| Russia, Northern   (no references) |||
References

Levi H W (1957a) The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124 pdf

Nesterkov A, Zolotarev M, Belskaya E, Tuneva T (2020) Arachnids (Araneae, Opiliones) from grass stand and forest litter in the Urals, Russia. Biodiversity Data Journal 8(e55242): 1-23 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-06-2024 Distribution insert Detail
21-06-2024 Distribution update Detail
28-04-2014 Datasheet update Detail
28-04-2014 Image insert