Functions:   Add to compare list  Show compare list  Edit content
Resources:
Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Steatoda  Sundevall, 1833   19 species

Steatoda latifasciata  (Simon, 1873)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008067

Key to genera | Key to species

Description
Male

Prosoma deep brown with striae. Sternum purplish black. Chelicerae relatively slender. Legs yellowish to dark brown. Opisthosoma purplish black, with white markings dorsally and a white median line ventrally.

Body length male: 3.5 mm
Female

Colouration as in male.

Body length female: 3.8-6.1 mm
Additional information

Under stones, in burrows and in fissures. Egg sac about 5 mm in diameter, with over 30 eggs.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Canary Is., Italy (Sicily), North Africa, Israel, Jordan
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Adults of both sexes probably all the year.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

male Chelicera
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

female Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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.

Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Egypt   (El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans, unpubl.) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Levy G, Amitai P (1982b) The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scripta 11: 13-30 pdf

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 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

Updates
06-03-2024 Distribution update Detail