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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridula  Emerton, 1882   3 species

Theridula aelleni  (Hubert, 1970)

Description
Male

Palp: embolus corkscrew-shaped. Prosoma 0.9 mm long. Characters as in female.

Body length male: 2 mm
Female

Epigyne: copulatory orifices clearly separate, and about their diameter from the epigastric furrow. Prosoma light brown, with faint pattern. Prosoma 1-1.1 mm long. Legs reddish-brown, femur lighter. Opisthosoma pale yellow to grey, with faint pattern. Opisthosoma globular, slightly longer than wide, without protuberances.

Body length female: 2.4-3.2 mm
Additional information

In caves.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Spain, Madeira, Tunisia
Phenology
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Figures
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.

Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Tunisia   (Dimassi et al., 2016; Hubert, 1970) |||
References

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

Dimassi N. Ezzine I K, Khadra Y B, Zellama M S, Othmen A B, Said K (2016) A new record of spider species from Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Journal of Research in Biological Sciences 2: 13-29 pdf

Hubert M (1970) Araignées capturées dans des grottes de Tunisie et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 77: 189-195 pdf

Knoflach B, Rollard C, Thaler K (2009b) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264 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
28-10-2023 Image insert
28-10-2023 Distribution update Detail
25-02-2022 Distribution update Detail
29-07-2014 Distribution update Detail