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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Rugathodes  Archer, 1950   4 species

Rugathodes sexpunctatus  (Emerton, 1882)

Description
Male

Colouration as in females.

Body length male: 2.3-2.4 mm
Female

Prosoma yellowish white, with dark median band. Sternum and legs yellowish white. Opisthosoma woth chracteristic dorsal pattern, sides grey to black, venter light.

Body length female: 2.2-2.6 mm
Additional information

In Scotland the species has been collected in gardens, old burial grounds, a public park, a botanical garden and in woodlands.

 

This species of North American origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Russia (Commander Is.), Alaska, Canada, USA. Introduced to Britain
Phenology
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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.

United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019; Davidson & Merrett, 2014) |||
References

Davidson M B, Merrett P (2014) Rugathodes sexpunctatus (Emerton, 1882) in Britain (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnology 16: 113-116 pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

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

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
21-06-2024 Distribution update Detail
20-05-2014 Image insert
28-04-2014 Datasheet update Detail
28-04-2014 Image insert
28-04-2014 Distribution update Detail