Rugathodes sexpunctatus (Emerton, 1882)
Description
Male
Colouration as in females.
Body length male: 2.3-2.4 mmFemale
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 mmAdditional 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
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi 1957a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Tip of bulbus, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Levi 1957a)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levi 1957a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)
Vulva, variation, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)
Vulva, variation, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)
Vulva, ventral view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levi 1957a)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Davidson & Merrett 2014)
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
Davidson M B, Merrett P (2014) Rugathodes sexpunctatus (Emerton, 1882) in Britain (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnology 16: 113-116 
Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2