Theridion asopi Vanuytven, 2014
Description
Male
Palp: Conductor distinctly bent. Prosoma length: 1.5 mm.
Body length male: 3.4 mmFemale
Epigyne: distance between copulatory openings 0.05 mm (distance smaller in T. betteni), width of epigynal pit: 0.13 mm (wider in T. betteni). Prosoma length: 1.2 mm.
Body length female: 3.8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1998)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Vanuytven 2014)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Vanuytven 2014)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Roberts 1998)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Vanuytven 2014)
Vulva, ventral view
(Vanuytven 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
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 
Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69
Hänggi A, Straub S (2016) Storage buildings and greenhouses as stepping stones for non-native potentially invasive spiders (Araneae) - a baseline study in Basel, Switzerland Arachnologische Mitteilungen 51: 1-8
Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp.
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp.
Vanuytven H (2014) Theridion asopi n. sp., a new member of the Theridion melanurum group (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Europe. Arachnology 16: 127-134
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2