Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion hannoniae  Denis, 1945

Description
Male

Bulb: theridiid tegular apophysis bifid, median apophysis sickle-shaped with pointed tip. Prosoma 0.65-0.76 mm long. Characters as in female.

Body length male: 1.6-1.7 mm
Female

Epigyne: median depression appears to be relatively smaller in T. hannoniae than in T. pyrenaeum. Prosoma yellowish brown to dark brown, 0.62-0.86 mm long. Sternum uniform dark red-brown. Legs grey-white to yellowish, distinctly annulated. Opisthosoma variable, grey with folium or dark grey, brighter spots, ventrally grey with 2 brighter spots anterior of spinnerets.

Body length female: 1.6-2.4 mm
Additional information

Almost always among large stones, in scree slopes, quarries, dykes on river banks and dry chalk rocks. Altitude up to 2000 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Madeira, Canary Is.
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.

Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Dolejš & Holec, 2020; Řezáč et al., 2021; Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Denmark   (Lissner & Jonsson, 2022) ||| France   (no references) ||| France / Corsica   (no references) ||| Germany   (no references) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Morocco   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Netherlands   (no references) ||| Poland  Removed (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Sweden   (Lissner & Jonsson, 2022) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (no references) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
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

Bink J, Helsdingen P van (2014) Theridion hannoniae (Denis, 1944) (Araneae, Theridiidae) nieuw voor Nederland. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 34: 7-11 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Bosmans R, Vanuytven H, Van Keer J (1994) On two poorly known Theridion species, recently collected in Belgium for the first time (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 236-240 pdf

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

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

Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362 pdf

Crespo L C, Cardoso P, Henriques S, Gaspar C (2009b) Spiders (Araneae) from Porto Santo (Madeira, Portgal): Additions to the current knowledge. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa 45: 471-475 pdf

Dolejš P, Holec M (2020) Theridion hannoniae (Araneae: Theridiidae) v České republice [Theridion hannoniae (Araneae: Theridiidae) in the Czech Republic]. Pavouk 49: 4 pdf

Kloid P (1994) Erstnachweis von Theridion hannoniae für Deutschland (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 8: 56-57 pdf

Knoflach B, Rollard C, Thaler K (2009b) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264 pdf

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

Lissner J, Jonsson L J (2022) The comb-footed spider Theridion hannoniae Denis, 1945 in Sweden and Denmark. Newsletter of the British Arachnological Society 154: 2-4 pdf

Merrett P, Russell-Smith A, Harvey P (2014) A revised check list of British spiders. Arachnology 16: 134-144 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

Pantini P, Sassu A, Serra G (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida Araneae) of Sardinia. Biodiversity Journal 4: 3-104 pdf

Řezáč M, Růžička V, Hula V, Dolanský J, Machač O, Roušar A (2021) Spiders newly observed in Czechia in recent years – overlooked or invasive species? BioInvasions Records 10: 555-566 pdf

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

Thaler K, Noflatscher M-T (1990) Neue und bemerkenswerte Spinnenfunde in Südtirol (Arachnida: Aranei). Veröffentlichungen des Museum Ferdinandeum in Innsbruck 69: 169-190 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

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