Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Steatoda  Sundevall, 1833   19 species

Steatoda incomposita  (Denis, 1957)

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.2-2 mm long. Opisthosoma dark with white pattern, ventrally dark, with white median line and 2 indistinct lateral lines which merge anterior to spinnerets.

Body length male: 2.9-4.4 mm
Female

Epigyne: less bulging than in S. albomaculata, with 2 small grooves at its straight posterior margin. Prosoma 1.6-1.8 mm long.

Body length female: 4.1-5.9 mm
Additional information

Under stones, in dry habitats with scarce vegetation, up to 2800 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Portugal, Spain, France, Morocco
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.

France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Morocco   (Naumova, 2023) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) |||
References

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

Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39 pdf

Knoflach B (1996a) Steatoda incomposita (Denis) from southern Europe, a close relative of Steatoda albomaculata (Degeer) (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 10: 141-145 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Naumova M (2023) Survey of the Moroccan arachnids (Araneae, Scorpiones & Solifugae) in the collections of the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgaria. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 66: 72-78 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
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