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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion purcelli O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008637

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Description
Additional information

Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: no detailed European country mentioned
Global distribution (WSC 2026): St. Helena, Namibia, South Africa
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Benoit 1977a)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Benoit 1977a)

species

female Epigyne
(Benoit 1977a)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Benoit 1977a)

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female Chelicera
(Benoit 1977a)

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female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Benoit 1977a)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2021)

Distribution List
References

Benoit B L G (1977a) Fam. Theridiidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 131-152 pdf

Dippenaar-Schoeman A S, Haddad C R, Foord S H, Lotz L N (2021) The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 49 pp. pdf

Nentwig W (2015) Introduction, establishment rate, pathways and impact of spiders alien to Europe. Biological Invasions 17: 2757-2778 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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