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Opisthosoma dark brown to black, shiny with a pattern consisting of points or lines similar to fig., yellow or whitish, rarely lacking |
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- | Opisthosoma different, sometimes with a striking dorsal longitudinal stripe which can be broken into points, but never like fig. at #1 | ||||||||||
2 (1) |
Embolus very long; epigynal groove ± circular, its anterior margin with a backward-directed process; opisthosoma black, dorsally with white or yellow pattern as fig. (rarely lacking) Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||
3 (2) |
Pedipalp as fig.; accompanying process of embolus longish; epigyne with striking furrows Asagena meridionalis Kulczyński, 1894 |
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- | Pedipalp as fig.; accompanying process of embolus blunt, inconspicuous; epigyne hardly furrowed Asagena italica (Knoflach, 1996) |
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4 (1) |
Embolus very short, not twisted; epigyne with robust chitinous bulges | ||||||||||
- | Embolus transverse to longitudinal axis of cymbium; epigyne is a large groove | ||||||||||
5 (4) |
Conductor laterally with small tip; posterior epigynal margin with 2 forwardly directed bulges; opisthosoma light or darker brown with pattern as fig. (sometimes blurred) Steatoda castanea (Clerck, 1757) |
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- | Conductor and epigyne different | ||||||||||
6 (5) |
Conductor long and bent; pedipalp tibia longer than cymbium; epigynal groove small and rounded; opisthosoma dark brown to almost black, pattern yellowish (fig.), sometimes broken into single spots Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||
7 (6) |
Conductor hook-like bent distally; pedipalp tibia shorter than cymbium; epigynal groove large, anterior margin angular; opisthosoma almost black, with characteristic white, yellowish or reddish pattern (fig.) (rarely uniformly black) Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778) |
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- | Different | ||||||||||
8 (7) |
Pedipalp, epigyne and vulva as fig. Steatoda paykulliana (Walckenaer, 1806) |
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- | Pedipalp and epigyne as fig. opisthosoma dark with white pattern, ventrally dark with white median line and two indistinct lateral lines which merging anterior to spinnerets Steatoda incomposita (Denis, 1957) |
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9 (4) |
Conductor very large; epigynal groove ± square; opisthosoma mostly reddish brown with yellowish pattern as fig. (sometimes black-brown with indicated light longitudinal stripe) Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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10 (9) |
Conductor small; epigynal groove with narrow septum; colouration very variable, whitish yellow to brown (then with pattern) to almost black with blurred pattern; legs always unicoloured Steatoda grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838) |
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- | Pedipalp as fig.; epigynal groove with broad septum; colouration very variable, prosoma dark red-brown with darker radial pattern; legs light yellow-brown, tibia distally darker; male opisthosoma with folium pattern, dark purple, beige and white, 4 larger reddish impressed dots; in females purple-brown with whitish stripe Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875) |
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1. Steatoda albomaculata infuscata (Schenkel, 1925) |
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2. Steatoda dahli (Nosek, 1905) | |||||
3. Steatoda ephippiata (Thorell, 1875) | |||||
4. Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) | |||||
5. Steatoda ifricola Lecigne, Lips, Moutaouakil & Oger, 2020 | |||||
6. Steatoda latifasciata (Simon, 1873) | |||||
7. Steatoda maura (Simon, 1909) | |||||
8. Steatoda moerens (Thorell, 1875) |
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9. Steatoda trianguloides Levy, 1991 | |||||
10. Steatoda triangulosa concolor (Caporiacco, 1933) |
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11. Steatoda venator (Audouin, 1826) |
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