Theridiidae: Parasteatoda Archer, 1946
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Male pedipalp with large spoon-shaped conductor; epigyne is a large transverse oval groove | ||||||||||||||||
| - | Conductor of male pedipalp only little overtopping cymbium; epigyne different | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 (1)
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Conductor slightly twisted around its longitudinal axis; border of epigynal groove distinct, anterior margin with small tip pointing toward posterior end; entrance ducts rectangularly bent Parasteatoda lunata (Clerck, 1757) |
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| - | Conductor not twisted around its longitudinal axis; border of epigynal groove indistinct at anterior margin | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 (2)
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Entrance ducts forming a heart-shaped figure which is longer than wide; epigyne and male pedipalp as fig. Parasteatoda tepidariorum (C. L. Koch, 1841) |
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Figure formed by entrance ducts approx. as long as wide; male pedipalp as fig. very similar to tepidariorum mostly a nit smaller and with distinct opisthosomal pattern Parasteatoda simulans (Thorell, 1875) |
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Pedipalp, conductor, vulva and habitus as fig. Parasteatoda tabulata (Levi, 1980) |
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| 4 (1)
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Conductor of male pedipalp bluntly rounded distally; epigyne posteriorly bordered by a chitinous bulge Cryptachaea riparia (Blackwall, 1834) |
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| 5 (4)
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Conductor of male pedipalp as fig.; epigynal groove as wide as long Ohlertidion ohlerti (Thorell, 1870) |
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Conductor transversely truncated distally; epigyne as fig. Cryptachaea veruculata (Urquhart, 1886) |
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Pedipalp, ventral view
Epigyne
