Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion adrianopoli  Drensky, 1915

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.2-1.6 mm long. Characters as in female.

Body length male: 2.6-3.9 mm
Female

Prosoma yellow-brown, with a dark median band on thoracic part, and darker margins. Prosoma 1.1-1.4 mm long. Sternum uniform dark brown, or yellowish with dark edges. Legs yellowish, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally with a light dentate median band, bordered with black, larerally whitish with irregular dark spots, ventrally with a dark median band, and a whitish, almost square patch.

Body length female: 2.8-3.7 mm
Additional information

On shrubs, in beech, oak and coniferous forests, chestnut grove and olive grove. Altitude 100-1400 m.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Turkey
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.

Albania   (van Helsdingen & IJland, 2015) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Knoflach, 1997) ||| Greece   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (no references) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (no references) |||
References

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Bosmans R, Gavalas I (2023) The spiders (Araneae) of the tiny Greek island Iraklia (Kiklades), with the descriptions of 5 new Harpactea species (Araneae: Dysderidae), 3 species new to Europe and 8 new to Greece. Parnassiana Archives 11 (Suppl. 1): 1-91 pdf

Brignoli P M (1984b) Ragni di Grecia XII. Nuovi dati su varie famiglie (Araneae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 91: 281-321 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Deltshev C D (1992a) A critical review of family Theridiidae (Araneae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 43: 13-21 pdf

Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2015) A quick scan of the spider fauna in the surroundings of Përmet, Albania (Arachnida, Araneae) - preliminary report. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 35: 15-33 pdf

Knoflach B (1997) Zur Taxonomie, Verbreitung und Sexualbiologie von Theridion adrianopoli Drensky (Arachnida: Araneae, Theridiidae). Berichte des Naturwissenschaftlich-Medizinischen Vereins in Innsbruck 84: 133-148 pdf

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Lecigne S (2021a) A new species of Sintula (Linyphiidae), redescription of Brigittea innocens (Dictynidae) and eight spider species newly recorded for Turkey (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 62: 11-34 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

Wunderlich J (1995n) Beschreibung von drei bisher unbekannten west-paläarktischen Arten der Gattung Theridion Walckenaer 1805 (Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 4: 691-695 pdf

Updates
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