Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)
Description
Male
Conductor long and bent. Tibia of male palpal longer than cymbium. Prosoma red-brown, wrinkled, 1.6-2 mm long. Sternum red-brown, wrinkled. Chelicerae brown, shiny. Legs yellowish, to bright red-brown, all segments sometimes distally darkened. Opisthosoma dark brown to almost black, pattern yellowish, sometimes broken into single spots.
Body length male: 3.5-5.0 mmFemale
Epigyne small and rounded. Prosoma 1.8-2 mm long. Colouration as in male.
Body length female: 3.5-8.6 mmAdditional information
Only in buildings in Central Europe, at dry, sunny places under stones in the south, in caves, dunes, forests, garrigue, fallow land, marshes, rocky seashore, littoral salty areas.
Since a few decades, this species shows some spreading tendencies within Europe. Nevertheless, it shall not be listed as alien or invasive because it is native for Europe.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Roberts 1995)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Yoshida 2001a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Pesarini unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Yoshida 2001a)
Epigyne
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Epigyne
(Morka unpubl.)
Epigyne, with mating plug
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Vulva
(Yoshida 2001a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, posterior view
(Taberlet unpubl.)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Morka unpubl.)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Faúndez & Carvajal 2016)
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.
References
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Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
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Morka G H (unpubl.)
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Pesarini C (unpubl.)
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Taberlet J-P (unpubl.)
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