Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion uhligi Martin, 1974

Description
Male

Prosoma 0.9-1.2 mm long. Characters as in female. Epigastric area bulging.

Body length male: 2-2.7 mm
Female

Prosoma light yellow, with a dark median band, and darker margin. Prosoma 0.9-1.1 mm long. Sternum yellow, darker brown on margin. Legs yellowish, with dark annulations. Opisthosoma dorsally whitish, with a light median dentate band, bordered with blackish, ventrally brown, with 2 white triangular patches on posterior half, and a small white blotch on each side of spinnerets.

Body length female: 2.6-3.1 mm
Additional information

In dry, sandy areas, with heather or pines.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): France to Russia (Europe)
Phenology
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Distribution List
Belgium   (Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Czechia   (Machač, 2024) ||| France   (Déjean, 2012a) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Szinetár et al., 2015) ||| Netherlands   (van Helsdingen, 2025a) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Romania   (Duma, 2008b) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Southern   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Grbić et al., 2021) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 2019) |||
References

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Déjean S (2012a) Découverte en France de Theridion uhligi Martin, 1974 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 81: 265-269 pdf

Duma I (2008b) Theridion uhligi Martin, 1974 (Araneae: Theridiidae) new to Romania. Entomologica Romanica 13: 297-299 pdf

Gajdoš P, Černecká Ľ, Šestáková A (2019) Pannonic salt marshes revealed six new spiders to Slovakia (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Theridiidae). Biologia 74: 53-64 pdf

Grbić G, Hänggi A, Krnjajić S (2021) Spiders (Araneae) of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): additional arguments in environmental protection. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67: 15-61 pdf

Helsdingen P J van (2025a) Catalogus van de Nederlandse spinnen. Versie 2025.1. 249 pp. pdf

Jocqué R (1977a) Contribution à la connaissance des araignées de Belgique, V. Description de Theridion hublei n. sp. Revue Arachnologique 1: 59-63 pdf

Machač O (2024) Pavoukovci České republiky [Arachnids of the Czech Republic]. Pavouk 57: 2 pdf

Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp. pdf

Roberts M J (1998) Spinnengids. Tirion, Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Szinetár C, Kovács P, Eichardt J (2015) [Spiders (Araneae) of the Győr–Gönyű military shooting range]. In: Takács & Szinetár (eds.): [The wildlife of calcareous sand steppe areas in military use in the Hungarian Little Plain] , pp. 237-260 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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