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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Steatoda  Sundevall, 1833   20 species

Steatoda ephippiata (Thorell, 1875)

Description
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Iran
Phenology
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Figures
Distribution List
Algeria   (Van Keer & Bosmans, 2010; Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Egypt   (Van Keer & Bosmans, 2010; El-Hennawy, 2017a) ||| Libya   (Van Keer & Bosmans, 2010; Elkrew et al., 2024) ||| Tunisia   (Van Keer & Bosmans, 2010; Kmira et al., 2025) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183 pdf

Elkrew H, Hamza A, Ghana S, Shaibi T, Swehli A I, Elmareme H, Ahmad A (2024) Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Libya. Pakistan Journal of Life and Social Sciences 22: 19346-19369 pdf

Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95 pdf

Levy G, Amitai P (1982b) The cobweb spider genus Steatoda (Araneae, Theridiidae) of Israel and Sinai. Zoologica Scripta 11: 13-30 pdf

Van Keer J, Bosmans R (2010) Description of the male of Steatoda ephippiata (Araneae: Theridiidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 39: 22-24 pdf

Van Keer J, Bosselaers J, Oger P (2024) Description of four new Steatoda species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from the Mediterranean region with notes on some related species. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39(2, suppl.): 1-77 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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