Steatoda albomaculata
| Steatoda albomaculata | |
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| S. albomaculata, adult male | |
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| drawing of S. albomaculata, female on left compared to S. triangulosa on right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Steatoda |
| Species: | S. albomaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)
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Steatoda albomaculata or white-spotted false widow spider[1] is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae.[2][3][4][5][6] It is found in North America, Europe and Russia, North Africa, Israel, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan.[7]
Subspecies
[edit]Steatoda albomaculata used to have 2 subspecies: Steatoda albomaculata infuscata and it's nominotypical subspecies Steatoda albomaculata albomaculata. In 2024 S. a. infuscata is synonymized with Steatoda albomaculata.[8] Currently, it has no subspecies.
References
[edit]- ^ Bee, Lawrence; Oxford, Geoff; Smith, Helen (2020). Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide (2nd ed.). p. 170. ISBN 9780691204741.
- ^ "Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2025. doi:10.24436/2. Archived from the original on 2025-07-31. Retrieved 2025-07-31.
- ^ "Steatoda albomaculata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Steatoda albomaculata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Steatoda albomaculata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "Steatoda albomaculata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
- ^ "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Steatoda albomaculata". Retrieved 2021-11-30.
- ^ Van Keer, Johan; Bosselaers, Jan; Oger, Pierre (2024). "Description of four new Steatoda species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from the Mediterranean region with notes on some related species" (PDF). Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society. 39 (2, supplement): 1–77.
Further reading
[edit]- Levi, Herbert W. (1957). "The spider genera Crustulina and Steatoda in North America, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 117 (3): 367–424.
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