Old names and synonyms

Latrodectus martius

Latrodectus ornatus

Latrodectus venator

Lithyphantes dispar

Lithyphantes hamatus

Lithyphantes martius

Lithyphantes paykullianus

Lithyphantes venator

Phrurolithus erythrocephalus

Phrurolithus hamatus

Phrurolithus lunatus

Theridion dispar

Theridion paykullianum

Theridion triste

Theridium hamatum

Distribution

Europe, Mediterranean to Central Asia

Establishment status in New Zealand

Not established

Links to:

- taxonomic page;
- image gallery (female/male).

References

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

Platnick NI 2013. The world spider catalog, version 14.0. American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html DOI: 10.5531/db.iz.0001.