| Parasteatoda songi | |
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| female from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Parasteatoda |
| Species: | P. songi |
| Binomial name | |
| Parasteatoda songi (Zhu, 1998) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Parasteatoda songi is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in China. [1]
The species is named after Song Daxiang (宋大祥), a prominent Chinese arachnologist.
The species was originally described as Achaearanea songi by Zhu in 1998. [2] It was later transferred to the genus Parasteatoda by Yoshida in 2008. [3]
P. songi has been recorded from several provinces in China, including Hunan and Hubei. [2] [4]
The female has a body length of 3.80–4.01 mm, with the cephalothorax measuring 1.30 mm wide and 1.20 mm long, and the abdomen measuring 2.60 mm wide and 2.30 mm long. [2] The male is smaller, with a body length of 2.60–2.80 mm. [2]
The cephalothorax is brownish-yellow with a distinctive V-shaped dark brown marking in the posterior central area. The abdomen has a spherical appearance when viewed dorsally and is laterally flattened when viewed from the side. The dorsal surface is raised posteriorly and features a small hill-like projection with yellow-brown coloration centrally, flanked by white and purple-brown diagonal stripes. [2]