Steatoda albomaculata

Steatoda albomaculata
S. albomaculata, adult male
drawing of S. albomaculata, female on left compared to S. triangulosa on right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Steatoda
Species:	S. albomaculata
Binomial name
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)

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

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

1. Bee, Lawrence; Oxford, Geoff; Smith, Helen (2020). Britain's Spiders: A Field Guide (2nd ed.). p. 170. ISBN   9780691204741.
2. "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.
3. "Steatoda albomaculata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
4. "Steatoda albomaculata species details". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
5. "Steatoda albomaculata". GBIF. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
6. "Steatoda albomaculata Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
7. "NMBE World Spider Catalog, Steatoda albomaculata" . Retrieved 2021-11-30.
8. 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

• 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.