Steatoda connexa

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Cape False Button Spider
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Steatoda
Species:
S. connexa
Binomial name
Steatoda connexa
Synonyms [2]
  • Teutana connexaO. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904

Steatoda connexa is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae. [2] It is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa. [3]

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Distribution

Steatoda connexa is known only from South Africa, [2] where it is known only from Muizenberg on the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape. [3]

Habitat and ecology

Steatoda connexa constructs three-dimensional webs in dark places. The species is known from the Fynbos biome and has been collected from under stones. [3]

Description

Conservation

The status of the species remains uncertain. Additional sampling is needed to collect males and to determine the species' range. The species is therefore listed as Data Deficient for taxonomic reasons. [3]

Taxonomy

Steatoda connexa was described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1904 as Teutana connexa from the Cape Peninsula. [1] The type locality is given only as Cape Peninsula. The species is known only from the type locality. [3]

The original description was based on a female specimen collected on the Cape Peninsula from under stones in association with specimens of S. capensis. The type has been lost, but based on the drawings and description, it might be the cosmopolitan S. grossa. [3]

The species has not been revised and is known only from the female. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1904). "Descriptions of some new species and characters of three new genera, of Araneidea from South Africa". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 143–165.
  2. 1 2 3 "Steatoda connexa (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 16. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998. Creative Commons by small.svg  This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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