Tidarren cuneolatum

Tidarren cuneolatum
	Female
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Tidarren
Species:	T. cuneolatum
Binomial name
	Tidarren cuneolatum; (Tullgren, 1910)
Synonyms
	Theridion cuneolatumTullgren, 1910 ; Theridion chevalieriBerland, 1936 ; Tidarren hagemanniSchmidt, 1956 ; Tidarren pseudogibberosumSchmidt, 1973 ; Tidarren chevalieriWunderlich, 1987 ; Cryptachaea amilcariBarrientos & Hernández-Corral, in Hernández-Corral & Barrientos, 2021 ;

Last updated October 05, 2025

Tidarren cuneolatum is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae.^[1] It is found across Africa, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Spain, and Yemen ^[1]

Distribution

Tidarren cuneolatum is known from Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, and South Africa.^[1] It has been introduced to Venezuela.^[1]

In South Africa it is known from seven provinces.^[2]

Habitat and ecology

Tidarren cuneolatum behaves hemi-synanthropically. Its preferred web sites are mainly on stone walls and rock crevices, as well as house walls and window frames, and the stems of large, rough-barked trees. This may explain the synanthropic aspect of this species.^[2]

In South Africa, the species has been sampled at altitudes ranging from 31 to 1809 m.^[2]

Description

female

Conservation

Tidarren cuneolatum is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its large global range.^[2]

Taxonomy

Tidarren cuneolatum was originally described by Albert Tullgren in 1910 from Kenya as Theridion cuneolatum. It was revised by Knoflach & Van Harten in 2006, who synonymized several species including Theridion chevalieri. The species is known from both sexes.^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tidarren cuneolatum (Tullgren, 1910)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.
1 2 3 4 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. 44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
↑ Knoflach, B.; Van Harten, A. (2006). "The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America". Journal of Natural History. 40 (25–26): 1483–1616. doi:10.1080/00222930600940993.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Tidarren cuneolatum (Tullgren, 1910)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[dippenaar2021-2] 1 2 3 4 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. 44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[knoflach2006-3] Knoflach, B.; Van Harten, A. (2006). "The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America". Journal of Natural History. 40 (25–26): 1483–1616. doi:10.1080/00222930600940993.

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