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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Steatoda  Sundevall, 1833   20 species

Steatoda maura  (Simon, 1909)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008078

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Description
Male

Prosoma and sternum light brown to brown, lateral and posterior part granulated. Legs yellow to brown, somewhat darker near articulations. Opisthosoma dorsally white, with black band-like pattern, anterior part brownish, posterior part black and lateral part greyish with some dark markings, venter light, sometimes with dark markings.

Body length male: 6.0-8.8 mm
Female

Prosoma and sternum light brown to brown. Legs yellow to brown, somewhat darker near articulations.Opisthosoma blackish, anterior and anterior-lateral part surrounded by a broad creamy white band, lateral part with some white spots, venter usually light with 2 parallel black bars.

Body length female: 7.7-10.6 mm
Additional information

Webs are found under overhanging rocks, and on low bushes.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Morocco, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Iran
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Females with egg sac in March and April.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

male Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

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male Chelicera
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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male Habitus, dorsal view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

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female Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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female Epigyne
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

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female Epigyne
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

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female Vulva, dorsal view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

female Chelicera
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

female Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982b)

species

female Habitus, dorsal view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

species

female Habitus, ventral view
(Van Keer et al. 2024)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Greece   (Wiehle, 1934) ||| Morocco   (Van Keer et al., 2024) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Wiehle, 1934) |||
References

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

Van Keer J, Bosselaers J, Oger P (2024) Description of four new Steatoda species (Araneae: Theridiidae) from the Mediterranean region with notes on some related species. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 39(2, suppl.): 1-77 pdf

Wiehle H (1934) Zur Morphologie und Biologie einer paläarktischen Lithyphantes-Art (L. gerhardti sp. nov.). Zoologischer Anzeiger 106: 71-84 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
26-07-2024 Image insert
23-07-2024 Distribution update Detail
02-02-2018 Distribution update Detail