Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Theridion  Walckenaer, 1805   63 species

Theridion negebense  Levy & Amitai, 1982

Description

Prosoma light brown to brown, with black fovea and dark lateral area. Sternum uniformly dark. Legs yellowish brown, mottled with dark spots. Opisthosoma with conspicuous, dentated median band, its margin dark brown.

Body length male: 2.1-2.6 mm
Body length female: 2.3-3.5 mm

Frequency: Recorords from Spain refer most probably to <i>Theridion wiehlei</i> (Breitling 2020)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Italy (Sicily), Israel, Spain?
Phenology
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"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.

Italy / Sicily   (Nicolosi et al., 2024) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019; Vanuytven et al., 1994) |||
References

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Levy G (1998b) Araneae: Theridiidae. In Fauna Palaestina, Arachnida III. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem. , 228 pp. pdf

Nicolosi G, Pantini P, Devincenzo U, Guariento L A, Italiano V, Zanca L, Sarà M, Isaia M (2024) New data on spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from the islands of the Strait of Sicily (Southern Italy) with taxonomic notes on Poecilochroa loricata Kritscher, 1996 (Araneae, Gnaphosidae) and eight new records for Europe. The European Zoological Journal 91: 1009-1034 pdf

Vanuytven H, Van Keer J, Poot P (1994) Kogelspinnen verzameld in Zuid-Europa door P. Poot (Araneae, Theridiidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 9: 1-19 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
09-09-2024 Distribution insert Detail
05-10-2020 Distribution update Detail
05-02-2019 Datasheet update Detail
04-06-2013 Datasheet update Detail
04-06-2013 Image insert