Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876
Description
Male
Prosoma 1.1 mm long. Colouration as in female. Opisthosoma: ventral side anteriorly bulging.
Body length male: 2.3-2.5 mmFemale
Prosoma yellowish, with a median longitudinal blackish stripe. Prosoma 1.2 mm long. Legs yellowish with dark marks near articulations. Opisthosoma dorsally yellowish with white and black marks, ventrally with a median black blotch, and 2 lateral black spots near spinnerets.
Body length female: 2.2-3.8 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Knoflach 1998)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Ono 2011)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Ono 2011)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rozwałka et al. 2017b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2022b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Ono 2011)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Rozwałka et al. 2017b)
Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Ono 2011)
Epigyne, variation
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Vulva
(Knoflach 1998)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1982a)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Abdel-Ghani et al. 2023)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Sherwood et al. 2024b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Sherwood et al. 2024b)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Ono 2011)
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.
References
Abdel-Ghani D M A, Hassan F M, Sallam G M E (2023) Spiders as a bio-agent factor in a mango greenhouse at Giza Governorate, Egypt. Serket 20: 26-38 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Bosmans R (2003) A checklist of the spiders of Tunisia, with description of a new species of Palliduphantes Saaristo & Tanasevitch (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Kaupia - Darmstädter Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte 12: 89-109
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Déjean S (2015a) Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 (Araneae, Theridiidae) nouveau pour la faune de France. Revue Arachnologique (2) 2: 4-5
El-Hennawy H K (2017a) A list of Egyptian spiders (revised in 2017). Serket 15: 167-183
Knoflach B (1998) Mating in Theridion varians Hahn and related species (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Natural History 32: 545-604
Levy G, Amitai P (1982a) The comb-footed spider genera Theridion, Achaearanea and Anelosimus of Israel (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Zoology, London 196: 81-131
Ono H (2011) Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of the Ogasawara Islands, Japan. Memoirs of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo 47: 435-470
Rozwałka R, Dawidowicz Ł, Wawer W (2017b) Three alien spider species (Araneae: Theridiidae) newly found in Poland. Fragmenta Faunistica 60: 61-66
Sherwood D, Henrard A, Jocqué R, Fowler L, Marusik Y M, Maddison W, Harvey M S, Hormiga G, Rheims C A, Piacentini L N, Peters M, Stevens N, Joshua D, Scipio-O’Dean C J, Ellick G, Wilkins V, Ashmole M, Ashmole P (2024b) Annotated checklist of the spiders of Saint Helena, with new records, descriptions of unknown sexes, new and restored genera, and two new species (Araneae: Araneomorphae). Arachnology 19: 1218-1291
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
Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Dolejš P (2022b) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part X. Arachnology 19: 551-573