Theridiidae: Steatoda Sundevall, 1833

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Opisthosoma dark brown to black, shiny with a pattern consisting of points or lines similar to fig., yellow or whitish, rarely lacking

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- Opisthosoma different, sometimes with a striking dorsal longitudinal stripe which can be broken into points, but never like fig. at #1

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Embolus very long; epigynal groove ± circular, its anterior margin with a backward-directed process; opisthosoma black, dorsally with white or yellow pattern as fig. (rarely lacking)

Asagena phalerata (Panzer, 1801)

- Different

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Pedipalp as fig.; accompanying process of embolus longish; epigyne with striking furrows

Asagena meridionalis Kulczyński, 1894

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Pedipalp as fig.; accompanying process of embolus blunt, inconspicuous; epigyne hardly furrowed

Asagena italica (Knoflach, 1996)

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Embolus very short, not twisted; epigyne with robust chitinous bulges

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- Embolus transverse to longitudinal axis of cymbium; epigyne is a large groove

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Conductor laterally with small tip; posterior epigynal margin with 2 forwardly directed bulges; opisthosoma light or darker brown with pattern as fig. (sometimes blurred)

Steatoda castanea (Clerck, 1757)

- Conductor and epigyne different

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Conductor long and bent; pedipalp tibia longer than cymbium; epigynal groove small and rounded; opisthosoma dark brown to almost black, pattern yellowish (fig.), sometimes broken into single spots

Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)

- Different

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Conductor hook-like bent distally; pedipalp tibia shorter than cymbium; epigynal groove large, anterior margin angular; opisthosoma almost black, with characteristic white, yellowish or reddish pattern (fig.) (rarely uniformly black)

Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)

- Different

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Pedipalp, epigyne and vulva as fig.

Steatoda paykulliana (Walckenaer, 1806)

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Pedipalp and epigyne as fig. opisthosoma dark with white pattern, ventrally dark with white median line and two indistinct lateral lines which merging anterior to spinnerets

Steatoda albocincta (Lucas, 1846)

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Conductor very large; epigynal groove ± square; opisthosoma mostly reddish brown with yellowish pattern as fig. (sometimes black-brown with indicated light longitudinal stripe)

Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)

- Different

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Conductor small; epigynal groove with narrow septum; colouration very variable, whitish yellow to brown (then with pattern) to almost black with blurred pattern; legs always unicoloured

Steatoda grossa (C. L. Koch, 1838)

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Pedipalp as fig.; epigynal groove with broad septum; colouration very variable, prosoma dark red-brown with darker radial pattern; legs light yellow-brown, tibia distally darker; male opisthosoma with folium pattern, dark purple, beige and white, 4 larger reddish impressed dots; in females purple-brown with whitish stripe

Steatoda nobilis (Thorell, 1875)

Further taxa

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1. Steatoda concolor (Caporiacco, 1933)

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2. Steatoda dahli (Nosek, 1905)

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3. Steatoda dickjonesi Bosselaers & Van Keer, 2024

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4. Steatoda ephippiata (Thorell, 1875)

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5. Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)

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6. Steatoda ifricola Lecigne, Lips, Moutaouakil & Oger, 2020

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7. Steatoda ingeae Van Keer, 2024

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8. Steatoda koeni Van Keer, 2024

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9. Steatoda latifasciata (Simon, 1873)

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10. Steatoda maura (Simon, 1909)

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11. Steatoda trianguloides Levy, 1991

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12. Steatoda verae Van Keer, 2024