Parasteatoda culicivora (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006770

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Described:

Distribution: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan

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Taxonomic References
Theridion culicivorum Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 143, pl. 12, f. 287A-B (Dm) Original description
Achaearanea culicivorum Yoshida, 1983b: 40 (T from Theridion)
Achaearanea culicivora Yaginuma, 1986a: 33, f. 19.4 (mf)
Achaearanea culicivora Gao & Guan, 1991: 54, f. 1.1-2 (m)
Achaearanea culicivora Yoshida, 2000b: 146, f. 32-36 (mf)
Achaearanea culicivora Yoo & Kim, 2002a: 26, f. 24 (m)
Achaearanea culicivora Yoshida, 2003a: 111, f. 278-282, 580 (mf)
Parasteatoda culicivora Yoshida, 2008: 39 (T from Achaearanea)
Parasteatoda culicivora Yoshida, 2009b: 380, f. 234-235 (mf)
Parasteatoda culicivora Baba & Tanikawa, 2015: 25, 6 f. (mf)
Parasteatoda culicivora Kim, 2021: 101, f. 42A-F, pl. 19 (mf)
Parasteatoda culicivora Huang, Lo & Cheng, 2025: 8, f. 3a-k (mf)
References

Baba, Y. G. & Tanikawa, A. (2015). The handbook of spiders. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan Tokyo, 112 pp. -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. & Strand, E. (1906). Japanische Spinnen. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 30: 93-422. -- Show included taxa

Gao, S. S. & Guan, J. D. (1991). [Three new records of spiders from China]. Journal of Liaoning Forestry Science and Technology 1991(suppl.): 54-55. -- Show included taxa

Huang, Y. M., Lo, Y. Y. & Cheng, R. C. (2025). Redescription of five Parasteatoda species and one Campanicola (Araneae: Theridiidae) species from Taiwan. Taiwan Journal of Biodiversity 27(1): 1-29. -- Show included taxa

Kim, S. T. (2021). Spiders V. Arthropoda: Arachnida: Araneae: Theridiidae, Amaurobiidae, Eresidae, Zoropsidae, Anyphaenidae. Invertebrate Fauna of Korea 21(47): 1-230. [[first pdf is reduced in size]] -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1986a). Spiders of Japan in color (new ed.). Hoikusha Publishing Co. Osaka, 305 pp., 64 pls. -- Show included taxa

Yoo, J. C. & Kim, J. P. (2002a). Studies on basic pattern and evolution of male palpal organ (Arachnida: Araneae). Korean Arachnology 18: 13-31. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (1983b). A new species of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 32(1): 37-42. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.32.37 -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2000b). The spider genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae) from Japan. Acta Arachnologica 49(2): 137-153. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.49.137 -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2008). A revision of the genus Achaearanea (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 57(1): 37-40. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.57.37 -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-05-07 New taxonomic reference entry Huang, Lo & Cheng, 2025
2025-05-07 Species distribution update Huang, Lo & Cheng, 2025 Old value
2022-07-19 New taxonomic reference entry Kim, 2021
2022-07-19 Species distribution update Kim, 2021 Old value
2017-10-27 New taxonomic reference entry Baba & Tanikawa, 2015
2016-09-29 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Yoshida, 2016 Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Parasteatoda ryukyu (Yoshida, 2000)

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