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Genus: Parasteatoda Archer, 1946 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Parasteatoda quadrimaculata (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006848

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Described:

Distribution: Taiwan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Tunghai University (THU), Taichung, Taiwan f (Ar-9700020) - (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 1f - (Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000)

Taxonomic References

Achaearanea quadrimaculata Yoshida, Tso & Severinghaus, 2000: 130, f. 32-35 (Df) Original description

Parasteatoda quadrimaculata Yoshida, 2008: 39 (T from Achaearanea)

Parasteatoda quadrimaculata Huang, Lo & Cheng, 2025: 15, f. 6a-k (Dm, f)

References

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

Yoshida, H., Tso, I. M. & Severinghaus, L. L. (2000). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Orchid Island, Taiwan: descriptions of six new and one newly recorded species. Zoological Studies 39(2): 123-132. -- 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

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	First description of male	Huang, Lo & Cheng, 2025	Old value