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

Parasteatoda australis (Thorell, 1895)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:006871

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Described:

Distribution: Myanmar

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Syntype: Museo Civico Storia Naturale G. Doria, Genova (MCSNG), Italy ff - (Ono et al., 2026)
Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK ff - (Ono et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Theridium tepidariorum australe Thorell, 1895b: 95 (Df) Original description

Parasteatoda australis Ono et al., 2026: 28 (elevated from subspecies)

References

Ono, H., Suzuki, Y., Okumura, K. I. & Aung, M. M. (2026). Spider fauna of Myanmar, with a checklist of the species recorded from 1878 to 2025 (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science Tokyo (A) 52(1): 1-56. doi: 10.50826/bnmnszool.52.1_1 -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

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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
2026-03-24	New taxonomic reference entry	Ono et al., 2026
2026-03-24	Species updated	Ono et al., 2026	Old value