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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:008036
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Described:
Distribution: Namibia, South Africa, Lesotho. Introduced to St. Helena, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii
Benoit, P. L. G. (1977i). Fam. Theridiidae. In: La faune terrestre de l'île de Sainte-Hélène IV. Annales, Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Sciences zoologiques (Zool.-Ser. 8°) 220: 131-152. -- Show included taxa
Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. S., Haddad, C. R., Foord, S. H. & Lotz, L. N. (2021A). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 49 pp. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7515998 -- Show included taxa
Dippenaar-Schoeman, A. & Paton, J. (2024). Notes on the false button spider Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 in South Africa (Araneae: Theridiidae). SANSA Newsletter 50: 19-21. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.11526860 -- Show included taxa
Hann, S. W. (1990). A new combination involving Lithyphantes lepidus Cambridge 1897 and a new name for Teutana lepida Cambridge 1903 (Araneae, Theridiidae). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 17(2): 283. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1990.10422604 -- Show included taxa
Hann, S. W. (1994). Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 21(2): 225-238. doi: 10.1080/03014223.1994.9517989 -- Show included taxa
Paquin, P., Vink, C. & Dupérré, N. (2010). Spiders of New Zealand: annotated family key & species list. Manaaki Whenua Press Lincoln, New Zealand, 118 pp. -- Show included taxa
Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1904b). Descriptions of some new species and characters of three new genera, of Araneidea from South Africa. Annals of the South African Museum 3: 143-165, pl. 9-12. -- Show included taxa
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. (2024e). 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(9): 1218-1291. doi: 10.13156/arac.2024.19.9.1218 -- Show included taxa
Sherwood, D., Stevens, N., Peters, R., Fowler, L., Joshua, D. & Balchin, J. (2025b). Arachnological biosecurity on one of the world’s most remote inhabited islands: a checklist of stowaway spiders found on Saint Helena, South Atlantic Ocean. Natura Somogyiensis 45: 57-68. doi: 10.24394/NatSom.2025.45.57 -- Show included taxa
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| Date | Type | Reference | Old value | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-19 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood et al., 2025b | ||
| 2024-11-04 | New taxonomic reference entry | Sherwood et al., 2024e | ||
| 2024-06-09 | New taxonomic reference entry | Dippenaar-Schoeman & Paton, 2024 | ||
| 2023-06-24 | Species distribution update | Old value | ||
| 2023-02-10 | New taxonomic reference entry | Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A | ||
| 2019-05-21 | Species distribution update | Haddad & Marusik, 2019 | Old value | |
| 2014-09-29 | Species distribution update | Wesołowska & Haddad, 2014 | Old value |
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