Theridion pictum Walckenaer, 1802

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Distribution: North America, Europe, North Africa, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Turkemenistan, China, Japan. Introduced to South Africa


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Taxonomic References
Theridion pictum Heimer & Nentwig, 1991: 300, f. 806 (mf)
Aranea picta Walckenaer, 1802: 207 (D, preoccupied by Razoumowsky, 1789, see Larinioides patagiatus; validated by ICZN, 1958: Opinion 517) Original description
Theridion pictum Blick, Sammorey & Martin, 1993: 30, f. 1-2, 5 (mf)
Theridion pictum Walckenaer, 1805: 74
Theridion pictum Bosmans, Vanuytven & Van Keer, 1994: 236, f. 6-8 (mf)
Theridion ornatum Hahn, 1831b: 1, pl. 3, f. C (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061094]
Theridion pictum Roth, 1994: 184, f. 74-77 (mf)
Theridion pictum Hahn, 1833a: 90, f. 68 (mf)
Theridion pictum Roberts, 1995: 282, f. (mf)
Steatoda picta C. L. Koch, 1837b: 9
Theridion pictum Mcheidze, 1997: 196, f. 402-404 (mf)
Theridion pictum C. L. Koch, 1845: 139, f. 1062-1063 (mf)
Theridion pictum Knoflach, 1998: 589, f. 40, 43, 50, 55e, 59 (mf)
Theridion pictum Blackwall, 1864a: 184, pl. 13, f. 117 (mf)
Theridion pictum Roberts, 1998: 296, f. (mf)
Steatoda picta Menge, 1868: 154, pl. 29, f. 65 (mf)
Theridion pictum Hu, 2001: 583, f. 395.1-2 (f)
Theridion zelotypum Emerton, 1882: 11, pl. 2, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061095]
Theridion pictum Yoshida, 2001c: 162, f. 21-25 (m)
Theridion zelotypum Keyserling, 1884a: 25, pl. 1, f. 10 (f)
Theridion pictum Paquin & Dupérré, 2003: 224, f. 2503-2505 (mf)
Theridion pictum Chyzer & Kulczyński, 1894: 34, pl. 1, f. 31 (mf)
Theridion pictum Yoshida, 2003a: 72, f. 11-12, 16, 169-174 (mf)
Theridion pictum Becker, 1896: (2): 92, pl. 20, f. 1 (mf)
Theridion pictum Agnarsson, 2004: 606, f. 91E-F (m)
Theridion pictum Smith, 1900b: 206, p. 207, f. 1b (m)
Theridion pictum Almquist, 2005: 102, f. 124a-g (mf)
Theridion pictum Bösenberg, 1902: 99, pl. 8, f. 120 (mf)
Theridion pictum Agnarsson, Coddington & Knoflach, 2007: 376, f. 149-152 (m)
Theridion zelotypum Emerton, 1909: 180, pl. 1, f. 5 (f, Dm)
Theridion pictum Yoshida, 2009b: 370, f. 1-2, 15,19, 21, 127-128 (mf)
Theridion pictum Fedotov, 1912a: 63, f. 5 (f)
Theridion pictum Le Peru, 2011: 483, f. 843 (mf)
Theridion pictum Wiehle, 1937: 168, f. 126-131 (mf)
Theridion pictum Vanuytven, 2021: 279, f. B.306-307 (m)
Theridion zelotypum Gertsch & Archer, 1942: 7, f. 3 (f)
Theridion pictum Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A: 32, 6 f. (mf)
Theridion zelotypum Kaston, 1948: 109, f. 128, 150 (mf)
Theridion ornatum Tullgren, 1949: 45, f. 5b only (f)
Allotheridion ornatum Archer, 1950: 19 (T from Theridion)
Allotheridion zelotypum Archer, 1950: 19 (T from Theridion)
Allotheridion pictum Archer, 1950: 20 (T from Theridion)
Theridion zelotypum Levi, 1951: 4, f. 47 (f)
Theridion pictum Locket & Millidge, 1953: 68, f. 45B, 46A, 47A (mf)
Allotheridion zelotypum Levi & Field, 1954: 442, f. 3 (f)
Theridion ornatum Levi, 1957a: 50, f. 164-165, 168-170, 173 (mf, S of Theridion zelotypum)
Theridion pictum ICZN, 1958: 63 (specific name validated, S of Theridion ornatum)
Theridion pictum Yaginuma, 1960: 37, f. 35 (f)
Theridion pictum Levi & Levi, 1962: 45, f. 90-93 (mf)
Theridion pictum Azheganova, 1968: 59, f. 105, 114-115 (mf)
Theridion pictum Yaginuma, 1971: 37, f. 35 (f)
Theridion pictum Tystshenko, 1971: 151, f. 437 (f)
Theridion pictum Miller, 1971: 196, pl. XXXV, f. 13-15 (mf)
Theridion pictum Palmgren, 1974b: 24, f. 6.1-5 (mf)
Theridion pictum Levi & Randolph, 1975: 45, f. 72, 74-77 (mf)
Theridion ornatum Kaston, 1977: 15, f. 6-7 (mf)
Theridion pictum Roth, 1982: 47-11, f. 72, 74-77 (mf)
Theridion pictum Roth, 1985: B43-10, f. 72, 74-77 (mf)
Theridion pictum Roberts, 1985: 184, f. 82a (mf)
Theridion pictum Yaginuma, 1986a: 35, f. 20.1 (f)
Theridion pictum Izmailova, 1989: 94, f. 74 (f)
Theridion pictum Chikuni, 1989b: 42, f. 56 (mf)
References

Agnarsson, I. (2004). Morphological phylogeny of cobweb spiders and their relatives (Araneae, Araneoidea, Theridiidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141(4): 447-626. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2004.00120.x -- Show included taxa

Agnarsson, I., Coddington, J. A. & Knoflach, B. (2007). Morphology and evolution of cobweb spider male genitalia (Araneae, Theridiidae). Journal of Arachnology 35(2): 334-395. doi: 10.1636/SH-06-36.1 -- Show included taxa

Almquist, S. (2005). Swedish Araneae, part 1 – families Atypidae to Hahniidae (Linyphiidae excluded). Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 62: 1-284. -- Show included taxa

Archer, A. F. (1950). A study of theridiid and mimetid spiders with descriptions of new genera and species. Museum Paper, Alabama Museum of Natural History 30: 1-40. -- Show included taxa

Azheganova, N. S. (1968). Kratkii opredelitel' paukov (Aranei) lesnoi i lesostepnoi zony SSSR. Akademia Nauk SSSR, 149 pp. -- Show included taxa

Becker, L. (1896). Les arachnides de Belgique, deuxième et troisième parties. Annales du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 12(2): 1-127, pl. 1-25 & 12(3): 1-378, pl. 1-18. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.48721 -- Show included taxa

Blackwall, J. (1864a). A history of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Part II. Ray Society, London, pp. 175-384, pl. 13-29. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.143674 -- Show included taxa

Blick, T., Sammorey, T. & Martin, D. (1993). Spinnenaufsammlungen im NSG "Großer Schwerin mit Steinhorn" (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), mit Anmerkungen zu Tetragnatha reimoseri (syn. Eucta kaestneri), Theridion hemerobius und Philodromus praedatus (Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 6: 26-33. doi: 10.5431/aramit0604 -- Show included taxa

Bösenberg, W. (1902). Die Spinnen Deutschlands. II-IV. Zoologica (Stuttgart) 14(2-4): 97-384, pl. 9-36. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.6508 -- Show included taxa

Bosmans, R., Vanuytven, H. & Van Keer, J. (1994). On two poorly known Theridion species, recently collected in Belgium for the first time (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 9: 236-240. -- Show included taxa

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co. Tokyo, 310 pp. -- Show included taxa

Chyzer, C. & Kulczyński, W. (1894). Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae Budapest, pp. 1-151, Pl. I-V. -- 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

Emerton, J. H. (1882). New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 6: 1-86. -- Show included taxa

Emerton, J. H. (1909). Supplement to the New England Spiders. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 14: 171-236. -- Show included taxa

Fedotov, D. (1912a). Materialy k faounié paukow Twerskoï gouberny. Berichte der Biologischen Süßwasserstation der Kaiserlichen Naturforschergesellschaft zu St. Petersburg 3: 53-134. -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. & Archer, A. F. (1942). Descriptions of new American Theridiidae. American Museum Novitates 1171: 1-16. -- Show included taxa

Hahn, C. W. (1831b). Monographie der Spinnen. Lechner, Nürnberg, Heft 6, 1 p., 4 pls. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.122225 -- Show included taxa

Hahn, C. W. (1833a). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Erster Band, pp. 77-129, pl. 19-36 (f. 57-95); Zweiter Band, pp. 1-16, pl. 37-47 (f. 96-105). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Heimer, S. & Nentwig, W. (1991). Spinnen Mitteleuropas: Ein Bestimmungsbuch. Paul Parey, Berlin, 543 pp. -- Show included taxa

Hu, J. L. (2001). Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp. -- Show included taxa

ICZN (1958). Opinion 517. Rejection of the proposal for the validation under the Plenary Powers of the emendation to Theridium of the generic name Theridion Walckenaer, 1805; use of the above Powers (i) to validate the specific name picta Walckenaer, 1802, as published in the combination Aranea picta, (ii) to designate the species so named to be the type species of Theridion Walckenaer, 1805, and (iii) to suppress the generic name Phyllonethis Thorell, 1869 (Class Arachnida). Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 19(3): 45-110. -- Show included taxa

Izmailova, M. V. (1989). [Fauna of Spiders of South Part of Eastern Siberia]. Irkutsk State University Publishing, 184 pp. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1948). Spiders of Connecticut. Bulletin of the Connecticut State Geological and Natural History Survey 70: 1-874. -- Show included taxa

Kaston, B. J. (1977). Supplement to the spiders of Connecticut. Journal of Arachnology 4: 1-72. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1884a). Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg 1, 1-222. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Knoflach, B. (1998). Mating in Theridion varians Hahn and related species (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Natural History 32(4): 545-604. doi: 10.1080/00222939800770301 -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1837b). Übersicht des Arachnidensystems. Heft 1. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, 39 pp., pl. 1-6. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.39561 [[for the detailled publishing date see Nagel & Grieder, 2019: 47]] -- Show included taxa

Koch, C. L. (1845). Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Zwölfter Band, pp. 1-166, pl. 397-432 (f. 960-1077). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1951). New and rare spiders from Wisconsin and adjacent states. American Museum Novitates 1501: 1-41. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. & Field, H. M. (1954). The spiders of Wisconsin. American Midland Naturalist 51: 440-467. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. (1957a). The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112: 1-124. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. & Levi, L. R. (1962). The genera of the spider family Theridiidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 127(1): 1-71, pl. 1-14. -- Show included taxa

Levi, H. W. & Randolph, D. E. (1975). A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). Journal of Arachnology 3: 31-51. -- Show included taxa

Locket, G. H. & Millidge, A. F. (1953). British spiders. Vol. II. Ray Society, London, 449 pp. -- Show included taxa

Mcheidze, T. S. (1997). [Spiders of Georgia: Systematics, Ecology, Zoogeographic Review]. Tbilisi University, 390 pp. (in Georgian). [[English version published by Otto (2014) available here]] -- Show included taxa

Menge, A. (1868). Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung. Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig (N. F.) 2: 153-218, pl. 29-43. -- Show included taxa

Miller, F. (1971). Pavouci-Araneida. Klíč zvířeny ČSSR 4: 51-306. -- Show included taxa

Palmgren, P. (1974b). Die Spinnenfauna Finnlands und Ostfennoskandiens. V. Theridiidae und Nesticidae. Fauna Fennica 26: 1-54. -- Show included taxa

Paquin, P. & Dupérré, N. (2003). Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Supplement 11: 1-251. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1985). The spiders of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1: Atypidae to Theridiosomatidae. Harley Books Colchester, England, 229 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1995). Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins London, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roberts, M. J. (1998). Spinnengids. Tirion Baarn, Netherlands, 397 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1982). Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author Portal, Arizona, 128 pp. -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1985). Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society Gainesville. -- Show included taxa

Roth, V. D. (1994). Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. American Arachnological Society Gainesville, 203 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, F. P. (1900b). An introduction to British spiders [continued]. Science-Gossip New Series 7(73, 74, 77, 78, 79): 14-16, 45-47, 138-140, 166-167, 206-207. -- Show included taxa

Tullgren, A. (1949). Bidrag till kännedomen om den svenska spindelfaunan. III. Svenska representanter för familjen Theridiidae. Entomologisk Tidskrift 70: 33-64. -- Show included taxa

Tystshenko, V. P. (1971). Opredelitel' paukov evropejskoj chasti SSSR. Leningrad, 281 pp. -- Show included taxa

Vanuytven, H. (2021). The Theridiidae of the World. A key to the genera with their diagnosis and a study of the body length of all known species. Newsletter of the Belgian arachnological Society 35(Supplement): 1-363. -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1802). Faune parisienne. Insectes. Ou histoire abrégée des insectes de environs de Paris, classés d'après le système de Fabricius. Tome seconde. Dentu, Paris, pp. 187-250, 428-430. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.8151 -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Dentu, Paris, 88 pp. -- Show included taxa

Wiehle, H. (1937). Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea. 26. Familie. Theridiidae oder Haubennetzspinnen (Kugelspinnen). Die Tierwelt Deutschlands 33: 119-222. -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1960). Spiders of Japan in colour. Hoikusha Osaka, 186 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yaginuma, T. (1971). Spiders of Japan in colour (enlarged and revised edition). Hoikusha Osaka (for 1969), 197 pp. -- Show included taxa

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

Yoshida, H. (2001c). A revision of the Japanese genera and species of the subfamily Theridiinae (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 50(2): 157-181. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.50.157 -- 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. (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

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2023-02-10 New taxonomic reference entry Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A
2023-02-10 Species distribution update Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2021A Old value
2021-02-16 New taxonomic reference entry Vanuytven, 2021
2020-11-24 New taxonomic reference entry Smith, 1900b

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