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Genus: Theridula Emerton, 1882 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Theridula aelleni (Hubert, 1970)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:042550

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Described:

Distribution: Madeira, Spain, Tunisia, Greece (Crete)

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland f (ARTO-0026340) - (Hubert, 1970b)
Allotype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland m (ARTO-0026341) - (Hubert, 1970b)
Paratype: Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la ville de Genève (MHNG), Geneva, Switzerland 1f (ARTO-0026342) - (Hubert, 1970b)

Taxonomic References

Theridion aelleni Hubert, 1970b: 190, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Theridula aelleni Knoflach, Rollard & Thaler, 2009: 257, f. 80-84 (mf, T from Theridion, removed from S of Theridion spinitarse, rejecting Brignoli, 1984b: 301)

Theridula aelleni Le Peru, 2011: 487, f. 857 (mf)

Theridula aelleni Angelioudakis et al., 2026: 2, f. 1-3 (m)

References

Angelioudakis, T., Nikolakakis, A., Varikou, K., Koubouris, G., Tarifa, R. & Rey, P. J. (2026). First record of Theridula aelleni (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Crete, Greece. Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 19: 1-4. doi: 10.2478/hppj-2026-0001 -- Show included taxa

Hubert, M. (1970b). Araignées capturées dans des grottes de Tunisie et description de deux espèces nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 77(1): 189-195. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.75886 -- Show included taxa

Knoflach, B., Rollard, C. & Thaler, K. (2009). Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) – II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.16.237 -- 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

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

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
2026-01-26	New taxonomic reference entry	Angelioudakis et al., 2026
2026-01-26	Species distribution update	Angelioudakis et al., 2026	Old value
2014-06-30	Species distribution update	Crespo et al., 2013b	Old value