Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Theridiidae (Comb-footed spiders)

Steatoda grossa (C.L. Koch, 1838)

Große Fettspinne Cupboard Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Steatoda grossa obliterata (Franganillo, 1918) | Steatoda modesta (Bryant, 1948) | Steatoda punctilineata Mello-Leitão, 1939 | Steatoda serica (Urquhart, 1886) | Steatoda zonata (Keyserling, 1884) |

  • Steatoda grossa, male 6566
    Steatoda grossa (C.L. Koch, 1838)  Große Fettspinne  Cupboard Spider 
    Steatoda grossa, male, det. Jose Carrillo
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2013-12-09 09:28:16
    Image number: 6566
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2013-12-09 09:28:16
    det. Jose Carrillo
  • Steatoda grossa, male 6567
    Steatoda grossa (C.L. Koch, 1838)  Große Fettspinne  Cupboard Spider 
    Steatoda grossa, male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2013-12-09 09:28:22
    Image number: 6567
    male
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2013-12-09 09:28:22

Distribution:
Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to Far East), Caucasus, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan. Introduced to North and South America, Macaronesia, Africa, New Zealand, Hawaii

References, further reading, links:
  1. Kropf C., Nentwig W., Blick T. & Gloor D. (organizing board). (2019). WSC: World Spider Catalog (version 19.5, Jan 2019). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist (Roskov Y., Ower G., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi J., Penev L., eds.). Digital resource at www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2019. Species 2000: Naturalis, Leiden, the Netherlands. ISSN 2405-884X.
  2. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
  3. Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
  4. Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith: Britain's Spiders A Field Guide, Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition, 496 Seiten, 2020, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-20474-1.
  5. Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf: araneae Spinnen Europas