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

Theridion varians Hahn, 1833

Variable Kugelspinne

  • Theridion cf. varians, female  8029
    Theridion varians Hahn, 1833  Variable Kugelspinne   
    Theridion cf. varians, female, det. Tobias Bauer
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2017-08-21 13:13:40
    Image number: 8029
    female
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2017-08-21 13:13:40
    det. Tobias Bauer
  • Theridion cf. varians, cocoon with spiderlings  8030
    Theridion varians Hahn, 1833  Variable Kugelspinne   
    Theridion cf. varians, cocoon with spiderlings
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark; 2017-08-21 13:13:40
    Image number: 8030
    cocoon with spiderlings
    DE, Chemnitz, Stadtpark
    2017-08-21 13:13:40


Distribution:
North America, Europe, North Africa, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Siberia), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China

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