Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) ➔ Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates) ➔ Class Arachnida (Arachnids) ➔ Order Araneae (Spiders) ➔ Family Theridiidae (Comb-footed spiders)
Steatoda bipunctata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Gewöhnliche Fettspinne Common False Widow Spider
Synonyms and other combinations:
Steatoda brasiliana Keyserling, 1884 |
Further vernacular names:
Rabbit Hutch SpiderDistribution:
Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, Iran, China. Introduced to South AmericaAnnotation:
In the subfamily of parasitic wasps Pimplinae there is a special group (Polysphincta Genus Group), whose larvae are known as ectoparasitoids of spiders. The larva shown on the last picture possibly belongs to this group.References, further reading, links:
- 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.
- Arachnologische Gesellschaft e. V. (2015): Wiki des Spinnen-Forums
- Bellmann, Heiko: Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas, Franckh Kosmos Verlag-GmbH & Co., Stuttgart, 3. Auflage von 2006, ISBN 3-440-07025-5
- 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.
- Wolfgang Nentwig, Theo Blick, Robert Bosmans, Daniel Gloor, Ambros Hänggi & Christian Kropf: araneae Spinnen Europas
- Anelosimus vittatus
- Argyrodes argyrodes
- Enoplognatha ovata/latimana
- Enoplognatha thoracica
- Episinus angulatus
- Kochiura aulica
- Latrodectus tredecimguttatus
- Paidiscura pallens
- Parasteatoda lunata
- Phylloneta impressa/sisyphia
- Platnickina tincta
- Steatoda bipunctata
- Steatoda grossa
- Steatoda nobilis
- Steatoda triangulosa
- Theridion pinastri
- Theridion varians