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

Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)

Dreiecks-Fettspinne Zig-zag False Widow Spider

Synonyms and other combinations:

Aranea triangulosa Walckenaer, 1802 | Steatoda flavomaculata (Lucas, 1846) | Steatoda lugubris (Schenkel, 1963) | Steatoda saylori (Fox, 1940) |

  • Steatoda triangulosa, female 3660
    Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)  Dreiecks-Fettspinne  Zig-zag False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda triangulosa, female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2009-03-19 14:29:23
    Image number: 3660
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2009-03-19 14:29:23
  • Steatoda triangulosa, female 3661
    Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)  Dreiecks-Fettspinne  Zig-zag False Widow Spider 
    Steatoda triangulosa, female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma; 2009-03-19 14:27:22
    Image number: 3661
    female
    ES, Fuerteventura, Costa Calma
    2009-03-19 14:27:22

Further vernacular names:
Triangulate Cobweb Spider
Distribution:
Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia. Introduced to Canada, USA, Canary Is.

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
  6. Benjamin SP & Zschokke S (2002): Untangling the Tangle-Web: Web Construction Behavior of the Comb-Footed Spider Steatoda triangulosa and Comments on Phylogenetic Implications (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Insect Behavior Volume 15, Number 6, S. 791–809, ISSN 791-809, doi:10.1023/A:1021175507377