Interesting Facts
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Description
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Family Theridiidae
Cobweb spiders are also called comb-footed spiders, after the inconspicuous comb like bristles on the hind tarsi of many species. These spiders spin irregular webs (cobwebs) and use their combs to fling silk over any prey that gets caught in the web. The thus swathed victim is then hauled to a rest site, injected with venom, and later eaten. There are more than 200 North American species in this family , including the black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans. [1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
()
- Heider, 1913
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
()
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
()
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
()
- Class:
Arachnida
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Arachnids
- Subclass:
Micrura
()
- Order:
Araneae
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Spiders
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
()
- Pocock, 1892
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
()
- Smith, 1902
- Superfamily:
Araneoidea
()
- C. Clerck, 1757
- Family:
Theridiidae
()
- Sundevall, 1833
- Cobweb Spiders
- Genus:
Steatoda
()
- Sundevall, 1833
- Specific name:
hespera
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933
- Scientific name: - Steatoda hespera Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933
- Specific name:
hespera
- Chamberlin & Ivie, 1933
- Genus:
Steatoda
(
- Family:
Theridiidae
(
- Superfamily:
Araneoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Araneomorphae
(
- Suborder:
Opisthothelae
(
- Order:
Araneae
(
- Subclass:
Micrura
(
- Class:
Arachnida
(
- Epiclass:
Euchelicerata
(
- Superclass:
Chelicerata
(
- Infraphylum:
Cheliceriformes
(
- Subphylum:
Arachnomorpha
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 05-Jan-2008
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Steatoda
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. grossa (False Black Widow) · S. triangulosa (Cobweb Spider)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- The Canadian field-naturalist. 69 1955 Ottawa, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club. url levi & levi , p. 183, p. 32.
- The Great Basin naturalist. 43 1983 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 514.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 10, 2008:
- Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database, Canadian Arachnologist Nearctic Spider Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3561138
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ara-008059
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 220510
Footnotes
- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&keys=Semen&search=Search [back]
