Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Theridiinae
Genus: Parasteatoda
Species: Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Subspecies: P. t. australis – P. t. tepidariorum

Parasteatoda tepidariorum (Koch, 1841)

Type locality: Greenhouses of the botanical gardens of the University of Erlangen, Bavaria

Syntypes: FAU. males ♂ and females ♀.

• Theridion tepidariorum Koch, 1841: 75 (original combination)
• Theridion pallidum Walckenaer, 1842
• Theridion vulgare Hentz, 1850
• Theridion marmoreum Holmberg, 1876
• Theridion varium Urquhart, 1886
• Parasteatoda tepidariorum — Archer, 1946
• Achaearanea tepidariorum — Levi, 1955

• Koch, C.L. 1841. Die Arachniden. C. H. Zeh'sche Buchhandlung, Nürnberg, Achter Band, pp. 41–131, pl. 265–288 (f. 621–694); Neunter Band, pp. 1–56, pl. 289–306 (f. 695–726). DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 Reference page. 

• Walckenaer, C.A. 1842. Histoire naturelle des Insects. Aptères. Paris, 2: 1–549. [321]
• Hentz, N.M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston Journal of Natural History 6: 18–35, 271–295. [271, pl. 9, f. 1]
• Holmberg, E.L. 1876. Arácnidos argentinos. Anales de Agricultura de la República Argentina 4: 1–30. [14]
• Urquhart, A.T. 1886. On the spiders of New Zealand. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 18: 184–205. [187, pl. 6, f. 3]
• Archer, A.F. 1946. The Theridiidae or comb-footed spiders of Alabama. Museum Papers of the Alabama Museum of Natural History 22: 1–67. [38]
• Levi, H.W. 1955. The spider genera Coressa and Achaearanea in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). American Museum Novitates 1718: 1–33. PDF [32, f. 69–70, 83–84]

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