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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Asagena » Asagena fulva
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Steatoda variata? - Asagena fulva - female
Copyright © 2015 Ken Schneider

Steatoda variata? - Asagena fulva - Female
Overton Wildlife Management Area, Clark County, Nevada, USA
September 25, 2015
Size: 4.5 mm
My wife found this attractive theridiid under a rock. We photographed it while it "played dead" and then I collected it to preserve as a specimen. The dorsal abdominal pattern matches one of the illustrations of S. variata in Gertsch, but the epigynum is perhaps not such a great match?

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Steatoda variata? - Asagena fulva - female Steatoda variata? - Asagena fulva - female Steatoda variata? - Asagena fulva - female Steatoda variata? - Asagena fulva - female
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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 29 September, 2015 - 10:26pm
Last updated 30 October, 2015 - 3:00pm

Moved
Moved from Cobweb Spiders.
… Laura P., 30 October, 2015 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Laura -
not sure how I missed that - I agree the epigynum and spermathecae look like an excellent match...
… Ken Schneider, 30 October, 2015 - 11:06pm login or register to post comments

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