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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Cobweb Spiders (Theridiidae) » Theridion » Theridion albidum

Species Theridion albidum

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Theridiidae (Cobweb Spiders)
Genus Theridion
Species albidum (Theridion albidum)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Explanation of Names
(Banks, 1895)
Size
Females: 2.5mm
Males: 2.6mm (1)
Range
Eastern North America: Connecticut south to Georgia, west to Louisiana and north to Wisconsin. (1)
See Also
Theridion frondeum which is much more common than this species. (1)
Internet References
iNaturalist
ITIS
Works Cited
1.The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae)
H.W. Levi. 1957. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 112, article 1, 123 p.
Contributed by tom murray on 21 December, 2009 - 5:29pm
Additional contributions by cheins, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 17 January, 2023 - 4:29pm

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