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

Species Theridion differens

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Spider - Theridion differens - male Spider - Theridion differens - male Theridion differens - male Spiderling - Theridion differens Spiderling - Theridion differens Theridion differens - male Theridion differens - female cobweb spider - Theridion differens - male
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 differens (Theridion differens)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Allotheridion differens Archer 1950
Theridion spirale Muma 1943
Explanation of Names
Author of species is Emerton, 1882.
Size
Female: Length 1.6-3.5 mm(1)
Male: Length 1.8-2.5 mm(1)
Range
All across the US and southern Canada, excluding Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico.
Habitat
Low vegetation: Bushes, small trees, tall grass.
See Also
T. glaucescens is easily confused with two very similar theridiid species common to the eastern U.S.: T. differens and T. murarium.(2)
Print References
Spiders of the Eastern US, Howell and Jenkins, pages 112 - 113.(2)
Internet References
World Spider Catalog
iNaturalist
GBIF
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.
2.Spiders of the Eastern US, A Photographic Guide
W. Mike Howell and Ronald L. Jenkins. 2004. pearson education.
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 22 March, 2009 - 9:17am
Additional contributions by Nathaniel Green
Last updated 15 October, 2020 - 8:48am

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