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Species Theridion californicum

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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 californicum (Theridion californicum)
Identification
This species appears to be highly polymorphic with regards to dorsal abdominal pattern, with pure yellow and white morphs and a series of morphs with black or red lines, rings or "blobs" on the abdomen (1).
Range
"Pacific coast states (2)".
Internet References
World Spider Catalog
iNaturalist
GBIF
ITIS
Works Cited
1.An exuberant, undescribed colour polymorphism in Theridion californicum...
Geoff S. Oxford. 2009. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 96:23-34.
2.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 Lynette Elliott on 22 February, 2010 - 12:44am
Additional contributions by kschnei, Nathaniel Green
Last updated 15 October, 2020 - 8:18am

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