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

Species Coleosoma acutiventer

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification
Ant-mimic Spider - Coleosoma acutiventer - male Unknown Spider - Coleosoma acutiventer - female Coleosoma acutiventer jumping spider? - Coleosoma acutiventer ant mimic spider - Coleosoma acutiventer Theridiidae? - Coleosoma acutiventer - male Spider ID request - Coleosoma acutiventer - female Coleosoma acutiventer - female
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 Coleosoma
Species acutiventer (Coleosoma acutiventer)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Theridion flavipes, Petrunkevitch 1911: 195
Chrysso nigripalpis, Banks 1929: 85, pl. 3, f. 46, pl. 4, f. 72
Achaea index Chamberlin & Ivie 1944: 36, f. 87, 105
Coleosoma flavipes Bryant 1944: 52, f. 1, 4, 7, 9
Coleosoma acutiventer Levi 1959a: 4, f. 6-11
Identification
C. acutiventer: carapace and abdomen all dark brownish-black; legs entirely pale yellowish, except for a black streak on the anterior side of the coxa, trochanter, and base of femur I. Males are ant-mimics (constricted abdomen); females have a globular abdomen with a conical projection on the back that extends past the spinnerets. (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944)
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 11 May, 2006 - 2:50pm
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott
Last updated 29 June, 2012 - 6:16pm

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