Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

Prasad, Priya, Tyagi, Kamoud, Caleb, John T. D. & Kumar, Vikas, 2019, A new species of the cob web spider genus Theridion from India (Araneae: Theridiidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 26, pp. 108-117 : 113

Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876

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Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876b: 570 (based on female).

Theridion melanostictum Levy & Amitai, 1982 a: 99 , f. 32-37 (based on male and female).

Theridion melanostictum Yin et al., 2012: 412 , f. 182a-e (based on female).

Material examined: One female (ZSI-CDT-AA- 574), Sirohi , Rajasthan (24.5917°N, 72.7237°E) 1139 m, 14 March 2017, coll. Kaomud Tyagi.

Distribution: Macaronesia, Mediterranean to Egypt, Central Asia, China, Japan, Poland, Canada, USA, Galapagos Island, Society Island.

Figures

Figures 14–23. 14–21 Theridion manjithar Tikader, 1970, holotype (NZC-ZSI-3275/18).14, abdomen, dorsal view. 15, same, anterior view. 16, same, posterior view. 17, same, ventral view. 18, carapace, dorsal view. 19, same, lateral view. 20, epigyne, dorsal view. 21, vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars 14-17, 0.5mm; 18-19, 0.2mm; 20-21, 1mm. 22–23 Theridion melanostictum O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876. 22- internal epigyne, dorsal view. 23- vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars, 1mm.