Snowy Steatoda Steatoda niveosignata (Simon, 1908)
Fauna Portal species: 9315
Order: Araneae (Spiders)
Family: Theridiidae
Steatoda niveosignata male, dorsal (HBI N17749-1; Tropicana Gold Mine, 65 km SSE. of Lake Rason, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2021)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11609Diagnosis
The epigyne of Steatoda niveosignata is probably most similar to that of Steatoda FP-6157, but the anterior waved edge is much different. The pedipalp morphology of S. niveosignata is also very similar to that of Steatoda FP-6157, but differs in details of single sclerites, such as the presence of a spine at the base of the embolus.
Status
- native
Linnean Syntype(s)
1 ♀
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Natural History Museum Berlin
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ZMB 29319
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11 June 1905
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Australia
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Western Austalia
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Denham
1 ♀
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University Museum Hamburg
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ZMH Rack (1961) cat. no. 444
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13 July 1905
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Australia
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Western Austalia
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Eradu
Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Similar Species
Volker Framenau, 28 July 2025