Steatoda Sundevall, 1833

ZONSTEIN, SERGEI & MARUSIK, YURI M., 2013, Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel, Zootaxa 3671 (1), pp. 1-127 : 101-103

Steatoda Sundevall, 1833

Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778) N C S – – –

Steatoda (Lithyphantes) albomaculata: Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 .

Steatoda albomaculata: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 15 , f. 1–9 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 50, f. 87–95 (♂ ♀).

Records. In the mountainous region from the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights to Jerusalem and Judean Hills, and in the northern Coastal Plain , Be'er Sheva .

Distribution. Holarctic.

Steatoda dahli (Nosek, 1905) N – – – – –

Steatoda dahli: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 15 , f. 10–17 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 54, f. 96–103 (♂ ♀).

Records. Mt. Hermon and Golan Heights.

Distribution. From Turkey to Kyrgyzstan, south to Israel.

Steatoda ephippiata (Thorell, 1875) – – S – – –

Steatoda ephippiata: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 22 , f. 42–44 (♀); Levy 1998b: 71, f. 131–133 (♀).

Records. Negev: Ze'elim, Makatesh Ramon.

Distribution. Soouthern Mediterranean: Northern Africa from Algeria to Egypt and Israel.

Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) N C S R – –

Theridion erigoniforme O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 284 (♂ ♀).

Steatoda erigoniformis: Levi 1967c: 184 , f. 46–49 (♂ ♀); Levy & Amitai 1982b: 26, f. 63–71 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 81, f. 152–160 (♂ ♀).

Records. Along the Mediterranean Coastal Plain and from the Golan Heights through the Rift Valley to the Negev, plains of the Jordan (type locality), Be'er Sheva .

Distribution. Pantropical.

Steatoda grossa (C.L.Koch,1838) – C – – – –

Steatoda (Teutana) grossa: Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 , f. 26 (♀).

Steatoda grossa: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 25 , f. 55–62 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 77, f. 144–151 (♂ ♀).

Records. Central Coastal Plane : Bet Dagan, Judean Hills: Jerusalem ( Levy 1982b) .

Distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Steatoda latifasciata ( Simon, 1873) – C S R – –

Steatoda latifasciata: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 23 , f. 45–52 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 72, f. 134–141 (♂ ♀).

Records. Along the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea area and Judean Desert to the southern Coastal Plain, the Negev and Arava Valley, Be'er Sheva.

Distribution. Mediterranean: Canary Is., Morocco, Sicily and Israel.

Steatoda maura (Simon, 1909) – C S R – –

Lithyphantes gerhardti: Wiehle 1934: 83 .

Steatoda (Lithyphantes) maura: Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 , f. 25, 26 (♀).

Steatoda maura: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 21 , f. 33–41 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 67, f. 123–130 (♂ ♀).

Records. Eastern Samaria, Judean Desert, Be'er Sheva, Dead Sea area to Central Negev.

Distribution. Mediterranaean: Morocco, Greece and Israel.

Steatoda paykulliana (Walckenaer, 1805) N C S R – –

Latrodectus hamatus: O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 288 .

Steatoda paykulliana: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 18 , f. 26–32 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 63, f. 116–122 (♂ ♀).

Records. Common throughout the country.

Distribution. West Palaearctic: from Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia.

Steatoda trianguloides Levy,1991 N – – – – e

Steatoda trianguloides Levy 1991: 228 , f. 3–6 (♂); Levy 1998b: 62, f. 112–115 (♂).

Records. Mt. Hermon , 1700 m (type locality) .

Distribution. Known only from the type localitly.

Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) N C S R – –

Teutana triangulosa: Strand 1913: 149 .

Steatoda (Teutana) triangulosa: Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 , f. 28–30 (♂ ♀).

Steatoda triangulosa: Levy & Amitai 1982b: 17 , f. 18–25 (♂ ♀); Levy 1998b: 59, f. 104–111 (♂ ♀).

Records. Across whole country.

Distribution. Cosmopolitan.

Steatoda xerophila Levy & Amitai, 1982 – – S R – e

Steatoda xerophila Levy & Amitai 1982b: 24 , f. 53, 54 (♀); Levy 1998b: 76, f. 42, 43 (♀).

Records. Negev : Crater Maktesh HaGadol ; Rift Valley : Wadi Umm Sidra near Eilat (type locality) .

Distribution. Known so far only from Southern Israel.