Steatoda capensis

Steatoda capensis (male)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araneoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Arachnida Ordo: Araneae Subordo: Opisthothelae Infraordo: Araneomorphae Taxon: Neocribellatae Series: Entelegynae Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Theridiidae
Subfamilia: Latrodectinae
Genus: Steatoda
Species: Steatoda capensis

Name

Steatoda capensis Hann, 1990 [nomen novum pro Teutana lepida O. P.-Cambridge, 1904]

Synonyms

• Teutana lepida O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 [junior secondary homonym in Steatoda]

References

• Hann, S.W. 1990: A new combination involving Lithyphantes lepidus Cambridge 1897 and a new name for Teutana lepida Cambridge 1903 (Araneae, Theridiidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17: 283.
• Hann, S.W. 1990b: Evidence for the displacement of an endemic New Zealand spider, Latrodectus katipo Powell by the South African species Steatoda capensis Hann (Araneae: Theridiidae). New Zealand journal of zoology, 17: 295–307. BUGZ
• Hann, S.W. 1994: Descriptions of four Steatoda species (Araneae, Theridiidae) found in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of zoology, 21: 225–238.