Tidarren cuneolatum
| Tidarren cuneolatum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Tidarren |
| Species: | T. cuneolatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Tidarren cuneolatum | |
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Tidarren cuneolatum is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae.[1] It is found across Africa, Cape Verde, Canary Islands, Spain, and Yemen[1]
Distribution
Tidarren cuneolatum is known from Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Yemen, Zambia, and South Africa.[1] It has been introduced to Venezuela.[1]
In South Africa it is known from seven provinces.[2]
Habitat and ecology
Tidarren cuneolatum behaves hemi-synanthropically. Its preferred web sites are mainly on stone walls and rock crevices, as well as house walls and window frames, and the stems of large, rough-barked trees. This may explain the synanthropic aspect of this species.[2]
In South Africa, the species has been sampled at altitudes ranging from 31 to 1809 m.[2]
Description
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female
Conservation
Tidarren cuneolatum is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute due to its large global range.[2]
Taxonomy
Tidarren cuneolatum was originally described by Albert Tullgren in 1910 from Kenya as Theridion cuneolatum. It was revised by Knoflach & Van Harten in 2006, who synonymized several species including Theridion chevalieri. The species is known from both sexes.[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Tidarren cuneolatum (Tullgren, 1910)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Theridiidae of South Africa. Part 2 [R-T]. Version 1. South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 44. doi:10.5281/zenodo.7515998. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Knoflach, B.; Van Harten, A. (2006). "The one-palped spider genera Tidarren and Echinotheridion in the Old World (Araneae, Theridiidae), with comparative remarks on Tidarren from America". Journal of Natural History. 40 (25–26): 1483–1616. Bibcode:2006JNatH..40.1483K. doi:10.1080/00222930600940993.