Family Theridiidae 姬蜘/球蛛科 Tangle Web Spiders

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Spiders of Borneo > Part 4 Family Theridiidae (Tangle web spiders)

Family Theridiidae
姬蜘/球蛛科
Tangle Web Spiders

These spiders make a littery web of intersecting mass of scaffold work with a central area consisting of a three-dimensional trellis of silk. If an insect crawls against the thread it will break and the prey will hang in the air awaiting the attack of the spider. Although they are small of size they are violent attackers and do not fear to attack much larger insects than themselves.

Recent records of Theridiidae Spiders of Sabah

Rhomphaea labiata 唇雙刃蛛

NEW records of Theridiidae Spiders of Sabah

Family Theridiidae
Genus Argyrodes

Argyrodes sp LEUCAUGE
(NEW RECORD)
Female ♀2.0mm
2023-05-25 Fig Garden

Argyrodes bonadea
Silver Comb-Footed Spider
(easy confused with Argyrodes argentatus)

Argyrodes flavescens
Sometimes mistaken as Argyrodes miniaceus
Female 3.5mm-5mm
8-7-2009 PUI YUK

Argyrodes sp BLACK
Female
2013-05-30 TV HILL??

Family Theridiidae 球蛛科
Genus Phoroncidia
突頭蛛屬

Family Theridiidae
Phoroncidia lygeana
婆羅洲突頭蛛之一
Male ♂3mm 2018-12-03 MONDAY Poring Lodge
中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 808-809

Family Theridiidae 球蛛科
Phoroncidia sp BORNEO
婆羅洲突頭蛛新種
Male 4.5mm
2015-09-05 BOMBALAI
This species not found in China

Genus Phoroncidia sp BUFFERZONE
new species

Family Theridiidae球蛛科
Genus Parasteatoda
擬肥腹珠屬

Parasteatoda sp JI MIN
擬肥腹珠婆羅洲新種
Female ♀2mm
2020-07-15 JI MIN TEMPLE

Parasteatoda mundula spiderling
Female ♀
6-7-2009 BUKIT GEMOK

Parasteatoda mundula
Female 5mm
20-8-2015 TINAGAT BEACH

Family Theridiidae
Genus Brunepisinus

Brunepisinus selirong
Female ♀10mm
2015-08-17 MALIAU RIVER

Family Theridiidae
Genus Latrodectus
commonly known as widow spiders

Latrodectus sp TINAGAT
The Green Widow of Borneo
Female ♀ 10mm
21-8-2015 TINAGAT BEACH

Family Theridiidae
Genus Theridion

Theridion zebrinum
Female
23-12-2014 CROCKER RANGE

Family Theridiidae 球蛛科
Genus Rhomphaea
雙刃蛛屬

Genus Rhomphaea NEW SPECIES

Rhomphaea sp TBL
Male 6mm
Female 4.5mm
14-7-2015 TBL

Rhomphaea labiata 唇雙刃蛛

Rhomphaea labiata 唇雙刃蛛
Female ♀5.5mm
2018-10-27 CANOPY PATH
中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 812

Family Theridiidae
Genus Chrysso
麗蛛屬
the hairs on the tip of the abdomen are blade-like

中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 777 to 791

Chrysso sp KOLEJ6
麗蛛婆羅洲新種
Female ♀2mm
2020-08-16 Kolej Tingkatan Enam Tawau

Chrysso sp MATANG
麗蛛婆羅洲新種
Female 3mm
2017-04-09 MATANG WILDLIE CENTER, SARAWAK

Chrysso sp TBL
麗蛛婆羅洲新種
Female
22-8-2010 TBL

Chrysso sp BOMBALAI
麗蛛婆羅洲新種
Female 3mm
2015-09-05 BOMBALAI

Chrysso nigra
Female 3mm+-
2016-02-06 VOCATIONAL COLLEGE

Chrysso sp VOCATIONAL
麗蛛婆羅洲新種
Female ♀2.5mm
2016-02-07 VOCATIONAL COLLEGE

Chrysso sp ROSE
斑點麗蛛於婆羅洲島
Female ♀
2009-12-19 ROSE CABIN
中國蜘蛛生態大圖鑑 Page 778

Family Theridiidae
Genus Thwaitesia

Thwaitesia sp BOMBALAI 1
Male ♂ 4mm
2020-07-16 THU Opposite BOMBALAI HILL
(NEW RECORD)

Thwaitesia sp TBL
Female 4.5mm
14-7-2015 TBL

GUIDE TO COMMON SPIDERS IN BORNEO ISLAND (Total 7 parts)
The number of spider species of Borneo is getting too large to list into just one page, so this long list is divided into following smaller manageable seven parts:

Part 1 : Family : Salticidae - Jumping Spiders
(PDF download)

Part 2 : Family Araneidae - Orb Web Spiders
(PDF download)

Part 3 : Family Thomisidae - Crab Spiders
(PDF download)

Part 4 : Family Theridiidae - Tangle web spiders
(PDF download)

Part 5 : Family Tetragnathidae - Big-jawed Spiders
(PDF download)

Part 6 : Family Sparassidae - Huntsman Spiders
(PDF download)

Part 7 : All other minority spider families - New genus, less encountered species etc..
(PDF download)