''Parasteatoda lanyuensis'' is a species of
comb-footed spider in the family
Theridiidae
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. This diverse, globally distributed family includes ...
.
[ It is ]endemic
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to Taiwan.type series
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– two males and three females – was collected from Orchid Island (=''Lanyu'' in Chinese, hence the specific name Specific name may refer to:
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
).abdomen
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is grayish dusky brown with white spots and black flecks. The chelicerae, maxillae, and labium are brown. The sternum is light brown with posterior black flecks. The legs are light brown.
References
Theridiidae
Spiders of Taiwan
Endemic fauna of Taiwan
Spiders described in 2000
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