''Theridion pennsylvanicum'' is a

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

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 ...

("cobweb spiders"), in the infraorder

Araneomorphae The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha) are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (tarantulas and their cl ...

("true spiders"). The distribution range of ''Theridion pennsylvanicum'' includes the USA and Canada.

References

External links

NCBI Taxonomy Browser, ''Theridion pennsylvanicum''
Theridiidae Spiders described in 1913 {{Theridiidae-stub