Comments & ID Thoughts
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Steatoda
Species: S. capensis
Scientific name: Steatoda capensis
Common name: False katipo spider, Black cobweb spider, False widow spider.
Male
- Submitted by:
- Submitted: Mar 29, 2018
- Photographed: Mar 30, 2018
- Spider: Steatoda capensis (False Katipo Spider)
- Location: Hokitika, New Zealand
- Spotted Outdoors: Under rock, log, or debris
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Lateral
Filed. 🙂 I can’t see the palps and it looks either immature (penultimate?) or feminine next to the other male here so I didn’t tick off a gender.
The female would have none or dull spots. good key for them here. This one is just well fed.
http://keys.lucidcentral.org/keys/v3/theridiidae/key/Key%20to%20Theridiidae%20spiders%20of%20biosecurity%20importan/Media/Html/Templates/Chapters/Species%20checklist/Steatoda_capensis.html