Parasteatoda

Parasteatoda is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. Parasteatoda spiders have been sighted 84 times by contributing members. Based on collected data, the geographic range for Parasteatoda includes 4 countries and 24 states in the United States. Parasteatoda is most often sighted outdoors, and during the month of May.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Parasteatoda

Author

Allan Frost Archer, 1946

Sightings Overview

There have been 84 confirmed sightings of Parasteatoda, with the most recent sighting submitted on April 16, 2024 by Spider ID member tangledweb. The detailed statistics below may not utilize the complete dataset of 84 sightings because of certain Parasteatoda sightings reporting incomplete data.

Web: 72% of the time, Parasteatoda spiders are sighted in a spider web (Sample size: 83)
Sex: 21 female and 20 male.
Environment: Parasteatoda has been sighted 46 times outdoors, and 39 times indoors.
Outdoors: Man-made structure (39). Low foliage (1). Ground layer (1). Under rock or debris (4). Freshwater river, lake, stream (1).

Location and Range

Parasteatoda has been sighted in the following countries: Argentina, Canada, Netherlands, United States.

Parasteatoda has also been sighted in the following states: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin.