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Mediterranean false black widow

Steatoda paykulliana

Classification

Order
Araneae

Steatoda paykulliana is a species of false black widow spider in the tangle-web spiders family, native to the Mediterranean countries, Southern Europe and Western Asia. The species is named in honor of the Swedish naturalist Gustaf von Paykull (1757–1826). Description As is evident from one of the common names associated with Steatoda species, false widow, S.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Spain · 328Italy · 95France · 47Germany · 7Netherlands · 2United Kingdom · 2