Checklist of the spiders (Araneae) of Israel Author ZONSTEIN, SERGEI Author MARUSIK, YURI M. text Zootaxa 2013 2013-06-17 3671 1 1 127 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3671.1.1 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.3671.1.1 1175-5326 6030877 A88F6AD9-F780-4AF0-88DF-66D64D586047 Steatoda Sundevall, 1833 Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778) N C S – – – Steatoda (Lithyphantes) albomaculata : Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 . Steatoda albomaculata : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 15 , f. 1–9 ( ); Levy 1998b: 50 , f. 87–95 ( ). Records . In the mountainous region from the Upper Galilee and the Golan Heights to Jerusalem and Judean Hills, and in the northern Coastal Plain , Be'er Sheva . Distribution . Holarctic. Steatoda dahli (Nosek, 1905) N – – – – – Steatoda dahli : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 15 , f. 10–17 ( ); Levy 1998b: 54 , f. 96–103 ( ). Records . Mt. Hermon and Golan Heights. Distribution . From Turkey to Kyrgyzstan , south to Israel . Steatoda ephippiata (Thorell, 1875) – – S – – – Steatoda ephippiata : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 22 , f. 42–44 ( ); Levy 1998b: 71 , f. 131–133 ( ). Records . Negev: Ze'elim, Makatesh Ramon. Distribution . Soouthern Mediterranean: Northern Africa from Algeria to Egypt and Israel . Steatoda erigoniformis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872 ) N C S R – – Theridion erigoniforme O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 284 ( ). Steatoda erigoniformis : Levi 1967c: 184 , f. 46–49 ( ); Levy & Amitai 1982b: 26 , f. 63–71 ( ); Levy 1998b: 81 , f. 152–160 ( ). Records . Along the Mediterranean Coastal Plain and from the Golan Heights through the Rift Valley to the Negev , plains of the Jordan ( type locality), Be'er Sheva . Distribution . Pantropical. Steatoda grossa (C.L.Koch,1838) – C – – – – Steatoda (Teutana) grossa : Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 , f. 26 ( ). Steatoda grossa : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 25 , f. 55–62 ( ); Levy 1998b: 77 , f. 144–151 ( ). Records . Central Coastal Plane : Bet Dagan, Judean Hills: Jerusalem ( Levy 1982b ) . Distribution . Cosmopolitan. Steatoda latifasciata ( Simon, 1873 ) – C S R – – Steatoda latifasciata : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 23 , f. 45–52 ( ); Levy 1998b: 72 , f. 134–141 ( ). Records . Along the Jordan Valley, Dead Sea area and Judean Desert to the southern Coastal Plain, the Negev and Arava Valley, Be'er Sheva. Distribution . Mediterranean: Canary Is., Morocco , Sicily and Israel . Steatoda maura (Simon, 1909) – C S R – – Lithyphantes gerhardti : Wiehle 1934: 83 . Steatoda (Lithyphantes) maura : Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 , f. 25, 26 ( ). Steatoda maura : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 21 , f. 33–41 ( ); Levy 1998b: 67 , f. 123–130 ( ). Records . Eastern Samaria, Judean Desert, Be'er Sheva, Dead Sea area to Central Negev. Distribution . Mediterranaean: Morocco , Greece and Israel . Steatoda paykulliana (Walckenaer, 1805) N C S R – – Latrodectus hamatus: O. Pickard-Cambridge 1872: 288 . Steatoda paykulliana : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 18 , f. 26–32 ( ); Levy 1998b: 63 , f. 116–122 ( ). Records . Common throughout the country. Distribution . West Palaearctic: from Iberian Peninsula to Central Asia. Steatoda trianguloides Levy,1991 N – – – – e Steatoda trianguloides Levy 1991: 228 , f. 3–6 ( ); Levy 1998b: 62 , f. 112–115 ( ). Records . Mt. Hermon , 1700 m ( type locality) . Distribution . Known only from the type localitly. Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802) N C S R – – Teutana triangulosa : Strand 1913: 149 . Steatoda (Teutana) triangulosa : Shulov & Amitai 1965: 16 , f. 28–30 ( ). Steatoda triangulosa : Levy & Amitai 1982b: 17 , f. 18–25 ( ); Levy 1998b: 59 , f. 104–111 ( ). Records . Across whole country. Distribution . Cosmopolitan. Steatoda xerophila Levy & Amitai, 1982 – – S R – e Steatoda xerophila Levy & Amitai 1982b: 24 , f. 53, 54 ( ); Levy 1998b: 76 , f. 42, 43 ( ). Records . Negev : Crater Maktesh HaGadol ; Rift Valley : Wadi Umm Sidra near Eilat ( type locality) . Distribution . Known so far only from Southern Israel .