Steatoda albomaculata

Steatoda albomaculata or white-spotted false widow spider^[1] is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae.^{[2][3][4][5][6]} It is found in North America, Europe and Russia, North Africa, Israel, Kazakhstan, Iran, Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan.^[7]

Steatoda albomaculata
S. albomaculata, adult male
drawing of S. albomaculata, female on left compared to S. triangulosa on right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Steatoda
Species:	S. albomaculata
Binomial name
Steatoda albomaculata (De Geer, 1778)

Subspecies

Steatoda albomaculata used to have 2 subspecies: Steatoda albomaculata infuscata and it's nominotypical subspecies Steatoda albomaculata albomaculata. In 2024 S. a. infuscata is synonymized with Steatoda albomaculata.^[8] Currently, it has no subspecies.