Triangulate Combfoot
Steatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)
Status not recordedspiders
The triangulate combfoot (Steatoda triangulosa) is a species in the family Theridiidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 8.6 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 2 countries: Algeria and China.
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Quick facts about the triangulate combfoot
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 3.5 mm – 8.6 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- human_modifiedsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 2 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the triangulate combfoot?
Where does the triangulate combfoot live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The triangulate combfoot is listed for 2 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the triangulate combfoot as introduced in 5 countries.
Also listed for parts of: France (French Southern and Antarctic Lands Terres australes et antarctiques françaises (TAAF)).
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the triangulate combfoot endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the triangulate combfoot classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyTheridiidae
- genusSteatoda
- SpeciesSteatoda triangulosa (Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms Aranea triangulosa, Steatoda flavomaculata, Steatoda lugubris, Steatoda saylori, Teutana triangulosa
Other names and names in other languages (25)
- Triangulate bud spiderEnglish
- Triangulate cobweb spiderEnglish
- Triangulate comb-footEnglish
- Triangulate comb-foot spiderEnglish
- Triangulate SteatodaEnglish
- snovačka půdníCzech
- TriangelfedtedderkopDanish
- Braune WitweGerman
- Dreiecks-FettspinneGerman
- Wärmeliebende KugelspinneGerman
- Falsa viuda negra trianguladaSpanish
- Stéatode communeFrench
- Malmignatte des maisonsFrench
- כדורית המשולשיםHebrew
- Háromszöges faggyúpókHungarian
- Ragno domestico dai triangoliItalian
- マダラヒメグモJapanese
- 별무늬꼬마거미Korean
- HuissteatodaDutch
- Falsa-viúva-triangulosaPortuguese
- Стеатода треугольнаяRussian
- snovačka trojuholníkováSlovak
- Üçgen Yalancı KaradulTurkish
- Üçgen Desenli Ağ ÖrümceğiTurkish
- 三角肥腹蛛Chinese
Relatives of the triangulate combfoot
Other species in the same genus Steatoda.
Cupboard spider
Steatoda grossa
Common false-widow
Steatoda bipunctata
Noble false widow
Steatoda nobilis
Mediterranean false black widow
Steatoda paykulliana
Brown house spider
Steatoda capensis
Boreal Combfoot
Steatoda borealis
CompareTriangulate Combfoot vs Cupboard spiderTriangulate Combfoot vs Common false-widowTriangulate Combfoot vs Noble false widowTriangulate Combfoot vs Mediterranean false black widow
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the triangulate combfoot?
An adult triangulate combfoot measures 3.5 mm – 8.6 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the triangulate combfoot live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the triangulate combfoot for 2 countries: Algeria and China. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the triangulate combfoot an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the triangulate combfoot as introduced in 5 countries: Austria, Canada, Germany, Poland and United Kingdom, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the triangulate combfoot?
The triangulate combfoot (Steatoda triangulosa) belongs to the family Theridiidae in the order Araneae.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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