Parasteatoda tepidariorum

Parasteatoda tepidariorum
Common house spider in Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Parasteatoda
Species:
P. tepidariorum
Binomial name
Parasteatoda tepidariorum
(C. L. Koch, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Theridion pallidum Walckenaer, 1841
  • Theridium tepidariorum C. L. Koch, 1841
  • Theridion vulgare Hentz, 1850
  • Steatoda tepidariorum Thorell, 1856
  • Theridion tepidariorum Blackwall, 1864
  • Theridium marmoreum Holmberg, 1876
  • Theridium tepidatorium Keyserling, 1884
  • Theridion marmoreum Urquhart, 1886
  • Theridium varium Urquhart, 1886
  • Theridion sisyphoides Simon, 1914
  • Theridion sericum Saitō, 1933
  • Achaearanea tepidariorum Levi, 1955

Parasteatoda tepidariorum, the common house spider or American house spider, is a spider species of the genus Parasteatoda with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common house spiders are synanthropic and live in and near human dwellings. Their prey mechanism is similar to that of the other cobweb spiders: the spider follows disturbances transmitted along the web to entangle and then paralyze its prey, which usually consists of household insects and other invertebrates (often considered as pests).

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