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title: "Common House Combfoot"
description: "Theridion melanurum — Insectes et araignées. Theridion melanurum is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/fr/animal/common-house-combfoot
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common House Combfoot

> Theridion melanurum — Insectes et araignées. Theridion melanurum is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae.

- Scientific name: *Theridion melanurum*
- Category: `insects` (Insectes et araignées)
- Habitats: `urban` (Villes et jardins)
- iNaturalist observations: 2286
- Wikidata: [Q4116414](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4116414)
- iNaturalist taxon: [232555](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/232555)

## Names

- en: Common House Combfoot
- de: Schwarzsteiß-Kugelspinne
- nl: Huiskogelspin

## Countries with the most observations

US (108), GR (15), CA (8), DE (6), DK (6), FR (6), ES (4), GB (3), NL (3)

## Summary

Theridion melanurum is a species of cobweb spider in the family Theridiidae. It is found in a range from Europe to Siberia, Macaronesia, North Africa, Middle East, and has been introduced into the United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theridion_melanurum

## Photo

![Common House Combfoot](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-house-combfoot/medium.jpg)

Photo: John Blackwall · Public domain · commons — https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BlackwallSpidersPlateXIII.jpg

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-house-combfoot?lang=fr` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).