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title: "Mediterranean false black widow"
description: "Steatoda paykulliana — Insetti e ragni. Steatoda paykulliana is a species of false black widow spider in the tangle-web spiders family, native to the Mediterranean countries, Southern Europe and Western Asia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mediterranean-false-black-widow
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mediterranean false black widow

> Steatoda paykulliana — Insetti e ragni. Steatoda paykulliana is a species of false black widow spider in the tangle-web spiders family, native to the Mediterranean countries, Southern Europe and Western Asia.

- Scientific name: *Steatoda paykulliana*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3415
- Wikidata: [Q1948677](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1948677)
- iNaturalist taxon: [343356](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/343356)

## Names

- en: Mediterranean false black widow
- de: Falsche Schwarze Witwe
- es: Falsa viuda negra de Paykull
- fr: Stéatode toxique
- nl: Valse weduwe

## Countries with the most observations

ES (534), TR (334), RU (302), IL (257), GR (254), IT (236), GE (143), FR (106), IR (104), UA (90), KZ (76), BG (56)

## Summary

Steatoda paykulliana is a species of false black widow spider in the tangle-web spiders family, native to the Mediterranean countries, Southern Europe and Western Asia. The species is named in honor of the Swedish naturalist Gustaf von Paykull (1757–1826).

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

## Photo

![Mediterranean false black widow](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mediterranean-false-black-widow/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249901362

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mediterranean-false-black-widow?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).