Enoplognatha

Enoplognatha
female E. ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Enoplognatha
Pavesi, 1880
Diversity
71 species
female E. abrupta

Spiders in the genus Enoplognatha are, for theridiids, medium to large sized. Like Steatoda, they have a large colulus and a subspherical abdomen. Males usually have enlarged chelicerae.

They can be found almost everywhere on earth.

E. maricopa is largely red-brown, with a mottled purplish abdomen. They reach a length of 3.4 mm in males, and 2.9 mm in females. Female E. peruviana reach about 6.5 mm, female E. zapfei even 9.2 mm.

Species

  • Enoplognatha abrupta (Karsch, 1879) — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Enoplognatha afrodite Hippa & Oksala, 1983 — Southern Europe
  • Enoplognatha almeriensis Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Portugal, Spain
  • Enoplognatha apaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha bidens Simon, 1908 — Western Australia
  • Enoplognatha biskrensis Denis, 1945 — Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia
  • Enoplognatha bobaiensis Zhu, 1998 — China
  • Enoplognatha cariasoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha caricis (Fickert, 1876) — Holarctic
  • Enoplognatha carinata Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Morocco, Algeria
  • Enoplognatha daweiensis Yin & Yan, 2012 — China
  • Enoplognatha deserta Levy & Amitai, 1981 — Morocco to Israel
  • Enoplognatha diodonta Zhu & Zhang, 1992 — China
  • Enoplognatha diversa (Blackwall, 1859) — Madeira, Canary Islands, Spain, Mallorca, Morocco to Greece
  • Enoplognatha franzi Wunderlich, 1995 — Mediterranean
  • Enoplognatha gemina Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Mediterranean to Azerbaijan
  • Enoplognatha gershomi Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Israel
  • Enoplognatha giladensis (Levy & Amitai, 1982) — Rhodes, Turkey, Israel, Azerbaijan
  • Enoplognatha goulouensis Yin & Yan, 2012 — China
  • Enoplognatha gramineusa Zhu, 1998 — China
  • Enoplognatha hermani Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Algeria
  • Enoplognatha inornata O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 — South Africa
  • Enoplognatha intrepida (Sorensen, 1898) — USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland
  • Enoplognatha iraqi Najim, Al-Hadlak & Seyyar, 2015 — Iraq
  • Enoplognatha joshua Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
  • Enoplognatha juninensis (Keyserling, 1884) — Peru
  • Enoplognatha kalaykayina Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982 — Holarctic
  • Enoplognatha lordosa Zhu & Song, 1992 — China, Japan
  • Enoplognatha macrochelis Levy & Amitai, 1981 — Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Azerbaijan
  • Enoplognatha malapahabanda Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha mandibularis (Lucas, 1846) — Palearctic
  • Enoplognatha mangshan Yin, 2012 — China
  • Enoplognatha margarita Yaginuma, 1964 — Russia, China, Korea, Japan
  • Enoplognatha mariae Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Crete, Rhodes, Russia
  • Enoplognatha maricopa Levi, 1962 — USA
  • Enoplognatha marmorata (Hentz, 1850) — North America
  • Enoplognatha maysanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha mediterranea Levy & Amitai, 1981 — Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Azerbaijan
  • Enoplognatha melanicruciata Saito, 1939 — Japan
  • Enoplognatha molesta O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 — South Africa
  • Enoplognatha monstrabilis Marusik & Logunov, 2002 — Russia
  • Enoplognatha mordax (Thorell, 1875) — Palearctic
  • Enoplognatha nigromarginata (Lucas, 1846) — Spain to Greece, Morocco, Algeria
  • Enoplognatha oelandica (Thorell, 1875) — Palearctic
  • Enoplognatha oreophila (Simon, 1894) — Sri Lanka
  • Enoplognatha orientalis Schenkel, 1963 — China
  • Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757) — Holarctic
  • Enoplognatha parathoracica Levy & Amitai, 1981 — Turkey, Israel, Azerbaijan
  • Enoplognatha penelope Hippa & Oksala, 1982 — Greece, Bulgaria
  • Enoplognatha peruviana Chamberlin, 1916 — Peru
  • Enoplognatha philippinensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha procerula Simon, 1909 — South Africa
  • Enoplognatha pulatuberculata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha puno Levi, 1962 — Peru
  • Enoplognatha qiuae Zhu, 1998 — China
  • Enoplognatha quadripunctata Simon, 1884 — Mediterranean to Azerbaijan
  • Enoplognatha robusta Thorell, 1898 — Myanmar
  • Enoplognatha sattleri Bösenberg, 1895 — Madeira, Salvages, Canary Islands
  • Enoplognatha selma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1946 — USA
  • Enoplognatha serratosignata (L. Koch, 1879) — Palearctic
  • Enoplognatha tadzhica Sytshevskaja, 1975 — Tajikistan
  • Enoplognatha testacea Simon, 1884 — Southern, Central Europe to Central Asia
  • Enoplognatha thoracica (Hahn, 1833) — Holarctic
  • Enoplognatha turkestanica Charitonov, 1946 — Central Asia
  • Enoplognatha tuybaana Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha verae Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 — Morocco, Spain, Tunisia, Italy, Greece
  • Enoplognatha wyuta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 — USA
  • Enoplognatha yelpantrapensis Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
  • Enoplognatha yizhangensis Yin, 2012 — China
  • Enoplognatha zapfeae Levi, 1962 — Chile

References

  • Levi, H.W. (1962): The Spider Genera Steatoda and Enoplognatha in America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche 69:11-36. (with key to American species)
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