Enoplognatha
| Enoplognatha | |
|---|---|
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| female E. ovata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 |
| Species | |
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E. maricopa | |
| Diversity | |
| 65 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 3.4mm in males, and 2.9mm in females. Female E. peruviana reach about 6.5mm, female E. zapfei even 9.2mm.
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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