Enoplognatha

Taxobox
name = "Enoplognatha"

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image_caption = female "E. ovata"
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
familia = Theridiidae
genus = "Enoplognatha"
genus_authority = Pavesi, 1880
diversity_link = List of Theridiidae species#Enoplognatha
diversity = 65 species
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range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "E. maricopa"
"E. ovata"
"E. peruviana"
"E. zapfei"
"many more"

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

* (1962): The Spider Genera "Steatoda" and "Enoplognatha" in America (Araneae, Theridiidae). "Psyche" 69:11-36. [http://psyche2.entclub.org/articles/69/69-011.pdf PDF] (with key to American species)

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