Enoplognatha giladensis (Levy & Amitai, 1982)
Description
Male
Prosoma 1.4-1.6 mm long. Colouration as in female. Chelicerae not enlarged, without large teeth, but with 3 promargin teeth and one retromargin tooth.
Body length male: 2.9-3.3 mmFemale
Epigyne: 2 crescent-shaped openings on a plump lip-like extension over edges of epigastric furrow. Prosoma light brown with dark radiating lines. Prosoma 1-2.2 mm long. Sternum uniform yellow-brown. Chelicerae with 3 teeth on promargin and one tooth on retromargin. Femur I about 1.1 times as long as prosoma. Opisthosoma grey, sometimes with faint pattern of pale grey markings. Colulus relatively large, bearing 2 setae at base.
Body length female: 2.7-5 mmAdditional information
In pine forests, hill slopes with oaks, mixed forests, scrub, grassland in olive grove and under stones. Egg sacs white, spherical, woolly, about 4 mm in diameter, containing about 15 eggs.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Huseynov & Marusik 2008)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Huseynov & Marusik 2008)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Nuruyeva 2017)
Pedipalp, retroventral view
(Nuruyeva 2017)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2009c)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Marusik et al. 2009c)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Marusik et al. 2009c)
Epigyne
(Huseynov & Marusik 2008)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Vulva
(Huseynov & Marusik 2008)
Vulva
(Huseynov & Marusik 2008)
Chelicera, posterior view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Spinnerets, colulus
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Distribution List
References
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Knoflach B, Thaler K (2000) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae)-I. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 411-442
Marusik Y M, Kunt K B, Danışman T (2009c) Spiders (Aranei) new to the fauna of Turkey. 2. New species records of Theridiidae. Arthropoda Selecta 18: 69-75
Nuruyeva T V (2017) The fauna of soil-dwelling spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) in forest stands of dry-steppe lowmountains of Gobustan, Azerbaijan. Euroasian Entomological Journal 16: 306-310
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