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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Enoplognatha  Pavesi, 1880   31 species

Enoplognatha macrochelis Levy & Amitai, 1981

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007563

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Description
Male

Palp very similar to E. diversa. Prosoma 1.5-1.8 mm long. Chelicerae smooth, with 2 unequal strong teeth, proximal tooth with 2 denticles at its base, and twice as long as distal tooth.

Body length male: 2.9-4.2 mm
Female

Epigyne: opening unsclerotized, close to posterior margin, posterior margin sclerotized, twice as wide as opening. Prosoma 1.3-1.8 mm long. Colouration as in E. diversa, but legs not mottled, femur I about 1.1 times as long as prosoma.

Body length female: 3.1-5.2 mm
Additional information

In grasslands, mixed forests and under stones.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): North Macedonia, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel, Azerbaijan, Iran
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Females with egg sac in April.
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

male Chelicera
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

female Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

female Vulva, dorsal view
(Gündüz et al. 2022)

species

female Vulva, ventral view
(Gündüz et al. 2022)

Distribution List

"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Malta   (Pfliegler et al., 2017) ||| North Macedonia   (Komnenov, 2014) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Bosmans R, Chatzaki M (2005) A catalogue of the spiders of Greece – a critical review of all spider species cited from Greece with their localities. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische arachnologische Vereniging 20 (2, suppl.): 1-124 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J (1999) The genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880 in the Mediterranean region (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 209-241 pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Gündüz G, Gharkhloo M M, Yağmur E A (2022) Additional records for Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 in Iran (Araneae: Theridiidae). Biharean Biologist 16: 1-5 pdf

Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pfliegler W A, Schönhofer A, Niedbała W, Vella P, Sciberras A, Vella A (2017) New records of mites (Acari) and harvestmen (Opiliones) from Malta with a preliminary checklist of Maltese Arachnida. Soil Organisms 89: 85-110 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
28-10-2025 Distribution update Detail
13-06-2022 Image insert