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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
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