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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Enoplognatha  Pavesi, 1880   31 species

Enoplognatha mariae Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007567

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Description
Male

Prosoma 1.8 mm long. Chelicerae with 2 large teeth and 3 smaller teeth.

Body length male: 4.4 mm
Female

Epigyne with oval, transverse opening, chitinised only on its anterior edge. Prosoma pale yellowish brown, with median stripe and edges greyish. Sternum yellowish brown, with posterior median stripe and edges grey. Legs pale yellowish brown, femur I 1.3 times as long as prosoma. Opisthosoma dorsally whitish, ventrally with a median greyish stripe and 2 lateral whitish stripes. Spinnerets with 3 blackish spots on each side.

Body length female: 4.1-6.5 mm
Additional information

Under stones along brook.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Cyprus, Russia (Caucasus)
Phenology
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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

male Chelicera
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

female Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

species

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

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.

Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev & Volkova , 2013) |||
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

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

Ponomarev A V, Volkova D D (2013) [The first results of the study of spiders (Aranei) fauna of the Abrau Peninsula.] Biodiv. St. Nat. Res. 'Utrish', Sci. Works 1: 228-247 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
21-10-2015 Distribution update Detail