Enoplognatha penelope Hippa & Oksala, 1982
Description
Male
Similar to E. latimana and E. ovata, but distinguished by the male palp, size of E. penelope is larger. Prosoma 2.7 mm long.
Female
Similar to E. latimana and E. ovata, but distinguished by the epigyne, size of E. penelope is larger. Prosoma 2.3 mm long. Opisthosoma with 6 dorsal pairs of black spots. There are no reddish opisthosomal markings.
Additional information
In herb along river, in dried up river, grasslands and mixed forests.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Palpal tibia, dorsal view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hippa & Oksala 1982)
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.
References
Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) 
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
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147
Buchholz S (2013) Spider records from East Macedonia and Thrace (NE Greece). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 45: 45-53
Hippa H, Oksala I (1982) Definition and revision of the Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck) group (Araneae, Theridiidae). Entomologica Scandinavica 13: 213-222
Kůrka A, Naumova M, Indzhov S, Deltshev C (2020) New faunistic and taxonomic data on the spider fauna of Albania (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 8-21
Le Peru B (2011) The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2