Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Euryopis  Menge, 1868   14 species

Euryopis dentigera Simon, 1880

Description
Male

Palp reddish brown, bulb apically with 2 small apophyses close together, the upper one straight, the lower one longer, pointed and curved. Prosoma reddish brown, lighter behind. Sternum brown, glossy. Legs red-brown. Opisthosoma uniform black, glossy, with 4 reddish impressed spots forming a square.

Body length male: 2.8 mm
Female

Prosoma length: 0.7 mm.

Additional information

The author provided no illustrations for males.

Distribution
  Presence
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Global distribution (WSC 2026): France, Italy, Greece
Phenology
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Distribution List
France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Greece   (van Helsdingen & IJland, 2024) ||| Italy   (IJland & van Helsdingen, 2016) ||| North Macedonia   (Blagoev, 2002) ||| Romania   (Weiss & Petrișor, 1999) |||
References

Blagoev G (2002) Check list of Macedonian spiders (Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 54: 9-34 pdf

Fusco T, Fattorini S, Fortini L, Ruzzier E, Di Giulio A (2024) Ground spiders (Chelicerata, Araneae) of an urban green space: intensive sampling in a protected area of Rome (Italy) reveals a high diversity and new records to the Italian territory. Biodiversity Data Journal 12(e122896): 1-181 pdf

Helsdingen P J van, IJland S (2024) Spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) from northern Greece. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 42: 2-18 pdf

IJland S, Helsdingen P J van (2016) On some spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) of Basilicata and Calabria, Italy. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 36: 25-44 pdf

Kulczyński W (1898) Symbola ad faunam aranearum Austriae inferioris cognoscendam. Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzen Wydzialu Matematyczno Przyrodniczego Akademji Umiejetnosci, Krakow 36: 1-114 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Weiss I, Petrișor A (1999) List of the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 41: 79-107 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
21-01-2025 Distribution update Detail
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