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Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Enoplognatha  Pavesi, 1880   30 species

Enoplognatha quadripunctata  Simon, 1884

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007586

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Description
Male

Prosoma 0.85-1.9 mm long. Chelicerae as in E. thoracica: one large tooth with denticles at its base, and one smaller tooth.

Body length male: 1.8-3.8 mm
Female

Epigyne not strongly sclerotized, median part flat and trapezoid. Prosoma 1-1.6 mm long. Colouration as in E. thoracica, usually with opisthosomal spots, but sometimes uniformly coloured.

Body length female: 2.2-4.1 mm
Additional information

Usually in dry habitats, sand dunes, maquis, pine forests, stony hillsides, dry shrubs, also in chestnut woods, grasslands and marshes.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2020): Mediterranean, Caucasus, Kazakhstan
Phenology
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Figures
species

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

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

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

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male Chelicera
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

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female Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)

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

Distribution List
Albania   ( no references ) ||| Algeria   ( no references ) ||| Azerbaijan   ( no references ) ||| Bulgaria   ( no references ) ||| Cyprus   ( no references ) ||| France / Corsica   ( no references ) ||| Georgia   ( no references ) ||| Greece   ( no references ) ||| Greece / Crete   ( no references ) ||| Morocco   ( no references ) ||| North Macedonia   ( no references ) ||| Portugal   ( no references ) ||| Russia, Southern   ( no references ) ||| Spain   ( no references ) ||| Spain / Balearic Islands   ( no references ) ||| Tunisia   ( no references ) ||| Turkey (Asia)   ( no references ) ||| Turkey (Europe)   ( no references ) |||
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 (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

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S (2019) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2019 [last updated 1 June 2019], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info

Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144

Helsdingen P J van (2010a) Araneae. In: Fauna Europaea Database (Version 2010.1), online at www.european-arachnology.org

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

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 pdf

Otto S (2019) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 10.2019. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

World Spider Catalog (2019) World Spider Catalog, version 20.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (20.09.2019) doi: 10.24436/2

Updates
21-10-2015 Distribution update Detail
04-12-2013 Distribution update Detail