Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Enoplognatha  Pavesi, 1880   31 species

Enoplognatha parathoracica Levy & Amitai, 1981

Description
Male

Prosoma 1.5-1.8 mm long. Chelicerae with one large tooth and one small tooth, large tooth with 2 denticles at its base, distal part of chelicerae distinctly swollen.

Body length male: 2.9-4 mm
Female

Epigyne strongly sclerotized, with a distinct median septum. Prosoma 1.2-1.8 mm long. Colouration as in E.quadripunctata. Femur 0.9 times as long as prosoma.

Body length female: 3.3-4.7 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Distribution comment: Greece not sure.
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Caucasus, Israel
Phenology
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Females with egg sac in May.
Figures
Distribution List
Azerbaijan   (Otto, 2022) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Georgia   (Ponomarev & Komarov, 2015; Otto, 2022) ||| Greece   (Bosmans & Chatzaki, 2005) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Turkey (Europe)   (Demircan Aksan & Topçu, 2022c) |||
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

Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56 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, Komarov Y E (2015) Spiders (Aranei) of the Republic of South Ossetia. The South of Russia: Ecology, Development 10(1): 116-147 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
14-07-2025 Distribution insert Detail
20-09-2023 Distribution update Detail
13-03-2023 Distribution insert Detail