Enoplognatha mandibularis (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male palp with large basal tubercles on radix. Conductor with simple, short tip. Embolus short. Epigyne with approximately heart-shaped epigynal groove, ± as wide as long, with unsclerotised posterior margin, paler than the sclerotised depression. Prosoma light brown. Sternum black-brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs light brown, sometimes with darker rings. Opisthosoma blackish, ventrally unicoloured, dorsally with large, grey-yellow folium, which shows large, black spots on sides and in heart region.
Body length male: 2.2-6 mmBody length female: 2.4-8 mm
Additional information
biology not certainly known, because often confused with similar species
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Azheganova 1968)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
Tip of pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Wiehle 1937)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
References
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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 
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
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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