Enoplognatha afrodite Hippa & Oksala, 1983
Description
Embolus and conductor touching each other at the base. Median apophysis situated more proximally. Epigyne with slender, median septum. Prosoma yellowish, with dark pattern on margin and fovea. Sternum brown-black. Chelicerae yellowish. Legs yellowish-brown. Opisthosoma ventrally unicoloured black, laterally light grey, dorsally with large grey folium, flanked by black and white spots.
Body length male: 4-6 mmBody length female: 4-6 mm
Additional information
near the ground on sea shores, sporadically in inner land
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1983)
Pedipalp
(Hippa & Oksala 1983)
Pedipalp
(Pesarini 2000)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Lecigne 2018b)
Pedipalp, expanded, lateral view
(Breitling 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Breitling 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Tilly & Tilly 2019)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1983)
Chelicerae, frontal view
(Breitling 2020)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1983)
Epigyne, postero-ventral view
(Hippa & Oksala 1983)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Hippa & Oksala 1983)
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, 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
Breitling R (2020) South European spiders from the Duffey collection in the Manchester Museum (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18: 333-362
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
Demircan Aksan N, Topçu A (2022c) A preliminary checklist of the spider fauna of European Türkiye. Serket 19: 39-56
Dentici A, Amata F C (2024) New data on the arachnofauna (Arachnidae Araneae Opiliones) of Enna and surrounding areas (Sicily, Italy) with some first reports for Sicily. Biodiversity Journal 15: 363-375
Grbac I, Katušić L, Lukić M (2019) Catalogue of spiders (Araneae) deposited in the Croatian Natural History Museum. Natura Croatica 28: 185-269
Helsdingen P J van (2013) A quick scan of the spider fauna of the European part of Turkey. Nieuwsbrief SPINED 33: 29-38
Hippa H, Oksala I (1983) Cladogenesis of the Enoplognatha ovata group (Araneae, Theridiidae), with description of a new Mediterranean species. Annales Entomologici Fennici 49: 71-74
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Komnenov M (2010) Checklist of spiders (Araneae) of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Uzizaž i Biospeld 5(2009): 52-69
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S (2018b) Récits de chasses aranéologiques récentes dans plusieurs départements de France. Redécouverte de Philodromus buchari Kubcová, 2004 (Araneae: Philodromidae) et confirmation de la présence de Theridion harmsi Wunderlich, 2011 (Araneae: Theridiidae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 33: 59-99
Pesarini C (2000) Contributo alla conoscenza della fauna araneologica italiana (Araneae). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 379-393
Tilly J-J, Tilly B (2019) Contribution à l'inventaire aranéologique (Araneae) du département de la Sarthe (Pays de la Loire, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 3: 2-14
Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 81-87
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
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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