Enoplognatha

Enoplognatha
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female E. ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Suborder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880
Species
E. maricopa E. ovata E. peruviana E. zapfei  many more
Diversity
65 species

female E. abrupta

Spiders in the genus Enoplognatha are, for theridiids, medium to large sized. Like Steatoda, they have a large colulus and a subspherical abdomen. Males usually have enlarged chelicerae.

They can be found almost everywhere on earth.

E. maricopa is largely red-brown, with a mottled purplish abdomen. They reach a length of 3.4 mm in males, and 2.9 mm in females. Female E. peruviana reach about 6.5 mm, female E. zapfei even 9.2 mm.

References

• Levi, H.W. (1962): The Spider Genera Steatoda and Enoplognatha in America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Psyche 69:11-36. (with key to American species)