Enoplognatha serratosignata (L. Koch, 1879)
Description
Male palp with distinctly elongated apophysis, radix mesally with tooth. Epigyne with elevated posterior margin. Prosoma light brown, margin and radial stripes darker. Sternum black-brown. Chelicerae brown. Legs light brown, sometimes with darker annulations. Opisthosoma blackish, ventrally unicoloured, dorsally with large, grey-yellow folium, flanked by large black spots, spots also in heart region.
Body length male: 3.6 mmBody length female: 3.6-5.6 mm
Additional information
On sunny slopes, under stones. Altitude 2100-2500 m.
In Norway first found in dry xerothermic calcareous meadows, but later also found to be common in various other dry habitats, such as dry pine forests, open heathland dominated by exposed bedrock, south-facing screes; also man-made habitats like road-fillings. Found at quite low elevations (1000 m a.s.l. or less) compared to southern Europe.
Frequency: Quite common and widespread in central parts of Southern Norway, in areas corresponding to the driest areas in the country.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1998)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1998)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1998)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Aakra et al. 2016)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Chelicerae, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Chelicera, ventral view
(Esyunin & Efimik 1998)
Chelicerae, posterior view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Chelicera
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Habitus, lateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Palpal claw
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne
(Holm 1973)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Epigyne
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Vulva
(Holm 1973)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Wunderlich 1976)
Vulva
(Aakra et al. 2016)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Seropian et al. 2023b)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Holm 1973)
Habitus, dorso-lateral view
(Fjellberg unpubl.)
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
Aakra K, Morka G H, Antonson A, Farlund M, Wrånes R E, Frølandshagen R, Løvbrekke H, Furuseth P, Fjellberg A, Lemke M, Pfliegler W P, Andersen S, Olsen K M, Aadland B, Berggren K (2016) Spiders new to Norway (Arachnida, Araneae) with ecological, taxonomical and faunistic comments. Norwegian Journal of Entomology 63: 6-43 
Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510
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
Esyunin S L, Efimik V E (1998) Remarks on the Ural spider fauna, 8. New and unidentified species from steppe landscapes of the south Urals (Arachnida: Aranei). Arthropoda Selecta 7: 145-152
Fjellberg A (unpubl.)
Gajdoš P, Svatoň J, Sloboda J (1999) Katalóg pavúkov Slovenska. Catalogue of Slovakian spiders. Ústav kr. ekol. SAV, Bratislava, 337 pp.
Holm Å (1973) On the Spiders collected during the Swedish Expeditions to Novaya Zemlya and Yenisey in 1875 and 1876. Zoologica Scripta 2: 71-110
Maurer R, Hänggi A (1990) Katalog der schweizerischen Spinnen. Documenta Faunistica Helvetiae 12
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Polchaninova N Y, Prokopenko E V (2013) Catalogue of the spiders (Arachnida, Aranei) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arthropoda Selecta (Suppl.) 2: 1-268
Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Řezáč M, Kůrka A, Růžička V, Heneberg P (2015) Red List of Czech spiders: 3rd edition, adjusted according to evidence-based national conservation priorities. Biologia 70: 645-666
Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html
Samu F, Szinetár C (1999) Bibliographic check list of the Hungarian spider fauna. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 11: 161-184
Seropian A, Bulbulashvili N, Otto S, Krammer H-J, Kachlishvili N, Datunashvili A (2023b) Picking pearls from the Silk Road: insights into the spider (Arachnida, Araneae) diversity in Georgia from the Caucasus barcode of life project. Part II. Caucasiana 2: 231-297
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (1976) Zur Kenntnis der mitteleuropäischen Arten der Gattung Enoplognatha Pavesi und Robertus O. Pick. Cambridge Senckenbergiana Biologica 57: 97-112