Enoplognatha quadripunctata Simon, 1885
Description
Male
Prosoma 0.85-1.9 mm long. Chelicerae as in E. thoracica: one large tooth with denticles at its base, and one smaller tooth.
Body length male: 1.8-3.8 mmFemale
Epigyne not strongly sclerotized, median part flat and trapezoid. Prosoma 1-1.6 mm long. Colouration as in E. thoracica, usually with opisthosomal spots, but sometimes uniformly coloured.
Body length female: 2.2-4.1 mmAdditional information
Usually in dry habitats, sand dunes, maquis, pine forests, stony hillsides, dry shrubs, also in chestnut woods, grasslands and marshes.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, lateral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, mesal view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Zamani et al. 2021)
Chelicera
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
Epigyne
(Zamani et al. 2021)
Vulva, ventral view
(Bosmans & Van Keer 1999)
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
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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, 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
Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Deltshev C, Vrenozi B, Blagoev G, Lazarov S (2011b) Spiders of Albania – faunistic and zoogeographical review (Arachnida: Araneae). Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 63: 125-144
Komnenov M (2014) Spider fauna of the Osogovo Mt. Range, Northeastern Macedonia. Fauna Balkana 2: 1-267
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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 (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
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
Zamani A, Nadolny A A, Esyunin S L, Marusik Y M (2021) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae), part VIII. Zoosystematica Rossica 30: 279-297