Rank Genus | Scientific name Enoplognatha Higher classification Theridiidae Order Spider | |
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Similar Enoplognatha ovata, Theridiidae, Enoplognatha latimana, Theridion, Arachnid |
Enoplognatha ovata spider
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.
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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.

Comb footed spider enoplognatha ovata
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