The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7569

Enoplognatha marmorata (Hentz, 1850)
marbled cobweb spider

FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
    Genus: Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880

        Species: Enoplognatha marmorata (Hentz, 1850)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  marbled cobweb spider

Distribution

Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:   CO CT ND WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  space web builders
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:


Image(s) of Habitus:  (images not yet available)

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Enoplognatha marmorata Hentz 1850
Theridion marmoratum Hentz 1850
Steatoda marmorata Emerton 1882
Lithyphantes marmoratus Keyserling 1884
Enoplognatha marmorata Simon 1894
Steatoda marmorata Emerton 1902
Lithyphantes mimoides Chamberlin 1919
Enoplognatha mimoides Chamberlin & Ivie 1933
Enoplognatha marmorata parvior Chamberlin & Ivie 1942
Enoplognatha marmorata Kaston 1948
Theridion marmoratum Levi & Field 1954
Enoplognatha marmorata Levi 1957
Enoplognatha marmorata Levi & Randolph 1975
Enoplognatha marmorata Roth 1982
Enoplognatha marmorata Roth 1985
Enoplognatha marmorata Roth 1994
Enoplognatha marmorata Paquin & Dupérré 2003

Taxonomic References

Chamberlin, R. V. 1919. New Californian spiders. Jour. Ent. Zool. Claremont 12: 1-17.

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1942. A hundred new species of American spiders. Bull. Univ. Utah 32(13): 1-117.

Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1933. Spiders of the Raft River Mountains of Utah. Bull. Univ. Utah 23(4): 1-79.

Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.

Emerton, J. H. 1882. New England spiders of the family Theridiidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 1-86.

Hentz, N. M. 1850. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 6: 18-35, 271-295.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Keyserling, E. 1884. Die Spinnen Amerikas II. Theridiidae. Nürnberg, 1: 1-222.

Levi, H. W. 1957. The spider genera Enoplognatha, Theridion, and Paidisca in America north of Mexico (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bull. Am. Mus. nat. Hist. 112: 1-124.

Levi, H. W. & D. E. Randolph. 1975. A key and checklist of American spiders of the family Theridiidae north of Mexico (Araneae). J. Arachnol. 3: 31-51.

Levi, H. W. & H. M. Field. 1954. The spiders of Wisconsin. Am. Midl. Nat. 51: 440-467.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Roth, V. D. 1994. Spider Genera of North America, with Keys to Families and Genera, and a Guide to Literature, third edition. Am. Arachnol. Soc., Gainesville, 203 pp.

Roth, V. D. 1985. Spider genera of North America. American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida.

Roth, V. D. 1982. Handbook for spider identification. Published by the author, Portal, Arizona.

Simon, E. 1894. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 489-760.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880‡‡

E. caricis (Fickert, 1876) ...............Holarctic
E. intrepida (Sorensen, 1898) ...............USA, Canada, Alaska, Greenland
E. joshua Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA
E. latimana Hippa & Oksala, 1982 ...............Holarctic
E. mandibularis (Lucas, 1846) ...............Palearctic
E. maricopa Levi, 1962 ...............USA
E. mordax (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
E. oelandica (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
E. ovata (Clerck, 1757) ...............Holarctic
E. selma Chamberlin & Ivie, 1946 ...............USA
E. serratosignata (L. Koch, 1879) ...............Palearctic
E. thoracica (Hahn, 1833) ...............Holarctic
E. wyuta Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 ...............USA

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution