Nearctic States & Provinces: AB BC CO WA
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/7578
Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757)
FAMILY: THERIDIIDAE Sundevall, 1833
Genus: Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880
Species: Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck, 1757)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
cobweb weavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: Holarctic
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB BC CO WA
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:
Credit: Larrivée, Maxim
Credit: Balaban, John & Jane
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†
| Araneus lineatus Clerck 1757 |
| Araneus ovatus Clerck 1757 |
| Araneus redimitus Clerck 1757 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Clerck 1757 |
| Aranea redimita Linnaeus 1758 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Clerck 1758 |
| Aranea coronata De Geer 1778 |
| Aranea myopa Fabricius 1781 |
| Aranea vittata Fourcroy 1785 |
| Aranea venusta Walckenaer 1802 |
| Araneae lepida Walckenaer 1802 |
| Aranea rubricata Schrank 1803 |
| Aranea purpurata Panzer 1804 |
| Theridion lineatum Walckenaer 1805 |
| Theridion ovatum Walckenaer 1805 |
| Theridion venustum Walckenaer 1805 |
| Theridion redimitum Hahn 1826 |
| Theridion ovatum Sundevall 1831 |
| Theridion redimitum Hahn 1833 |
| Steatoda redimita C. L. Koch 1837 |
| Theridion venustum Walckenaer 1842 |
| Theridion redimitum C. L. Koch 1845 |
| Theridion lineatum Westring 1861 |
| Theridion lineatum Blackwall 1864 |
| Theridion lineatum Menge 1868 |
| Phyllonethis lineata Thorell 1870 |
| Phyllonethis lineata Hansen 1882 |
| Theridion lineatum Simon 1894 |
| Theridion lineatum Becker 1896 |
| Phyllonethis lineata Bösenberg 1902 |
| Theridion ovatum Simon 1914 |
| Theridion redimitum Reimoser 1929 |
| Theridion redimitum Wiehle 1937 |
| Theridion redimitum Kaston 1948 |
| Theridion ovatum Archer 1950 |
| Theridion lineatum Locket & Millidge 1951 |
| Theridion ovatum Locket & Millidge 1953 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Levi 1957 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Levi 1961 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Levi & Levi 1962 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Levi 1967 |
| Theridium ovatum Tyschchenko 1971 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Palmgren 1974 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Punda 1975 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Hippa & Oksala 1982 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Hippa & Oksala 1983 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Snazell 1983 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Roberts 1985 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Janssen 1986 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Roberts 1987 |
| Theridium ovatum lineatum Izmailova 1989 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Coddington 1990 |
| Enoplognatha lineata Heimer & Nentwig 1991 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Kwiecien-Wrotniewska et al. 1993 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Roberts 1995 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Wunderlich 1995 |
| Theridion ovatum Mcheidze 1997 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Roberts 1998 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Hu 2001 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Namkung 2002 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Namkung 2003 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Agnarsson 2004 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Knoflach & Pfaller 2004 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Almquist 2005 |
| Enoplognatha ovata Agnarsson 2006 |
Taxonomic References†
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Hippa, H. & I. Oksala. 1983. Cladogenesis of the Enoplognatha ovata group (Araneae, Theridiidae), with description of a new Mediterranean species. Annls ent. fenn. 49: 71-74.
Hippa, H. & I. Oksala. 1982. Definition and revision of the Enoplognatha ovata (Clerck) group (Araneae: Theridiidae). Entomologica scand. 13: 213-222.
Hu, J. L. 2001. Spiders in Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Henan Science and Technology Publishing House, 658 pp.
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Kwiecien-Wrotniewska, J., M. Wozny & F. T. Zbytek. 1993. Pajak Enoplognatha latimana Hippa & Oksala (Aranei, Theridiidae) w Polsce i Republice Czeskiej. Przeglad Zool. 37: 73-75.
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†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. marmorata (Hentz, 1850) ...............North America
E. mordax (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
E. oelandica (Thorell, 1875) ...............Palearctic
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