Nigma
Encyclopedia
Nigma is a genus of araneomorph
spiders that occurs in Eurasia
and Northern Africa.
They include with N. walckenaeri the biggest member of the family Dictynidae (up to 5mm body length).
Araneomorphae
The Araneomorphae are a suborder of spiders. They are distinguished by having fangs that oppose each other and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae , which have fangs that are nearly parallel in alignment.- Distinguishing characteristics :Note the difference in the...
spiders that occurs in Eurasia
Eurasia
Eurasia is a continent or supercontinent comprising the traditional continents of Europe and Asia ; covering about 52,990,000 km2 or about 10.6% of the Earth's surface located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres...
and Northern Africa.
They include with N. walckenaeri the biggest member of the family Dictynidae (up to 5mm body length).
Species
- Nigma conducens (O. P-CambridgeOctavius Pickard-CambridgeThe Reverend Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS was an English clergyman and zoologist.Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bloxworth rectory, Dorset, the fifth son of Revd George Pickard, rector and squire of Bloxworth: the family changed their name to Pickard-Cambridge in 1848...
, 1876) — North Africa - Nigma flavescens (WalckenaerCharles Athanase WalckenaerBaron Charles Athanase Walckenaer was a French civil servant and scientist.-Biography:Walckenaer was born in Paris and studied at the universities of Oxford and Glasgow. In 1793 he was appointed head of the military transports in the Pyrenees, after which he pursued technical studies at the École...
, 1830) — Palearctic - Nigma gertschi (Berland & Millot, 1940) — Senegal
- Nigma hortensis (Simon, 1870) — Spain, France, Algeria
- Nigma laeta (Spassky, 1952) — Central Asia
- Nigma linsdalei (ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
& GertschWillis J. GertschWillis John Gertsch was an American arachnologist. He classified a number of species, including the Brown recluse spider and the Tooth cave spider....
, 1958) — USA - Nigma longipes (Berland, 1914) — East Africa
- Nigma puellaNigma puellaNigma puella is a species of spider belonging to the family Dictynidae. It is found in Europe and parts of North Africa.Like most members of the family, this is a small spider but the female is striking, with a light green abdomen marked with a bold maroon blotch and a variable amount of barring in...
(Simon, 1870) — Europe, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands - Nigma shiprai (Tikader, 1966) — India
- Nigma tristis (Spassky, 1952) — Tajikistan
- Nigma tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987 — Canary Islands
- Nigma vulnerata (Simon, 1914) — Mediterranean
- Nigma walckenaeriNigma walckenaeriNigma walckenaeri is a green, cribellate spider up to 5 millimetres long, the biggest of the family Dictynidae. While most of the body is a bit yellowish, the abdomen is a shining green, which makes it rather distinct and hard to confuse with other species. The green color makes it almost...
(RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 1951) — Palearctic