Nigma

Nigma is a genus of cribellate araneomorph spiders in the family Dictynidae, and was first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] They have a wide distribution, including Eurasia, North America, and Northern Africa.[1] N. walckenaeri is one of the biggest members of the Dictynidae, growing up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. They are translucent green and sometimes have red or black markings on the abdomen.[3]

This article is about the spider. For the Batman supervillain, see Riddler. For the Cypriot cargo ship, see SS Nigma.

Nigma
N. walckenaeri
N. flavescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Nigma
Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Type species
N. flavescens
(Walckenaer, 1830)
Species

14, see text

Species

As of May 2019 it contains fourteen species:[1]

  • Nigma conducens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – North Africa
  • Nigma flavescens (Walckenaer, 1830) (type) – Europe, Caucasus, Iran
  • Nigma gertschi (Berland & Millot, 1940) – Senegal
  • Nigma gratiosa (Simon, 1881) – Portugal, Spain, North Africa
  • Nigma hortensis (Simon, 1870) – Portugal, Spain, France, Algeria
  • Nigma laeta (Spassky, 1952) – Azerbaijan, Iran, Tajikistan
  • Nigma linsdalei (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) – USA
  • Nigma longipes (Berland, 1914) – East Africa
  • Nigma nangquianensis (Hu, 2001) – China
  • Nigma puella (Simon, 1870) – Europe, Azores, Madeira, Canary Is.
  • Nigma shiprai (Tikader, 1966) – India
  • Nigma tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
  • Nigma vulnerata (Simon, 1914) – Mediterranean
  • Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus

References
  1. "Gen. Nigma Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  2. Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
  3. "Genus Nigma". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-06-01.


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