NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Enoplognatha deserta Levy & Amitai, 1981
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Enoplognatha deserta Levy & Amitai, 1981
- Name authority
- Levy & Amitai, 1981
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theridiidae
- Genus
- Enoplognatha
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumChelicerata
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyTheridiidae Sundevall, 1833
- genusEnoplognatha Pavesi, 1880
- speciesEnoplognatha deserta Levy & Amitai, 1981
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Enoplognatha. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Enoplognatha apaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha bobaiensis Zhu, 1998 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha bryjai Řezáč, 2016 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha cariasoi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha carinata Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha diodonta Zhu & Zhang, 1992 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha gershomi Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha gramineusa Zhu, 1998 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha hermani Bosmans & Van Keer, 1999 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha inornata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha iraqi Najim, Al-Hadlak & Seyyar, 2015 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Enoplognatha joshua Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942 | TheridiidaeArthropoda | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Levy, G. & Amitai, P. (1981b). The spider genus Enoplognatha (Araneae: Theridiidae) in Israel. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 72(1): 43-67. doi: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01651.x" target="_blank">10.1111/j.1096-3642.1981.tb01651.x Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:39WLW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.