74, see text Enoplognatha is a genus of comb-footed spiders first described by P. Pavesi in 1880.

[3] They were characterized by both a large colulus and a subspherical abdomen, with males usually have enlarged chelicerae.

[2] Among the theridiids, they are medium to large sized.

E. maricopa, a red-brown spider with a mottled purplish abdomen, has males that can reach a length of 3.4 millimetres (0.13 in), while females typically reach 2.9 millimetres (0.11 in).

[4] As of September 2019[update] it contains seventy-four species with a cosmopolitan distribution, including Greenland and Western Australia:[1] In synonymy: