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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyDictynidae
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Nigma es un género de arañas araneomorfas de la familia Dictynidae. Se encuentra en Norteamérica, Eurasia y África. Lista de especies Según The World Spider Catalog 12.0:[1]​ Nigma conducens (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) Nigma flavescens (Walckenaer, 1830) Nigma gertschi (Berland & Millot, 1940) Nigma gratiosa (Simon, 1881) Nigma hortensis (Simon, 1870) Nigma laeta (Spassky, 1952) Nigma linsdalei (Chamberlin & Gertsch, 1958) Nigma longipes (Berland, 1914) Nigma puella (Simon, 1870) Nigma shiprai (Tikader, 1966) Nigma tristis (Spassky, 1952) Nigma tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987 Nigma vulnerata (Simon, 1914) Nigma walckenaeri (Roewer, 1951) Referencias ↑ Platnick, 2011: The world spider catalog (American Museum of Natural History).

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

==Species== it contains fourteen species: 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

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