Nigma puella

Nigma puella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dictynidae
Genus: Nigma
Species: N. puella
Binomial name
Nigma puella
(Simon, 1870)
Synonyms

Dictyna puella
Heterodictyna puella
Dictyna lobensis
Dictyna eburnea
Nigma canariensis

Nigma puella is a species of spider belonging to the family Dictynidae. It is found in Europe, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands 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 the same colour. The male is reddish brown. This species makes a horizontal web over the top surface of a leaf.

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