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Nigma

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 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long. They are translucent green and sometimes have red or black markings on the abdomen.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Green Meshweaver

speciesNigma walckenaeri

Bleeding Heart Spider

speciesNigma puella

Nigma flavescens

speciesNigma flavescens

Nigma laeta

speciesNigma laeta

Nigma shiprai

speciesNigma shiprai

Nigma hortensis

speciesNigma hortensis

Nigma tuberosa

speciesNigma tuberosa

Nigma nangquianensis

speciesNigma nangquianensis

Nigma conducens

speciesNigma conducens

Nigma longipes

speciesNigma longipes

Nigma gertschi

speciesNigma gertschi

Nigma albida

speciesNigma albida

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 84524.