Episinus

Episinus; Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Episinus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Episinus; Walckenaer, 1809
Type species
	E. truncatus; Latreille, 1809
Species
	61, see text
Synonyms
	Episinopsis Simon, 1894; Hyocrea Simon, 1894; Hyptimorpha Strand, 1906; Penictis Simon, 1894; Plocamis Simon, 1894;

Episinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.^[3]

They can grow up to 5 millimetres (0.20 in) long.^[3]

Species[]

As of May 2020 it contains sixty-one species and one subspecies, found worldwide:^[1]

Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – India, Russia (Far East), Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Is.
(Simon, 1895) – Peru
Lucas, 1846 – Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Northwest Africa, Malta?
E. amoenus Banks, 1911 – USA, Mexico
E. angulatus (Blackwall, 1836) – Europe, Turkey, Russia (Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 – New Zealand
Levi, 1964 – Nicaragua
Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2019 – China
Simon, 1894 – South Africa
(Simon, 1895) – Venezuela
(Lessert, 1929) – Congo
(Kulczyński, 1897) – Croatia, Slovenia
Levi, 1955 – Mexico, Costa Rica (Cocos Is.)
Yoshida, 1985 – Japan
Levi, 1955 – Mexico to Panama
Buckup & Marques, 1992 – Brazil
Levi, 1967 – Peru
Levi, 1955 – Hispaniola
Levi, 1964 – Panama
Levy, 1985 – Israel
Buckup & Marques, 1992 – Brazil
Zhu & Wang, 1995 – China
Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
(Keyserling, 1884) – Peru, Brazil
(Simon, 1894) – Venezuela
Levy, 1985 – Israel
Chavari & Brescovit, 2014 – Colombia
Levi, 1955 – Mexico
Yaginuma, 1958 – Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan
Zhu, 1998 – China
Simon, 1903 – Equatorial Guinea, Congo
E. maculipes Cavanna, 1876 – Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus
- Episinus m. numidicus Kulczyński, 1905 – Algeria, Tunisia
Kulczyński, 1905 – Canary Is., Madeira
Okuma, 1994 – Taiwan
(Lessert, 1933) – Angola
Tullgren, 1910 – Tanzania
Levi, 1964 – Peru
(Simon, 1894) – Singapore
Levi, 1955 – Bahama Is., Jamaica
Yin, 2012 – China
Yaginuma, 1960 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Is.
Levi, 1955 – Panama
Chakrabarti, 2013 – India
(Simon, 1901) – Chile, Argentina
Yoshida, 1983 – Taiwan
Levi, 1964 – Panama
(Simon, 1895) – Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore
Levi, 1967 – Brazil
Urquhart, 1893 – New Zealand
Urquhart, 1893 – New Zealand
Caporiacco, 1949 – Ethiopia
Levi, 1964 – Brazil
Simon, 1873 – Spain, France (mainland, Corsica), Italy (Sardinia)
E. truncatus Latreille, 1809 (type) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Iran
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
Levi, 1964 – Cuba, Jamaica
Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1992 – China
Levi, 1964 – Costa Rica, Panama
Zhu, 1998 – China
Okuma, 1994 – Taiwan
Levi, 1964 – Venezuela

Formerly included:

E. bicorniger (Simon, 1894) (Transferred to Janula)
E. bicornis (Thorell, 1881) (Transferred to Janula)
E. bicruciatus (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. bifrons (Thorell, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. caudifer Dönitz & Strand, 1906 (Transferred to Moneta)
E. coercerveus Roberts, 1978 (Transferred to Moneta)
E. conifer (Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to Moneta)
E. erythrophthalmus (Simon, 1894) (Transferred to Janula)
E. gratiosus Bryant, 1940 (Transferred to Neopisinus)
E. longipes Keyserling, 1884 (Transferred to Neopisinus)
E. luteolimbatus (Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to Janula)
E. malachinus (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. marginatus (Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to Janula)
E. minusculus Gertsch, 1936 (Transferred to Chrosiothes)
E. mirabilis (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to Moneta)
E. modestus (Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to Janula)
E. nebulosus (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. ocreatus (Simon, 1909) (Transferred to Janula)
E. paiki Seo, 1985 (Transferred to Moneta)
E. pictus (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. recifensis Levi, 1964 (Transferred to Neopisinus)
E. salobrensis (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. spinigeroides Zhu & Song, 1992 (Transferred to Moneta)
E. tanikawai Yoshida, 1991 (Transferred to Moneta)
E. taprobanicus (Simon, 1895) (Transferred to Janula)
E. yoshimurai Yoshida, 1983 (Transferred to Moneta)

Nomen dubium

E. americanus Nicolet, 1849

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Episinus Walckenaer, 1809". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-19.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 20.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Latreille, P. A. (1809). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris 4. pp. 370–371.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Episinus Walckenaer, 1809". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-19.

[Levi1962-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 20.

[Latr1809-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Latreille, P. A. (1809). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris 4. pp. 370–371.

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Episinus Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

Episinus angulatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Episinus Walckenaer, 1809^[1]
Type species
E. truncatus Latreille, 1809
Species
61, see text
Synonyms^[1]
Episinopsis Simon, 1894^[2] Hyocrea Simon, 1894^[2] Hyptimorpha Strand, 1906^[2] Penictis Simon, 1894^[2] Plocamis Simon, 1894^[2]

Episinus

Species[]

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