Episinus

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Episinus
Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present
Episinus angulatus.jpg
Episinus angulatus
Scientific classification e
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]

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]

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

See also[]

References[]

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


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