Episinus
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Episinus is a spider genus of the family Theridiidae
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These spiders reach about 5mm in size. They occur almost worldwide.
Theridiidae
Theridiidae is a large family of spiders, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders. The diverse family includes over 2200 species in over 100 genera) of three-dimensional space-web-builders found throughout the world...
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These spiders reach about 5mm in size. They occur almost worldwide.
Species
- Episinus affinis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 (Russia, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Is.)
- Episinus albescens Denis, 1965 (France)
- Episinus albostriatus (Simon, 1895) (Peru)
- Episinus algiricus Lucas, 1846 (Spain, France, Italy, Northwest Africa)
- Episinus amoenus Banks, 1911 (USA)
- Episinus angulatusEpisinus angulatusEpisinus angulatus is a small mottled brownish tangle-web spider. It is found in low vegetation, bushes or under bark. Although it is a widespread European species, it is not common....
(Blackwall, 1836) (Europe to Russia) - Episinus antipodianus O. P.-Cambridge, 1879 (New Zealand)
- Episinus aspus Levi, 1964 (Nicaragua)
- Episinus bicorniger (Simon, 1894) (Brazil)
- Episinus bicornis (Thorell, 1881) (Queensland)
- Episinus bicruciatus (Simon, 1895) (Brazil)
- Episinus bifrons (Thorell, 1895) (Myanmar)
- Episinus bigibbosus O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Panama)
- Episinus bilineatus Simon, 1894 (South Africa)
- Episinus bimucronatus (Simon, 1895) (Venezuela)
- Episinus bishopi (Lessert, 1929) (Congo)
- Episinus bruneoviridis (Mello-Leitão, 1948) (Panama, Trinidad to Guyana)
- Episinus cavernicola (Kulczyn'ski, 1897) (Croatia, Slovenia)
- Episinus chiapensis Levi, 1955 (Mexico)
- Episinus chikunii Yoshida, 1985 (Japan)
- Episinus coercerveus Roberts, 1978 (Seychelles)
- Episinus cognatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1893 (USA to Peru, Brazil)
- Episinus colima Levi, 1955 (Mexico to Panama)
- Episinus conifer (Urquhart, 1886) (New Zealand)
- Episinus crysus Buckup & Marques, 1992 (Brazil)
- Episinus cuzco Levi, 1967 (Peru)
- Episinus dominicus Levi, 1955 (Hispaniola)
- Episinus emanus Levi, 1964 (Panama)
- Episinus erythrophthalmus (Simon, 1894) (Panama, Lesser Antilles to Bolivia)
- Episinus fontinalis Levy, 1985 (Israel)
- Episinus garisus Buckup & Marques, 1992 (Brazil)
- Episinus gibbus Zhu & Wang, 1995 (China)
- Episinus gratiosus Bryant, 1940 (Cuba, Hispaniola)
- Episinus hickmani Caporiacco, 1949 (Kenya)
- Episinus immundus (Keyserling, 1884) (Peru, Brazil)
- Episinus implexus (Simon, 1894) (Venezuela)
- Episinus israeliensis Levy, 1985 (Israel)
- Episinus juarezi Levi, 1955 (Mexico)
- Episinus kitazawai Yaginuma, 1958 (Russia, Japan)
- Episinus longabdomenus Zhu, 1998 (China)
- Episinus luteolimbatus (Thorell, 1898) (Myanmar)
- Episinus macrops Simon, 1903 (Equatorial Guinea, Congo)
- Episinus maculipesEpisinus maculipesEpisinus maculipes is a rare European spider of the family Theridiidae. It is found on the foliage of shrubs and trees. At nightfall, it constructs a simple web, consisting of an inverted 'Y' frame with sticky globules. The frame could be anywhere from five to 20 cm...
Cavanna, 1876 (England to Algeria)- Episinus maculipes numidicus Kulczyn'ski, 1905 (North Africa)
- Episinus maderianus Kulczyn'ski, 1905 (Madeira)
- Episinus makiharai Okuma, 1994 (Taiwan)
- Episinus malachinus (Simon, 1895) (Peru)
- Episinus marginatus (Thorell, 1898) (Myanmar)
- Episinus marignaci (Lessert, 1933) (Angola)
- Episinus meruensis Tullgren, 1910 (Tanzania)
- Episinus modestus (Thorell, 1898) (Myanmar)
- Episinus moyobamba Levi, 1964 (Peru)
- Episinus mucronatus (Simon, 1894) (Singapore)
- Episinus nadleri Levi, 1955 (Bahama Is., Jamaica)
- Episinus nebulosus (Simon, 1895) (Brazil, Paraguay)
- Episinus nubilus Yaginuma, 1960 (China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Is.)
- Episinus ocreatus (Simon, 1909) (Vietnam)
- Episinus panamensis Levi, 1955 (Panama)
- Episinus pictus (Simon, 1895) (Singapore)
- Episinus porteri (Simon, 1901) (Chile, Argentina)
- Episinus punctisparsus Yoshida, 1983 (Taiwan)
- Episinus putus O. P.-Cambridge, 1894 (Mexico to Panama)
- Episinus pyrus Levi, 1964 (Panama)
- Episinus recifensis Levi, 1964 (Brazil)
- Episinus rhomboidalis (Simon, 1895) (Cameroon, Myanmar, Singapore)
- Episinus rio Levi, 1967 (Brazil)
- Episinus salobrensis (Simon, 1895) (Trinidad, Brazil, Guyana)
- Episinus similanus Urquhart, 1893 (New Zealand)
- Episinus similitudus Urquhart, 1893 (New Zealand)
- Episinus taibeli Caporiacco, 1949 (Ethiopia)
- Episinus taprobanicus (Simon, 1895) (Sri Lanka)
- Episinus teresopolis Levi, 1964 (Brazil)
- Episinus theridioides Simon, 1873 (Spain, Corsica, Sardinia)
- Episinus truncatusEpisinus truncatusEpisinus truncatus is a small dark tangle-web spider. In England, it is mostly found on heather and sometimes on coastal grassland. It spins a simple web near the ground. It can grow up to 4 mm and is very similar to Episinus angulatus....
Latreille, 1809 (Palearctic) - Episinus typicus (Nicolet, 1849) (Chile)
- Episinus unitus Levi, 1964 (Cuba, Jamaica)
- Episinus variacorneus Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1992 (China)
- Episinus vaticus Levi, 1964 (Costa Rica, Panama)
- Episinus xiushanicus Zhu, 1998 (China)
- Episinus yoshidai Okuma, 1994 (Taiwan)
- Episinus zurlus Levi, 1964 (Venezuela)