Episinus
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Episinus is a spider genus of the family Theridiidae
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 angulatus
    Episinus angulatus
    Episinus 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 maculipes
    Episinus maculipes
    Episinus 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 truncatus
    Episinus truncatus
    Episinus 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)
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