Episinus

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iEpisinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Theridiidae Genus: Episinus Walckenaer, 1809
Diversity
80 species
Species
E. maculipes E. angulatus E. truncatus  many others, see text

Episinus is a spider genus of the family Theridiidae.

These spiders reach about 5mm in size. They occur almost worldwide.

[edit] 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 (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 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 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)

[edit] References

• Latreille, P.A. (1809). Genera crustaceorum et insectorum. Paris, 4:370-371.