Episinus

Taxobox
name = "Episinus"


image_caption =
image_width = 250px
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Theridiidae
genus = "Episinus"
genus_authority = Walckenaer, 1809
diversity_link = List of Theridiidae species#Episinus
diversity = 80 species
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision ="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.

pecies

* "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)

References

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