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''Epeirotypus'' is a
Adult ''Epeirotypus'' species have a body length of 1–3 mm. The carapace ranges in colour from light yellow to almost black, and the head region is not elevated. The sternum is smooth, convex, and rounded to the rear. The abdomen is ovoid, usually with a dorsal pattern which varies by species and sometimes bearing posterior lateral tubercules. The legs are short and stout, light tan or sometimes dark with annulations. The femoral length is – the total width of the carapace, and the tarsi bear an irregular group of serrated hairs on the ventral side.
They have eight eyes, all approximately equal in size. The AME are separated by half their diameter and the PME typically separated by their diameter.
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
Life and work
Pickard-Cambridge was born in Bl ...
in 1894.
Description
Adult ''Epeirotypus'' species have a body length of 1–3 mm. The carapace ranges in colour from light yellow to almost black, and the head region is not elevated. The sternum is smooth, convex, and rounded to the rear. The abdomen is ovoid, usually with a dorsal pattern which varies by species and sometimes bearing posterior lateral tubercules. The legs are short and stout, light tan or sometimes dark with annulations. The femoral length is – the total width of the carapace, and the tarsi bear an irregular group of serrated hairs on the ventral side.
They have eight eyes, all approximately equal in size. The AME are separated by half their diameter and the PME typically separated by their diameter.
Species
it contains three species, found in China, Costa Rica, andMexico
Mexico ( Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guate ...
: '' E. brevipes'', '' E. chavarria'', and '' E. dalong''.
See also
* List of Theridiosomatidae speciesReferences
Further reading
* * * * Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of China Spiders of Mexico Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Theridiosomatidae {{Theridiosomatidae-stub