''Episinus'' is a
genus of
comb-footed spiders that was first described by
Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
They can grow up to long.
Species
it contains forty-seven species and one subspecies, found worldwide:
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E. affinis''
Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 –
India,
Russia (Far East),
Korea,
Taiwan,
Japan
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E. algiricus''
Lucas, 1846 –
Portugal,
Spain,
France,
Italy, Northwest Africa, Malta?
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E. amoenus''
Banks, 1911 – USA,
Mexico
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E. angulatus''
( Blackwall, 1836) –
Europe,
Turkey, Russia (
Europe to West Siberia), Central Asia
*''
E. antipodianus''
O. 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 Blox ...
, 1880 –
New Zealand
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E. baoshanensis''
Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2019 –
China
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E. bilineatus''
Simon, 1894 –
South Africa
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E. bimucronatus''
(Simon, 1895) –
Venezuela
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E. bishopi''
(Lessert, 1929) –
Congo
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*''
E. bonjovi''
Lin & Li, 2021 – China
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E. cavernicola''
(Kulczyński Kulczyński (feminine: Kulczyńska, plural: Kulczyńscy) is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Stanisław Kulczyński (1895-1975), Polish botanist and politician
* Władysław Kulczyński
Władysław Kulczyński (27 Marc ...
, 1897) –
Croatia,
Slovenia
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E. chikunii''
Yoshida, 1985 – Japan
*''
E. emanus''
Levi, 1964 –
Panama
*''
E. fontinalis''
Levy, 1985 –
Israel
*''
E. garisus''
Buckup & Marques, 1992 – Brazil
*''
E. gibbus''
Zhu & Wang, 1995 – China
*''
E. hickmani''
Caporiacco, 1949 –
Kenya
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E. immundus''
(Keyserling Keyserling is the surname of several members of the noble House of Keyserlingk:
* Alexander Keyserling (1815–1891), Russian geologist, paleontologist, botanist and zoologist
* Eugen von Keyserling (1833–1889), German arachnologist
* Hermann ...
, 1884) – Peru, Brazil
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E. implexus''
(Simon, 1894) – Venezuela
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E. israeliensis''
Levy, 1985 – Israel
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E. jiangweni''
Lin & Li, 2021 – China
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E. kitazawai''
Yaginuma, 1958 – Russia (Kurile Is.), Japan
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E. longabdomenus''
Zhu, 1998 – China
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E. macrops''
Simon, 1903 –
Equatorial Guinea
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, Congo
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E. maculipes''
Cavanna, 1876 – Europe,
Algeria, Turkey,
Caucasus
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Episinus m. numidicus''
Kulczyński, 1905 – Algeria,
Tunisia
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E. maderianus''
Kulczyński, 1905 – Canary Is., Madeira
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E. makiharai''
Okuma, 1994 – Taiwan
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E. marignaci''
(Lessert, 1933) –
Angola
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E. meruensis''
Tullgren, 1910 –
Tanzania
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E. mikhailovi''
Zamani & Marusik, 2021 – Iran
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E. mucronatus''
(Simon, 1894) –
Singapore
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E. nanyue''
Yin, 2012 – China
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E. nubilus''
Yaginuma, 1960 – China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Ryukyu Is.
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E. pentagonalis''
Chakrabarti, 2013 – India
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E. porteri''
(Simon, 1901) –
Chile,
Argentina
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E. punctisparsus''
Yoshida, 1983 – Taiwan
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E. rhomboidalis''
(Simon, 1895) –
Malaysia,
Myanmar
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, Singapore
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E. similanus''
Urquhart, 1893 – New Zealand
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E. similitudus''
Urquhart, 1893 – New Zealand
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E. taibeli''
Caporiacco, 1949 –
Ethiopia
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E. theridioides''
Simon, 1873 – Spain, France (mainland,
Corsica
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), Italy (
Sardinia)
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E. tongyani''
Lin & Li, 2021 – China
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E. truncatus''
Latreille, 1809 (
type
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* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus,
Iran
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E. typicus''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
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E. variacorneus''
Chen, Peng & Zhao, 1992 – China
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E. xiushanicus''
Zhu, 1998 – China
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E. yoshidai''
Okuma, 1994 – Taiwan
Formerly included:
*''E. bicorniger''
(Simon, 1894) (Transferred to ''
Janula
''Janula'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Embrik Strand in 1932. It is a senior synonym of ''Monetoculus''.
Species
it contains forty-four species, found in the Caribbean, South America, Asia, Panama, and Que ...
'')
*''E. bicornis''
(Thorell, 1881) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. bicruciatus''
(Simon, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. bifrons''
(Thorell, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. caudifer''
Dönitz & Strand, 1906 (Transferred to ''
Moneta'')
*''E. coercerveus''
Roberts, 1978 (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
*''E. conifer''
(Urquhart, 1886) (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
*''E. erythrophthalmus''
(Simon, 1894) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. gratiosus''
Bryant, 1940 (Transferred to ''
Neopisinus
''Neopisinus'' is a genus of Theridiidae, comb-footed spiders that was first described by M. A. L. Marques, E. H. Buckup & E. N. L. Rodrigues in 2011.
Species
it contains nine species, found in South America, the Caribbean, the United States, Me ...
'')
*''E. longipes''
Keyserling, 1884 (Transferred to ''Neopisinus'')
*''E. luteolimbatus''
(Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. malachinus''
(Simon, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. marginatus''
(Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. minusculus''
Gertsch, 1936 (Transferred to ''
Chrosiothes
''Chrosiothes'' is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1894. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Theridiotis''.
They have thick legs and two minute setae in place of a colulus. Males are noticea ...
'')
*''E. mirabilis''
(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
*''E. modestus''
(Thorell, 1898) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. nebulosus''
(Simon, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. ocreatus''
(Simon, 1909) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. paiki''
Seo, 1985 (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
*''E. pictus''
(Simon, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. recifensis''
Levi, 1964 (Transferred to ''Neopisinus'')
*''E. salobrensis''
(Simon, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. spinigeroides''
Zhu & Song, 1992 (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
*''E. tanikawai''
Yoshida, 1991 (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
*''E. taprobanicus''
(Simon, 1895) (Transferred to ''Janula'')
*''E. yoshimurai''
Yoshida, 1983 (Transferred to ''Moneta'')
Nomen dubium
In binomial nomenclature, a ''nomen dubium'' (Latin for "doubtful name", plural ''nomina dubia'') is a scientific name that is of unknown or doubtful application.
Zoology
In case of a ''nomen dubium'' it may be impossible to determine whether a s ...
*''E. americanus''
Nicolet, 1849
See also
*
List of Theridiidae species
References
Araneomorphae genera
Cosmopolitan spiders
Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille
Theridiidae
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