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Episinus
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Episinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyTheridiidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
719
Family
Theridiidae
Collections
AM, QM, FMNH, WCU, MPEG
Recorded in
Australia, Perú, United States, Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Theridiidae
Image
Episinus.affinis.female.-.tanikawa.jpg
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Commons category
Episinus
taxon name
Episinus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Episinus
taxon author citation
Walckenaer in Latreille, 1809
Sources (2)

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Distribution
  • Life style
  • Description
  • Species
  • References

Episinus is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.

They can grow up to long.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Episinus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.