Episinus cavernicola (Kulczyński, 1897)
Description
Male
Prosoma length: 1.1 mm.
Female
Epigyne a large, deep cavity with strongly sclerotised margin. Copulatory ducts short, their lumen narrow and completely sclerotised. Prosoma brown with dark margins and median band. Sternum brown. Legs yellow-brown, femur and tibia with 2 dark annulations, metatarsus distal with 1 faint annulation. Opisthosoma rounded, without tubercles, spotted (after Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Body length female: 3.4 mmAdditional information
In caves, also among litter and stones at base of rockwall in riverbed.
Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne/vulva, dorsal view
(Knoflach & Thaler 2000)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Chyzer & Kulczyński 1897)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Chyzer C, Kulczyński W (1897) Araneae Hungariae. Tomus II. Academia Scientarum Hungaricae, Budapest, pp. 147-366, pl. 6-10. 
Knoflach B, Thaler K (2000) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae)-I. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 411-442
Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91
Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13
Milosevic B (2002) Aranea – Popis vrsta – Checklist. Hrvatsko entomološko društvo – Inventar entomofaune Hrvatske [Aranea – List of species – Checklist. Croatian Entomological Society – Inventory of Croatian entomofauna].
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 06-01-2016 | Image insert |