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
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 (20.5.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
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