Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Episinus  Walckenaer, 1809   7 species

Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876

Beschreibung

Prosoma gelblich-weiß, mit deutlichem bräunlichem Mittelstreifen bis zu den Cheliceren, Augenbereich deutlich vorstehend, Prosoma fast kreisförmig. Sternum schwärzlich, mit hellem Mittelstreifen. Beine gelblich-weiß, oft undeutlich bräunlich geringelt. Opisthosoma weißlich mit dunkelbrauner Zeichnung, posterior am deutlichsten, dunkle Zeichnung ventral nur im Bereich Spinndrüsen und Epigaster.

Körperlänge Männchen: 3.5-4.3 mm
Körperlänge Weibchen: 4.3-5.6 mm
Zusätzliche Informationen

Zwischen den Blättern von Büschen und Bäumen, im Süden häufiger

Verbreitung
  Vorkommen
  kein Nachweis
Weltweite Verbreitung (WSC 2026): Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus
Phänologie
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
 male  female
Abbildungen
Verbreitungsnachweise
Albania   (Vrenozi & Jäger, 2012) ||| Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Austria   (Kulczyński, 1905b) ||| Belgium   (Henrard, 2010; Bosmans & Van Keer, 2017) ||| Bulgaria   (Blagoev et al., 2018) ||| Croatia   (Grbac et al., 2019) ||| Cyprus   (Bosmans et al., 2019c) ||| Czechia   (Machač, 2022) ||| France   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| France / Corsica   (Le Peru, 2007) ||| Georgia   (Otto, 2022) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Hungary   (Pfliegler et al., 2012) ||| Ireland   (Nolan, 2012a; Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Isaia et al., 2025) ||| North Macedonia   (Matevski et al., 2022a) ||| Northern Ireland   (Lavery, 2019) ||| Portugal   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Serbia   (Grbić et al., 2015) ||| Slovakia   (Gajdoš et al., 2018) ||| Slovenia   (Kostanjšek & Kuntner, 2015) ||| Spain   (Branco et al., 2019) ||| Switzerland   (Kropf et al., 2000; Hänggi, 1999) ||| Tunisia   (Kmira et al., 2025) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) ||| Ukraine   (Kovblyuk & Kastrygina, 2015b) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
Literatur

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Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

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Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Kronestedt T, Alderweireldt M, Bosselaers J, De Koninck H (2013) Spiders of Crete (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from the Greek island of Crete. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 28 (Suppl. 1): 1-147 pdf

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