Theridiidae: Episinus Walckenaer, 1809

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Eye region clearly protruding; prosoma almost circular; male pedipalp, epigyne and vulva as fig.; colour of prosoma yellowish white, a distinct brownish median stripe reaching to chelicerae; opisthosoma whitish with dark brown pattern

Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876

- Eye and prosomal region different; colour darker

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Femur and Patella of legs I-II red-brown; metatarsus and tarsus yellowish; legs III-IV yellowish; patella and tibia IV red-brown; prosoma blackish, without distinct pattern; distal apophysis of male pedipalp broad; anterior epigynal margin arc-shaped

Episinus truncatus Latreille, 1809

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Femur and patella of legs I and II yellowish; prosoma with broad dark median stripe and dark stripe near light margin; distal apophysis on male pedipalp terminates with narrow process; anterior epigynal margin produced to a backwardly directing tip

Episinus angulatus (Blackwall, 1836)

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1. Episinus algiricus Lucas, 1846

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2. Episinus cavernicola (Kulczyński, 1897)

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3. Episinus maculipes numidicus Kulczyński, 1905

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4. Episinus theridioides Simon, 1873