Theridiidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Episinus  Walckenaer, 1809   7 species

Episinus maculipes  Cavanna, 1876

Description

Prosoma yellowish-white, with distinct brownish median stripe reaching chelicerae, eye region distinctly protruding, prosoma almost circular. Sternum blackish, with bright median stripe. Legs yellowish-white, often vaguely annulated with brown. Opisthosoma whitish with dark brown pattern, most distinct posteriorly, dark pattern ventrally only in the range of spinneret glands and epigaster.

Body length male: 3.5-4.3 mm
Body length female: 4.3-5.6 mm
Additional information

Amongst leaves of bushes and trees, more frequent in the south

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2024): Europe, Algeria, Turkey, Caucasus
Phenology
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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.

Albania   (Vrenozi & Jäger, 2012) ||| Algeria   (Benhacene et al., 2023) ||| Austria   (no references) ||| 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   (no references) ||| Greece / Crete   (Bosmans et al., 2013) ||| Hungary   (Pfliegler et al., 2012) ||| Ireland   (Nolan, 2012a; Lavery, 2019) ||| Italy   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Italy / Sardinia   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| Italy / Sicily   (Pantini & Isaia, 2019) ||| 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) ||| Tunisia   (Bosmans, unpubl.) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2024a) ||| Ukraine   (no references) ||| United Kingdom   (Lavery, 2019) |||
References

Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357 pdf

Blagoev G, Deltshev C, Lazarov S, Naumova M (2018) The spiders (Araneae) of Bulgaria. Version: August 2018. National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Online at http://www.nmnhs.com/spiders-bulgaria/ (accessed on 10.9.2018) pdf

Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173 pdf

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

Bosmans R, Van Keer K (2017) Een herziene soortenlijst van de Belgische spinnen (Araneae). Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 32: 39-69 pdf

Bosmans R. (unpubl.) Provisional list of spiders of North Africa. Database excerpt Aug. 2019

Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2024a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2024 [last updated 01 January 2024], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Gajdoš P, Černecká Ľ, Franc V, Šestáková A (2018) Pavúky Slovenska – Slovenské názvoslovie, prehľad čeľadí a súčasné poznatky [Spiders of Slovakia – Slovak nomenclature, overview of families and present knowledge]. Veda, Bratislava. 172 pp.

Grbac I, Katušić L, Lukić M (2019) Catalogue of spiders (Araneae) deposited in the Croatian Natural History Museum. Natura Croatica 28: 185-269 pdf

Grbić G, Hänggi A, Savić D (2015) New faunistic records of spiders (Arachnida, Areneae [sic]) from the Fruška Gora mountain, northern Serbia. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica 67: 479-486 pdf

Henrard A (2010) Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876 (Araneae; Theridiidae) new to the Belgian arachnofauna. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 25: 120-123 pdf

Hillyard P D (1983) Episinus maculipes Cavanna (Araneae, Theridiidae): rediscovery in Britain. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 6: 88-92 pdf

Knoflach B, Rollard C, Thaler K (2009b) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264 pdf

Knoflach B, Thaler K (2000) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae)-I. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 78: 411-442 pdf

Kostanjšek R, Kuntner M (2015) Araneae Sloveniae: a national spider species checklist. ZooKeys 474: 1-91 pdf

Kropf C, Hänggi A, Braunwalder M (2000) Zwei neue Spinnenarten für die Schweiz (Arachnida, Araneae). Jahrbuch des Naturhistorischen Museums Bern 13: 21-26 pdf

Lavery A (2019) A revised checklist of the spiders of Great Britain and Ireland. Arachnology 18: 196-212 pdf

Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468 pdf

Locket G H, Millidge A F, Merrett P (1974) British Spiders, Volume III. Ray Society, London, 315 pp. pdf

Machač O (2022) Pavoukovci České republiky. Arachnids of the Czech Republic. Pavouk 52: 2 pdf

Matevski D, Deltshev C, Cvetkovska-Gjorgjievska A, Lazarov S, Prelić D (2022a) Contribution to the knowledge of Araneae (Arachnida) in Maleshevo, North Macedonia. Acta Musei Macedonici Scientiarum Naturalium 25: 59-66 pdf

Nolan M (2012a) First Irish record of Episinus maculipes Cavanna, 1876 (Araneae, Theridiidae). Bulletin of the Irish Biogeographical Society 36: 26-32 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152 pdf

Pfliegler W P, Pfeiffer K M, Grabolle A (2012) Some spiders (Araneae) new to the Hungarian fauna, including three genera and one family. Opuscula Zoologica, Budapest 43: 1-8 pdf

Taberlet J-P (unpubl.)

Vrenozi B, Jäger P (2012) A faunistic study on ground-dwelling spiders (Araneae) in the Tirana district, Albania. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 44: 81-87 pdf

WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (22.01.2024) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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