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Genus: Episinus Walckenaer, 1809 | Family: Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833

Episinus algiricus Lucas, 1846

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007606

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Described:

Distribution: Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Malta, Algeria, Tunisia

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Taxonomic References

Episinus algiricus Lucas, 1846: 269, pl. 17, f. 11 (Dm) Original description

Episinus algiricus Kulczyński, 1905c: 434, pl. 11, f. 2, 8, 10-11 (m, Df)

Episinus albescens Denis, 1965e: 611, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007604]

Episinus algiricus Knoflach & Thaler, 2000: 421, f. 20-21 (f)

Episinus algiricus Knoflach, Rollard & Thaler, 2009: 232, f. 10-13, 15-17, 22, 25-26 (mf, S of Episinus albescens)

Episinus algiricus Le Peru, 2011: 450, f. 721 (mf)

Episinus algiricus Rehfeldt & Cassar, 2024: 34, f. 33a-b, 44b (m)

References

Denis, J. (1965e). Un Episinus nouveau pour la faune de France (Araneidae [sic] Theridiidae). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris (2) 36: 611-613. -- Show included taxa

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

Knoflach, B., Rollard, C. & Thaler, K. (2009). Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) – II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.16.237 -- Show included taxa

Kulczyński, W. (1905c). Fragmenta arachnologica. VI. Bulletin International de l'Academie des Sciences de Cracovie 1905: 430-440. -- Show included taxa

Le Peru, B. (2011). The spiders of Europe, a synthesis of data: Volume 1 Atypidae to Theridiidae. Mémoires de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon 2: 1-522. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1846). Histoire naturelle des animaux articulés. In: Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie pendant les années 1840, 1841, 1842 publiée par ordre du Gouvernement et avec le concours d'une commission académique. Paris, Sciences physiques, Zoologie 1, 89-271, pl. 1-17. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.112444 -- Show included taxa

Rehfeldt, S. & Cassar, T. (2024). A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 18-47. doi: 10.30963/aramit6704 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Gloor, D., Hänggi, A., Kropf, C.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 05.2018. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value
2024-06-17	New taxonomic reference entry	Rehfeldt & Cassar, 2024
2024-06-17	Species distribution update	Rehfeldt & Cassar, 2024	Old value
2018-04-27	Species distribution update	Dentici, 2018	Old value