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

Episinus chikunii Yoshida, 1985

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:007622

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Described:

Distribution: Japan

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan m (851) - (Zamani & Marusik, 2021c)
Paratype: Department of Zoology of the National Museum of Nature and Science (NSMT-Ar), Tokyo, Japan 1f (852) - (Zamani & Marusik, 2021c)

Taxonomic References

Episinus chikunii Yoshida, 1985b: 25, f. 1-8 (Dmf) Original description

Episinus chikunii Chikuni, 1989b: 38, f. 41 (mf)

Episinus chikunii Okuma, 1994: 9, f. 2A-D (mf)

Episinus chikunii Yoshida, 2003a: 57, f. 129-132, 528 (mf)

Episinus chikunii Yoshida, 2009b: 367, f. 101-103 (mf)

Episinus chikunii Zamani & Marusik, 2021c: 961, f. 5G-I, 6D-E (mf)

References

Chikuni, Y. (1989b). Pictorial encyclopedia of spiders in Japan. Kaisei-sha Publishing Co. Tokyo, 310 pp. -- Show included taxa

Okuma, C. (1994). Spiders of the genera Episinus and Moneta from Japan and Taiwan, with descriptions of two new species of Episinus (Araneae: Theridiidae). Acta Arachnologica 43(1): 5-25. doi: 10.2476/asjaa.43.5 -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (1985b). A new spider of the genus Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 40: 25-30. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2003a). The spider family Theridiidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Japan. Arachnological Society of Japan, 224 pp. -- Show included taxa

Yoshida, H. (2009b). Uloboridae, Theridiidae, Ctenidae. In: Ono, H. (ed.) The spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai University Press, Kanagawa, pp. 142-147, 356-393, 467-468. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2021c). Two new species of Theridiidae from Iran, and the revalidation of Enoplognatha submargarita Yaginuma & Zhu, 1992 (Arachnida: Araneae). Arachnology 18(8): 957-964. doi: 10.13156/arac.2021.18.8.957 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2021-07-05	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani & Marusik, 2021c