World Spider Catalog

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

Episinus papilionaceous F. J. Liu, Agnarsson, J. Liu & Zhu, 2022

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056079

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Described:

Distribution: China

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Centre for Behavioral Ecology and Evolution (CBEE), College of Life Sciences [= Museum of Hubei University (MHU)], Hubei University, Wuhan, China f - (Liu et al., 2022f)

Taxonomic References

Episinus xiushanicus Jin, 2018: 22, f. 4-12.A, C-D, pl. 5 (f; misidentified per Hu et al., 2025: 485)

Episinus papilionaceous Liu et al., 2022f: 39, f. 4A-D (Df) Original description

Episinus papilionaceous Hu et al., 2025a: 485, f. 5C, 19A-B, 21C, G, K (f)

References

Hu, C. H., Wei, M., Liu, J. & Xu, X. (2025a). Asiopisinus gen. nov., a new genus of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from eastern Asia. Zootaxa 5660(4): 475-504. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.2 -- Show included taxa

Jin, C. (2018). Theridiidae, Ctenidae, Liocranidae. In: Zhang, F. & Xue, X. F. (eds.) Fauna of Tianmu Mountain. Volume II. Arachnida. Araneae Eriophyoidea. Zhejiang University Press, Hangzhou, pp. 11-33, 79-80, 90-91, pl. 2-7, 17, 19. -- Show included taxa

Liu, F. J., Agnarsson, I., Liu, J. & Zhu, Y. (2022f). Description and phylogenetic analysis of two new Episinus (Aranea [sic], Theridiidae) species from China. ZooKeys 1125: 33-46. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1125.90212 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-07-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Jin, 2018
2025-07-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Hu et al., 2025a
2022-10-19	New taxonomic reference entry	Liu et al., 2022f
2022-10-19	New species inserted	Liu et al., 2022f