Nearctic States & Provinces: NC
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
space web builders
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Schimming, Lynette
Credit: Pfeiffer, Kevin
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
Credit: Pfeiffer, Kevin
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Episinus amoenus Banks 1911 |
| Episinus amoenus Levi 1955 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1911. Some Arachnida from North Carolina. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 63: 440-456.
Levi, H. W. 1955. The spider genera Episinus and Spintharus from North America, Central America and the West Indies (Araneae: Theridiidae). Jl N. Y. ent. Soc. 62: 65-90.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/THERIDIIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Episinus Walckenaer, in Latreille, 1809‡‡
E. cognatus O. P.-Cambridge, 1893 ...............USA to Peru, Brazil
E. truncatus Latreille, 1809 ...............Palearctic
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution