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: Pfeiffer, Kevin
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Euryopis 5-maculata Banks 1900 |
| Euryopis quinquemaculata Banks 1900 |
| Dipoena munda Barrows & Ivie 1942 |
| Euryopis quinquemaculata Chamberlin & Ivie 1944 |
| Dipoena quinquemaculata Muma 1945 |
| Mufila texana Bryant 1949 |
| Euryopis bryantae Levi 1954 |
| Euryopis quinquemaculata Levi 1954 |
| Euryopis quinquemaculata Levi 1963 |
Taxonomic References†
Banks, N. 1900. Some new North American spiders. Canad. Ent. 32: 96-102.
Barrows, W. M. & W. Ivie. 1942. Some new spiders from Ohio. Ohio J. Sci. 42: 20-23.
Bryant, E. B. 1949. A new genus and species of Theridiidae from eastern Texas (Araneae). Psyche, Camb. 56: 66-69.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Levi, H. W. 1963. American spiders of the genera Audifia, Euryopis and Dipoena (Araneae: Theridiidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 129: 121-185.
Levi, H. W. 1954. Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae). Am. Mus. Novit. 1666: 1-48.
Muma, M. H. 1945. New and interesting spiders from Maryland. Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 58: 91-104.
†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 Euryopis Menge, 1868‡‡
E. argentea Emerton, 1882 ...............USA, Canada, Russia
E. californica Banks, 1904 ...............USA, Mexico
E. coki Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836) ...............Palearctic
E. formosa Banks, 1908 ...............USA, Canada
E. funebris (Hentz, 1850) ...............USA, Canada
E. gertschi Levi, 1951 ...............USA, Canada
E. lineatipes O. P.-Cambridge, 1893 ...............USA to Colombia
E. mulaiki Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. pepini Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. saukea Levi, 1951 ...............Holarctic
E. scriptipes Banks, 1908 ...............North America
E. spinigera O. P.-Cambridge, 1895 ...............USA to Colombia
E. spiritus Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. tavara Levi, 1954 ...............USA
E. texana Banks, 1908 ...............USA, Mexico
E. varis Levi, 1963 ...............USA
E. weesei Levi, 1963 ...............USA
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution