Taxon details

Family: Theridiidae / Genus: Episinus

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

  • Rank: Species
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: f
  • Last updated: 2025-07-12
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056079]
  • Distribution: China
Type deposit 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).
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 download pdf -- 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. download pdf -- 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 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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