Episinus algiricus Lucas, 1846
Description
Male
Palp: tibia almost as long as wide in lateral view. Prosoma 1.2-1.6 mm long.
Body length male: 2.9-5 mmFemale
Epigyne: cavity longer than wide, without septum. Prosoma: colouration and pattern as E. angulatus, but lighter. Prosoma 1.4-1.7 mm long. Sternum brownish, with a faint median lighter band. Legs pale yellowish, with brown spots, scarcely annulated. Opisthosoma as E. angulatus.
Body length female: 4-5 mmAdditional information
In pine forests, garrigue and holm oak woods.
Distribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Epigyne
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Epigyne/vulva, ventral view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Knoflach et al. 2009b)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Barrientos J A, Febrer J B (2018) Arañas (Arachnida, Araneae) de Menorca (Islas Baleares, España). 2: “adenda et corrigenda”. Descripción de tres especies nuevas. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 33: 39-51 
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Dentici A, Amata F C (2018) New faunistic data for the Sicilian arachnofauna (Arachnida Araneae). Biodiversity Journal 9: 271-276
Knoflach B, Rollard C, Thaler K (2009b) Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) - II. ZooKeys 16: 227-264
Pantini P, Isaia M (2019) Araneae.it: the online catalog of Italian spiders, with addenda on other arachnid orders occurring in Italy (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Scorpiones, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 51: 127-152
Rehfeldt S, Cassar T (2024) A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 18-47
WSC (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.5. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (31.10.2024) doi: 10.24436/2