Episinus maculipes Cavanna 1876
Creators: name: Knoflach, Barbara
name: Rollard, Christine
name: Thaler, Konrad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Theridiidae
Episinus
Episinus maculipes

description: <i>Episinus maculipes</i> Cavanna, 1876 Figs 14, 18, 21, 23, 24 <b>Description, identification.</b> Kulczy&amp;nacute;ski (1905), Brignoli (1967), Locket et al. (1974), Hillyard (1983), Roberts (1995), Knoflach and Thaler (2000), Agnarsson (2004). <b>Material examined. France: “ Gallia ” without exact locality, 1 &amp;female; (MHNP AR 2196, sub <i>Episinus algiricus,</i> together with specimens of <i>E. algiricus</i>)</b> . Idem, 8 &amp;male; 17 &amp;female; 1 subadult &amp;male; (MHNP AR 2207). <b>Italy:</b> Sardinia, Bosco Selene, above Lanusei, 930 m, N 39°52.810 N, 09°31.213’ E, beating from scrub and oak, 6 &amp;male; 5 &amp;female;, 6.6.2003, leg. B. Knoflach and K. Thaler [Th-461, Sa03/20+19]. Sardinia, above Baunei, Golgo-Plateau, 580 m, 40°02.715’ N, 09°40.003’ E, beating, 1 &amp;female; 4 juveniles, 7.6.2003, leg. B. Knoflach and K. Thaler [Th-466 Sa03/25]. Liguria, Levanto surroundings, beating scrub and pine, 2 &amp;female;, 19.9.2004, leg. B. Knoflach and K. Thaler [Th-467 OI04/1]. Ibidem, 1 &amp;female;, 20.9.2004 [Th-468 OI04/2]. Ibidem, Monterosso vs. St. Antonia, Colle di Grippa, 200-400 m, beating <i>Erica arborea</i>, 1 &amp;male; 1 &amp;female;, 23.9.2004 [Th-471 OI04/5]. South Tyrol / Alto Adige, Klausen, Säben, 1 &amp;female;, 19.6.2004, leg. B. Knoflach and K. Thaler. <b>Greece:</b> Chalkidiki, Sithonia east coast, above Koutloumousi beach, near rill, 1 &amp;female;, 3.5.2000, leg. B. Knoflach and K. Thaler [Th-388 Gr 00/9]. W-Crete, Georgioupolis, 1 &amp;female;, 29.3.1999, swept from scrub, see Knoflach and Thaler (2000) [TH-353 K99-3b]. Voucher specimens deposited in CTh, MHNG, NMW if not specifically indicated. <b>Measurements.</b> Males (n=5, min-max): Total length 3.9-4.2, carapace length 1.4- 1.7, width 1.4-1.6, length femur I 3.4-3.8, tibia I 2.7-3.3 mm. Females (n=5, minmax): Total length 4.8-6.1, carapace length 1.6-1.9, width 1.5-1.7, length femur I 2.7-3.0, tibia I 2.2-2.4 mm. <b>Selected comparative remarks, diagnosis.</b> <i>E. maculipes</i> is well characterised by numerous authors, for details of morphology and distribution see Knoflach and Thaler (2000). Some features are given here for identification and differentiation compared to <i>E. algiricus</i>: Prosoma larger than that of <i>E. algiricus</i>. Sternum dark, with marked light median stripe, which widens anteriorly. Carapace with clear brown median band and reticulate pattern at margins (Figs 23-24). Legs conspicuously speckled. Venter pale. Male palp larger than that of <i>E. algiricus</i> (Figs 21 vs. 22; see also Kulczy&amp;nacute;ski 1905), in ventral view 0.6-0.7 mm broad, 0.9-1.0 mm long (distance between distal rim of tibia and tip of cymbium). Palpal tibia 1.5 times wider than long (Simon 1914). Theridiid tegular apophysis (= TA 2 in Knoflach and Thaler 2000) less prominent than in <i>E. algiricus</i>. Epigynal cavity wider than long, not overlapping receptacula (Figs 14, 18), with narrow median septum. Cavity 0.25-0.31 mm wide. Posterior margin of cavity less distinct than in <i>E. algiricus</i>. Receptacula seminis comparatively large and spherical. <b>Distribution.</b> This widespread expansive Mediterranean species (for details see Knoflach and Thaler 2000) has recently been reported from Crimea, which is the easternmost record (Kovblyuk et al. 2008).
description: Published as part of <i>Knoflach, Barbara, Rollard, Christine &amp; Thaler, Konrad, 2009, Notes on Mediterranean Theridiidae (Araneae) – II, pp. 227-264 in ZooKeys 16 (16)</i> on pages 234-236, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.16.237, http://zenodo.org/record/576484
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