Episinus eskovi Marusik and Penney 2004 (cobweb spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Full reference: Y. M. Marusik and D. Penney. 2004. A survey of Baltic amber Theridiidae (Araneae) inclusions, with descriptions of six new species. Arthropoda Selecta, Special Issue 1:201-208

Belongs to Episinus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013

See also Marusik and Penney 2004 and Wunderlich 2008

Sister taxa: Episinus anapidaeque, Episinus antecognatus, Episinus appendix, Episinus arrodens, Episinus balticus, Episinus brevipalpus, Episinus bulla, Episinus chiapasanus, Episinus clunis, Episinus cochlear, Episinus cornutus, Episinus cymbialis, Episinus dimidius, Episinus isopteraque, Episinus latus, Episinus longimanus, Episinus longisoma, Episinus mordellidaeque, Episinus musculus, Episinus mutilus, Episinus nasuticymbium, Episinus neglectus, Episinus penneyi, Episinus praecognatus, Episinus pulcher, Episinus tibiaseta, Episinus transversus, Episinus tuberosus, Mictodipoena stridula, Municeps minutus

Type specimen: PM 15655. Its type locality is Baltic Amber, Palanga Amber Museum Collection, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Baltic Amber, Palanga Amber Museum Collection

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