Episinus chiapasanus Petrunkevitch 1971 (cobweb spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Alternative combination: Municeps chiapasanus

Full reference: A. Petrunkevitch. 1971. Chiapas amber spiders, II. University of California Publications in Entomology 63:1-44

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

See also Petrunkevitch 1971

Sister taxa: Episinus anapidaeque, Episinus antecognatus, Episinus appendix, Episinus arrodens, Episinus balticus, Episinus brevipalpus, Episinus bulla, Episinus clunis, Episinus cochlear, Episinus cornutus, Episinus cymbialis, Episinus dimidius, Episinus eskovi, 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, Municeps minutus, Mictodipoena stridula

Type specimen: UCMP 13534. Its type locality is UCMP B-7041, Balumtun landslide, Simojovel region, which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at UCMP B-7041, Balumtun landslide, Simojovel region

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