Episinus tibiaseta Wunderlich 2011 (cobweb spider)

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Full reference: J. Wunderlich. 2011. Some fossil spiders in Dominican amber (Araneae: Hersilidae, Theridiidae, Gnaphosidae). Beiträge zur Araneologie 6:461-471

Belongs to Episinus according to J. Wunderlich 2011

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 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 transversus, Episinus tuberosus, Municeps minutus, Mictodipoena stridula

Type specimen: F2213/DB/AR/CJW. Its type locality is Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (Wunderlich collection)

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