Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae
Full reference: M. A. García-Villafuerte. 2006. A new fossil Episinus (Araneae, Theridiidae) from Tertiary Chiapas amber, Mexico. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 13:121-124
Belongs to Episinus according to M. A. García-Villafuerte 2006
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 praecognatus, Episinus pulcher, Episinus tibiaseta, Episinus transversus, Episinus tuberosus, Mictodipoena stridula, Municeps minutus
Type specimen: IHNFG-2895, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Mexican amber (IHNFG collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Mexican amber (IHNFG collection)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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