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Episinus penneyi

Arachnida - Araneae - Theridiidae

Taxonomy
Episinus penneyi was named by García-Villafuerte (2006). Its type specimen is IHNFG-2895, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Mexican amber (IHNFG collection), which is in a Miocene terrestrial amber in Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Episinus penneyi García-Villafuerte p. 122 figs. 1-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
RankNameAuthor
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
—Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
—Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
—EntelegynaeSimon 1893
superfamilyAraneoideaSimon 1895
familyTheridiidaeSundevall 1833
genusEpisinusLatreille 1809
speciespenneyi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Episinus penneyi García-Villafuerte 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available