Epeirotypus

Epeirotypus is a genus of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1894.[2] As of June 2020 it contains three species, found in China, Costa Rica, and Mexico: E. brevipes, E. chavarria, and E. dalong.[1]

Epeirotypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiosomatidae
Genus:	Epeirotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894[1]
Type species
E. brevipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894
Species
E. brevipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894 – Mexico to Costa Rica E. chavarria Coddington, 1986 – Costa Rica E. dalong Miller, Griswold & Yin, 2009 – China

See also

• List of Theridiosomatidae species

References

1. "Gen. Epeirotypus O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1894". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-07-18.
2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1894), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology

Further reading

• Coddington, J. A. (1986). "The genera of the spider family Theridiosomatidae". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 422: 1–96.
• Álvarez-Padilla, F.; Hormiga, G. (2011). "Morphological and phylogenetic atlas of the orb-weaving spider family Tetragnathidae (Araneae: Araneoidea)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 162 (4): 713–879.
• Miller, J. A.; Griswold, C. E.; Yin, C. M. (2009). "The symphytognathoid spiders of the Gaoligongshan, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Araneoidea): Systematics and diversity of micro-orbweavers". ZooKeys. 11: 9–195.
• Archer, A. F. (1953). "Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae)". American Museum Novitates. 1622: 1–27.