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''Epeirotypus'' is a
Adult ''Epeirotypus'' species have a body length of 1–3 mm. The carapace ranges in colour from light yellow to almost black, and the head region is not elevated. The sternum is smooth, convex, and rounded to the rear. The abdomen is ovoid, usually with a dorsal pattern which varies by species and sometimes bearing posterior lateral tubercules. The legs are short and stout, light tan or sometimes dark with annulations. The femoral length is – the total width of the carapace, and the tarsi bear an irregular group of serrated hairs on the ventral side.
They have eight eyes, all approximately equal in size. The AME are separated by half their diameter and the PME typically separated by their diameter.
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of ray spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS (3 November 1828 – 9 March 1917) was an England, English clergyman and zoologist. He was a keen arachnologist who described and named more than 900 species of spider.
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in 1894.
Description
Adult ''Epeirotypus'' species have a body length of 1–3 mm. The carapace ranges in colour from light yellow to almost black, and the head region is not elevated. The sternum is smooth, convex, and rounded to the rear. The abdomen is ovoid, usually with a dorsal pattern which varies by species and sometimes bearing posterior lateral tubercules. The legs are short and stout, light tan or sometimes dark with annulations. The femoral length is – the total width of the carapace, and the tarsi bear an irregular group of serrated hairs on the ventral side.
They have eight eyes, all approximately equal in size. The AME are separated by half their diameter and the PME typically separated by their diameter.
Species
it contains three species, found inChina
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, Costa Rica
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, and Mexico
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: '' E. brevipes'', '' E. chavarria'', and '' E. dalong''.
See also
*List of Theridiosomatidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Theridiosomatidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
A ''Andasta''
''Andasta'' Simon, 1895
* '' A. benoiti'' (Roberts, 1978) — Seychelles
* '' A. cyclosina'' Simon, 1901 — Malay ...
References
Further reading
* * * * Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Central America Spiders of China Spiders of Mexico Taxa named by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Theridiosomatidae {{Theridiosomatidae-stub