Episinus angulatus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Theridiidae
- Genus
- Episinus
- Species
- Episinus angulatus
- Scientific Name
- Episinus angulatus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Episinus angulatus
Episinus angulatus is a small mottled brownish tangle-web spider, found from Europe to Russia.
Although it is a widespread European species, it is not common. It is notably found in Lithuania.
It can grow up to 5.5mm. The body is rather thin, the flat abdomen broadens a little bit near the end. Adults occur from May to July.
Episinus angulatus is found in low vegetation, bushes or under bark. It lives on forest clearings, on badlands and in gardens. It often rests with its legs stretched in front and behind, resembling a tetragnathid. The web only consists of a few threads that reach from the lower branches of a bush down to the ground. The web has roughly an 'H' form. The lower parts of the web contain sticky globules. Females hang the cocoon from a thread.
It is very similar to Episinus truncatus.
...Episinus angulatus in languages:
- Czech
- snovačka hranatá
- Danish
- Balalajkaedderkop
- German
- Gewöhnliche Kabelspinne
- Lithuanian
- Kampuotasis lynvoris
- Slovak
- snovačka hranatá
- Swedish
- skogsbalalajkaspindel
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Episinus affinis
- Episinus algiricus
- Episinus amoenus
- Episinus angulatus
- Episinus antipodianus
- Episinus baoshanensis
- Episinus bilineatus
- Episinus bimucronatus
- Episinus bishopi
- Episinus bonjovi
- Episinus cavernicola
- Episinus chikunii
- Episinus emanus
- Episinus fontinalis
- Episinus garisus
- Episinus gibbus
- Episinus hickmani
- Episinus immundus
- Episinus implexus
- Episinus israeliensis
- Episinus jiangweni
- Episinus kitazawai
- Episinus longabdomenus
- Episinus macrops
- Episinus maculipes
- Episinus maderianus
- Episinus makiharai
- Episinus marignaci
- Episinus meruensis
- Episinus mikhailovi
- Episinus mucronatus
- Episinus nanyue
- Episinus nubilus
- Episinus pentagonalis
- Episinus porteri
- Episinus punctisparsus
- Episinus rhomboidalis
- Episinus similanus
- Episinus similitudus
- Episinus taibeli
- Episinus theridioides
- Episinus tongyani
- Episinus truncatus
- Episinus typicus
- Episinus variacorneus
- Episinus xiushanicus
- Episinus yoshidai