Theridiidae: Euryopis

In case you find an error or have a specific suggestion, please follow this link: click
1
Legs uniformly yellow or brown; prosoma ochre or yellow-red

  2  

- Legs dark, annulated with red or legs black with light, wide rings

  3  

2
(1)

world

add

cp

Opisthosoma uniformly brown or brown-violet; posterior eye row very strongly recurved; all distances between the eyes equal

Euryopis episinoides (Walckenaer, 1847)

speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Miller 1963)
-

world

add

cp

Opisthosoma olive-brown, with some yellow, shiny silver spots arranged in pairs; posterior eye row slightly recurved; distance between median eyes a bit smaller than distance between median and lateral eyes

Euryopis flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836)

speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
speciesimage
male Tibial apophysis
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
speciesimage
female Palpal claw
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
female Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Locket & Millidge 1953)
speciesimage
female Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
Habitus
(Miller 1963)
3
(1)

world

add

cp

Cymbium distally rounded; conductor hammer-shaped; epigynal groove wider than long, distinctly bipartite

Euryopis quinqueguttata Thorell, 1875

speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Azheganova 1968)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Azheganova 1968)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
- Cymbium distally with a process, epigynal groove different

  4  

4
(3)

world

add

cp

Distal process of cymbium short; epigynal groove partly covered by a plate anteriorly; opisthosoma black, in dorsal posterior area 2 large, irregular light spots, merging above spinnerets

Euryopis laeta (Westring, 1861)

speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Roberts 1995)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Roberts 1995)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Wiehle 1937)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
Habitus
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
Habitus
(Wiehle 1937)
-

world

add

cp

Process of cymbium distally pointed; conductor pointed; epigynal groove ± circular; opisthosoma black, dorsally with silver spots in anterior half, can also merge into stripes

Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951

speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Heimer & Nentwig 1991)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Miller 1963)
speciesimage
Habitus
(Miller 1963)
Further taxa

world

add

cp

1. Euryopis giordanii Caporiacco, 1950

speciesimage
male Pedipalp
(Pesarini 2000)

world

add

cp

2. Euryopis sexalbomaculata (Lucas, 1846)

speciesimage
male Pedipalp, mesal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
male Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
male Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
male Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
male Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
female Epigyne
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
female Vulva
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
speciesimage
female Prosoma, lateral view
(Levy & Amitai 1981)
3. Euryopis dentigera Simon, 1879 distribution
4. Euryopis duodecimguttata Caporiacco, 1950 distribution
5. Euryopis margaritata (L. Koch, 1867) distribution
6. Euryopis mutoloi Caporiacco, 1948 distribution
7. Euryopis orsovensis Kulczyński, 1894 distribution