23 Records

Euryopis; Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	E. funebris from Virginia
	E. flavomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Euryopis; Menge, 1868
Type species
	E. flavomaculata; (C. L. Koch, 1836)
Species
	82, see text
Synonyms
	Acanthomysmena Mello-Leitão, 1944; Atkinia Strand, 1929 (removed from S of Dipoena Thorell, 1869); Diaprocorus Simon, 1895; Dipoenoides Chamberlin, 1925; Mufila Bryant, 1949; Phylarchus Simon, 1889;

Euryopis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.^[4]

Description

Species in this genus are found all over the world.^[1]

Species

male E. argentea
female E. episinoides
female E. splendens

As of October 2025^[update], this genus includes 82 species:^[1]

Euryopis aeneocincta Simon, 1877 – Philippines
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882 – Russia (Kamchatka), Canada, United States
Euryopis bifascigera Strand, 1913 – Central Africa
Euryopis boliviensis Rodrigues, Marta & Figueiredo, 2021 – Bolivia
Euryopis californica Banks, 1904 – United States, Mexico
Euryopis camis Levi, 1963 – Brazil
Euryopis campestrata Simon, 1907 – Egypt
Euryopis candiota Rodrigues, Marta & Figueiredo, 2021 – Brazil
Euryopis catarinensis Rodrigues, Marta & Figueiredo, 2021 – Brazil
Euryopis chatchikovi Ponomarev, 2005 – Russia (Europe)
Euryopis clara Ponomarev, 2005 – Russia (Europe), Kazakhstan, Iran
Euryopis cobreensis Levi, 1963 – Jamaica
Euryopis coki Levi, 1954 – United States
Euryopis cyclosisa Zhu & Song, 1997 – China
Euryopis dentigera Simon, 1880 – France, Italy, Greece
Euryopis deplanata Schenkel, 1936 – China
Euryopis duodecimguttata Caporiacco, 1950 – Italy
Euryopis elegans Keyserling, 1890 – Australia
Euryopis elenae González, 1991 – Argentina
Euryopis emiliae Lecigne, 2023 – Greece
Euryopis episinoides (Walckenaer, 1847) – Cape Verde, Mediterranean to Turkey, Georgia, Israel. Introduced to South Africa, Réunion, India, China
Euryopis estebani González, 1991 – Argentina
Euryopis flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836) – Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan, Central Asia, China, Japan (type species)
Euryopis formosa Banks, 1908 – Canada, United States
Euryopis funebris (Hentz, 1850) – Canada, United States. Introduced to South Africa
Euryopis galeiforma Zhu, 1998 – China
Euryopis gertschi Levi, 1951 – Canada, United States
Euryopis giordanii Caporiacco, 1950 – Italy
Euryopis hebraea Levy & Amitai, 1981 – Israel
Euryopis helcra Roberts, 1983 – Seychelles (Aldabra)
Euryopis iharai Yoshida, 1992 – Japan, Ryukyu Is.
Euryopis jucunda Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
Euryopis laeta (Westring, 1861) – Europe, Tunisia, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to South Siberia), Kazakhstan, Central Asia
Euryopis levii Heimer, 1987 – Mongolia
Euryopis lineatipes O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893 – USA to Colombia
Euryopis maga Simon, 1908 – Australia (Western Australia)
Euryopis mallah Zakerzade, Moradmand & Jäger, 2022 – Iran
Euryopis margaritata (L. Koch, 1867) – Spain, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, Greece
Euryopis megalops (Caporiacco, 1934) – India (Karakorum)
Euryopis mingyaoi Yin, 2012 – China
Euryopis molopica Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
Euryopis mulaiki Levi, 1954 – United States, Mexico
Euryopis multipunctata (Simon, 1895) – Australia (Victoria)
Euryopis mutoloi Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece
Euryopis nana (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880) – New Zealand
Euryopis nasuta Rodrigues, Marta & Figueiredo, 2021 – Brazil
Euryopis nigra Yoshida, 2000 – Japan
Euryopis notabilis (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
Euryopis nubila Simon, 1889 – India
Euryopis octomaculata (Paik, 1995) – Korea, Japan
Euryopis orsovensis Kulczyński, 1894 – Romania, Turkey
Euryopis papula Kim, Lee & Yoo, 2020 – Korea
Euryopis pepini Levi, 1954 – Canada, United States
Euryopis perpusilla Ono, 2011 – Japan
Euryopis petricola (Hickman, 1951) – Australia (Tasmania)
Euryopis pickardi Levi, 1963 – Jamaica, Panama to Peru
Euryopis pilosa Miller, 1970 – Angola
Euryopis potteri Simon, 1901 – Ethiopia
Euryopis praemitis Simon, 1909 – Vietnam
Euryopis promo González, 1991 – Argentina
Euryopis quinqueguttata Thorell, 1875 – Europe, Egypt, Caucasus, Iran, Turkmenistan
Euryopis quinquemaculata Banks, 1900 – United States
Euryopis sagittata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) – Pakistan, India
Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951 – North America, Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan
Euryopis schwendingeri Zamani & Marusik, 2021 – Turkey, Iran
Euryopis scriptipes Banks, 1908 – Canada, United States, Mexico
Euryopis sexalbomaculata (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, Ukraine, Russia (Caucasus), Iran
Euryopis sexmaculata Hu, 2001 – China
Euryopis spinifera (Mello-Leitão, 1944) – Brazil, Argentina
Euryopis spinigera O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1895 – USA to Colombia
Euryopis spiritus Levi, 1954 – United States
Euryopis splendens (Rainbow, 1916) – Australia (New South Wales)
Euryopis splendida (Simon, 1889) – New Caledonia
Euryopis superba (Rainbow, 1896) – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
Euryopis talaveraensis González, 1991 – Argentina
Euryopis tavara Levi, 1954 – United States
Euryopis texana Banks, 1908 – United States, Mexico
Euryopis tribulata Simon, 1905 – Argentina
Euryopis umbilicata L. Koch, 1872 – Australia (Queensland)
Euryopis varis Levi, 1963 – United States
Euryopis venutissima (Caporiacco, 1934) – Pakistan
Euryopis weesei Levi, 1963 – United States

Formerly included:

E. dentata Gertsch & Mulaik, 1936 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. emertoni Bryant, 1933 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. euterpe Denis, 1954 (Transferred to Coscinida)
E. floricola Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. georgiana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. inornata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. longiventris Simon, 1905 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. lutea Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
E. maculata Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. mustelina Simon, 1888 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
E. nigripes Banks, 1929 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. ornata Bryant, 1933 (Transferred to Stemmops)
E. orniceps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Stemmops)
E. pumicata Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. pusilla Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987 (Transferred to Eurypoena)
E. variabilis Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)

Nomina dubia

E. brevis (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871
E. gracilis (Holmberg, 1876
E. haematostigma (Blackwall, 1864
E. inscripta (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872
E. limbata (Walckenaer, 1841
E. modesta Schenkel, 1936

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Genus Euryopis". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-02.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 15.
^ ^a ^b Levi, H. W. (1954). "Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae)". American Museum Novitates (1666): 3.
^ Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.

External links

"Euryopis". The Encyclopedia of Life.

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[wsc-1] "Genus Euryopis". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-02.

[Levi1962-2] Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 15.

[Levi1954-3] Levi, H. W. (1954). "Spiders of the genus Euryopis from North and Central America (Araneae, Theridiidae)". American Museum Novitates (1666): 3.

[Meng1868-4] Menge, A. (1868). "Preussische Spinnen. II. Abtheilung". Schriften der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig. 2: 153–218.

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Euryopis sp.

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Euryopis Temporal range: Palaeogene– Present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N

E. funebris from Virginia

E. flavomaculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Euryopis Menge, 1868^[1]
Type species
E. flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836)
Species
82, see text
Synonyms^[1]
Acanthomysmena Mello-Leitão, 1944^[2] Atkinia Strand, 1929 (removed from S of Dipoena Thorell, 1869)^[2] Diaprocorus Simon, 1895^[2] Dipoenoides Chamberlin, 1925^[3] Mufila Bryant, 1949^[3] Phylarchus Simon, 1889^[2]

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Euryopis sp.

Synonyms

Tags

Map Snapshot

23 Records

Seasonality Summary

Resources

Citations

Source: Wikipedia

Description

Species

References

External links