Asiopisinus

Asiopisinus
female A. nubilus
A. nubilus with prey
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Asiopisinus Hu, Wei, Liu & Xu, 2025 [1]
Species
8, see text

Asiopisinus is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae. ^[2]

Distribution

Most Asiopisinus are endemic to China, with some found in Japan, Korea and Taiwan. ^[2]

Etymology

The genus name is a combination of Asia and the related genus Episinus . ^[1]

Species

As of January 2026 ^[update] , this genus includes eight species: ^[2]

• Asiopisinus anfu (Liang, Liu, Yin & Yu, 2025) – China
• Asiopisinus baoshanensis (Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2019) – China
• Asiopisinus cheni Hu, Wei, Liu & Xu, 2025 – China
• Asiopisinus implicatus (Liang, Liu, Yin & Yu, 2025) – China
• Asiopisinus nubilus (Yaginuma, 1960) – Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan
• Asiopisinus ornithorrhynchus (F. J. Liu, Agnarsson, J. Liu & Zhu, 2022) – China
• Asiopisinus pseudonubilus (Liang, Liu, Yin & Yu, 2025) – China
• Asiopisinus yoshidai (Okuma, 1994) – Taiwan

References

1. Hu, C. H.; Wei, M.; Liu, J.; Xu, X. (2025). "Asiopisinus gen. nov., a new genus of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from eastern Asia". Zootaxa. 5660: 475–504. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.2.
2. "Gen. Asiopisinus Hu, Wei, Liu & Xu, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-21.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Asiopisinus at iNaturalist