Episinus angulatus

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Episinus angulatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Episinus
Species:
E. angulatus
Binomial name
Episinus angulatus
(Blackwall, 1836)
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Episinus angulatus is a small mottled brownish tangle-web spider, found from Europe to Russia. [1]

Although it is a widespread European species, it is not common. It is notably found in Lithuania. [2]

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 .

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References

  1. ↑ "Episinus angulatus". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  2. ↑ The checklist of Lithuanian spiders (Arachnida: Araneae). Marija Biteniekytė and Vygandas Rėlys, Biologija, 2011, Vol. 57, No. 4, pages 148–158, doi : 10.6001/biologija.v57i4.1926


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