Euryopis

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; MufilaBryant, 1949; PhylarchusSimon, 1889;

Last updated October 06, 2025

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. emertoniBryant, 1933 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. euterpeDenis, 1954 (Transferred to Coscinida )
E. floricolaKeyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. georgiana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. inornata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Dipoena )
E. longiventrisSimon, 1905 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. luteaKeyserling, 1891 (Transferred to Phycosoma )
E. maculataKeyserling, 1891 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. mustelinaSimon, 1888 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
E. nigripesBanks, 1929 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. ornataBryant, 1933 (Transferred to Stemmops )
E. ornicepsChamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Stemmops)
E. pumicataKeyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. pusillaKeyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)
E. taczanowskiiKeyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Emertonella)
E. tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987 (Transferred to Eurypoena )
E. variabilisKeyserling, 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. modestaSchenkel, 1936

References

1 2 3 4 "Genus Euryopis". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.
1 2 3 4 Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 15.
1 2 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.

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[wsc-1] 1 2 3 4 "Genus Euryopis". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2025-10-02.

[Levi1962-2] 1 2 3 4 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] 1 2 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

Contents

Description

Species

See also

References

External links

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] MufilaBryant, 1949^[3] PhylarchusSimon, 1889^[2]