Episinus longabdomenus Zhu, 1998

Hu, Changhao, Wei, Mian, Liu, Jie & Xu, Xiang, 2025, Asiopisinus gen. nov., a new genus of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from eastern Asia, Zootaxa 5660 (4), pp. 475-504 : 485

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16603817
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scientific name	Episinus longabdomenus Zhu, 1998
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Episinus longabdomenus Zhu, 1998 View in CoL

Figs 2E View FIGURES 2 , 5A View FIGURES 5 , 17 View FIGURES 17 , 21A, E, I View FIGURES 21

Episinus longabdomenus Zhu, 1998: 270 View in CoL , fig. 180A‒C ( ♂); Song et al. 1999: 119, fig. 61L, M ( ♂).

Material examined. 8♂, CHINA, Hubei Province: Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture , Xuan’en County, Qizimeishan National Nature Reserve ; 29.9782‒30.0168°N, 109.7031‒109.7186°E; elev. 800‒900 m; 27‒30 June 2023; C.H. Hu & M. Wei leg. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis and Description. See Zhu (1998).

Remarks. This species shares the same somatic characteristics with Episunus nanyue Yin, 2012 , including dark brown carapace with 3 pairs of light brown lateral markings, brown markings on legs, and pairs of transverse black lines on posterior part of opisthosoma ( Fig. 21A, B, E, F, I, J View FIGURES 21 ). Therefore, this species is likely to be conspecific with E. nanyue . Further research is needed to conclusively resolve this question.

Distribution. China ( Hubei).