Episinus truncatus

Episinus truncatus is a small dark tangle-web spider, with a palearctic distribution.^[1]

Episinus truncatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Episinus
Species:	E. truncatus
Binomial name
Episinus truncatus Latreille, 1809

Male Episinus truncatus photographed in Segonzano (Trentino-South Tyrol, Italy)

Episinus truncatus is found in Europe. It is notably found in Lithuania.^[2] In England, it is mostly found on heather and sometimes on coastal grassland.

It spins a simple web near the ground. It can grow up to 4 mm and is very similar to Episinus angulatus.