Euryopis

Euryopis is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by Anton Menge in 1868.^[4]

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] Mufila Bryant, 1949[3] Phylarchus Simon, 1889[2]

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. emertoni Bryant, 1933 (Transferred to Emertonella)
• E. euterpe Denis, 1954 (Transferred to Coscinida)
• E. floricola Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Emertonella)
• E. georgiana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Emertonella)
• E. inornata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Dipoena)
• E. longiventris Simon, 1905 (Transferred to Dipoena)
• E. lutea Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
• E. maculata Keyserling, 1891 (Transferred to Dipoena)
• E. mustelina Simon, 1888 (Transferred to Phycosoma)
• E. nigripes Banks, 1929 (Transferred to Emertonella)
• E. ornata Bryant, 1933 (Transferred to Stemmops)
• E. orniceps Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944 (Transferred to Stemmops)
• E. pumicata Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)
• E. pusilla Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Dipoena)
• E. taczanowskii Keyserling, 1886 (Transferred to Emertonella)
• E. tuberosa Wunderlich, 1987 (Transferred to Eurypoena)
• E. variabilis Keyserling, 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. modesta Schenkel, 1936

See also

• List of Theridiidae species