Asiopisinus

Asiopisinus is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae.

Distribution

Most Asiopisinus are endemic to China, with some found in Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

The genus name is a combination of Asia and the related genus Episinus.

As of January 2026^[update], this genus includes eight species:

Asiopisinus anfu (Liang, Liu, Yin & Yu, 2025) – China
Asiopisinus baoshanensis (Liu, Irfan & Peng, 2019) – China
Asiopisinus cheni Hu, Wei, Liu & Xu, 2025 – China
Asiopisinus implicatus (Liang, Liu, Yin & Yu, 2025) – China
Asiopisinus nubilus (Yaginuma, 1960) – Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan
Asiopisinus ornithorrhynchus (F. J. Liu, Agnarsson, J. Liu & Zhu, 2022) – China
Asiopisinus pseudonubilus (Liang, Liu, Yin & Yu, 2025) – China
Asiopisinus yoshidai (Okuma, 1994) – Taiwan

1 2 Hu, C. H.; Wei, M.; Liu, J.; Xu, X. (2025). "Asiopisinus gen. nov., a new genus of the family Theridiidae Sundevall, 1833 (Araneae, Theridiidae) from eastern Asia". Zootaxa. 5660 (4): 475–504. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5660.4.2. PMID 41119861.
1 2 3 "Gen. Asiopisinus Hu, Wei, Liu & Xu, 2025". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2026-01-21.

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