Euryopis

Euryopis
	Euryopis splendens, Splendid Tick Spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Euryopis; Menge, 1868
Synonyms
	Acanthomysmena Mello-Leitão, 1944 ; Atkinia Strand, 1929 ; Atkinsonia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 ; Diaprocorus Simon, 1894 ; Mufila Bryant, 1949 ; Phylarchus Simon, 1889 ;

Euryopis is a genus of cobweb or comb-footed spiders in the family Theridiidae. There are more than 40 described species in Euryopis.

Species

As of October 2026, these 49 species belong to the genus Euryopis:

Euryopis aeneocincta Simon, 1877
Euryopis argentea Emerton, 1882 (Silver Cobweb Weaver)
Euryopis bifascigera Strand, 1913
Euryopis campestrata Simon, 1907
Euryopis candiota Rodrigues, Marta & Figueiredo, 2021
Euryopis chatchikovi Ponomarev, 2005
Euryopis clara Ponomarev, 2005
Euryopis dentigera Simon, 1880
Euryopis duodecimguttata Caporiacco, 1950
Euryopis elegans Keyserling, 1890 (Elegant Ant-eater Spider)
Euryopis elenae González, 1991
Euryopis estebani González, 1991
Euryopis flavomaculata (C. L. Koch, 1836)
Euryopis galeiforma Zhu, 1998
Euryopis gertschi Levi, 1951
Euryopis giordanii Caporiacco, 1950
Euryopis hebraea Levy & Amitai, 1981
Euryopis helcra Roberts, 1983
Euryopis iharai Yoshida, 1992
Euryopis jucunda Thorell, 1895
Euryopis laeta (Westring, 1861)
Euryopis levii Heimer, 1987
Euryopis maga Simon, 1908
Euryopis margaritata (L. Koch, 1867)
Euryopis megalops (Caporiacco, 1934)
Euryopis molopica Thorell, 1895
Euryopis multipunctata (Simon, 1895)
Euryopis mutoloi Caporiacco, 1948
Euryopis nana (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880)
Euryopis notabilis (Keyserling, 1891)
Euryopis nubila Simon, 1889
Euryopis octomaculata (Paik, 1995)
Euryopis orsovensis Kulczyński, 1894
Euryopis papula Kim, Lee & Yoo, 2020
Euryopis perpusilla Ono, 2011
Euryopis petricola (Hickman, 1951)
Euryopis pilosa Miller, 1970
Euryopis potteri Simon, 1901
Euryopis praemitis Simon, 1909
Euryopis promo González, 1991
Euryopis sagittata (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885)
Euryopis saukea Levi, 1951
Euryopis sexalbomaculata (Lucas, 1846)
Euryopis splendens (Rainbow, 1916) (Splendid Tick Spider)
Euryopis splendida (Simon, 1889)
Euryopis superba (Rainbow, 1896)
Euryopis tribulata Simon, 1905
Euryopis umbilicata L. Koch, 1872 (Superb Ant-eater Spider)
Euryopis venutissima (Caporiacco, 1934)

References

1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Euryopis Menge, 1868". Retrieved 2026-10-08.
1 2 "Species list of Euryopis Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

External links

Citizen science observations for Euryopis at iNaturalist
Media related to Euryopis at Wikimedia Commons

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[catlife-1] 1 2 "Catalogue of Life, Euryopis Menge, 1868". Retrieved 2026-10-08.

[WSC-Euryopis-2] 1 2 "Species list of Euryopis Menge, 1868". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2026. Retrieved 2026-10-22.

Euryopis

Euryopis splendens, Splendid Tick Spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Theridiidae
Genus:	Euryopis Menge, 1868
Synonyms
Acanthomysmena Mello-Leitão, 1944 Atkinia Strand, 1929 Atkinsonia O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1880 Diaprocorus Simon, 1894 Mufila Bryant, 1949 Phylarchus Simon, 1889