Episinus bilineatus
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| Butterfly Comb-Foot Spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Theridiidae |
| Genus: | Episinus |
| Species: | E. bilineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Episinus bilineatus | |
Episinus bilineatus is a species of spider in the family Theridiidae.[2] It is commonly known as the butterfly comb-foot spider.[3]
Episinus bilineatus is found in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa.[2]
In South Africa, it is recorded from all nine provinces.[3]
Description
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female
Habitat and ecology
Episinus bilineatus is found at ground level between low vegetation, making a very simple H or Y-shaped web near ground level. Courtship takes place in summer. The egg-sac is white and spherical and has a coarse loop of silk around it.[3]
It was sampled from the Fynbos, Indian Ocean Coastal Belt, Savanna, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 4 to 1703 m.[3]
