Epicadinus

Epicadinus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2]

Epicadinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Epicadinus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
E. trispinosus
(Taczanowski, 1872)
Species

4, see text

Species

As of September 2020 it contains four species found from Mexico to Brazil:[1]

Formerly included:

  • E. tuberculatus Petrunkevitch, 1910 (Transferred to Epicadus)

In synonymy:

  • E. albimaculatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 = Epicadinus spinipes (Blackwall, 1862)
  • E. cornutus (Taczanowski, 1872) = Epicadinus trispinosus (Taczanowski, 1872)
  • E. gavensis Soares, 1946 = Epicadinus spinipes (Blackwall, 1862)
  • E. helenae Piza, 1936 = Epicadinus villosus Mello-Leitão, 1929
  • E. marmoratus Mello-Leitão, 1947 = Epicadinus villosus Mello-Leitão, 1929
  • E. trifidus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = Epicadinus trispinosus (Taczanowski, 1872)

See also

References

  1. "Gen. Epicadinus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

Further reading

  • Prado, A. W. do; Baptista, R. L. C.; Machado, M. (2018). "Taxonomic review of Epicadinus Simon, 1895 (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 4459 (2): 201–234.
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
  • Keyserling, E. (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas, I. Laterigradae. Bauer & Raspe. pp. 1–283. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.64832.
  • Taczanowski, L. (1872). "Les aranéides de la Guyane française". Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae. 9: 64–112.


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