Epicadus is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[3] It is considered a senior synonym of Tobias.[2]

Epicadus
E. heterogaster
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Epicadus
Simon, 1895[1]
Type species
E. heterogaster
(Guérin, 1829)
Species

11, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of December 2021 it contains eleven species, found in South and Central America:[1]

Formerly included:

  • E. mutchleri Petrunkevitch, 1930 (Transferred to Rejanellus)

Nomina dubia

  • E. albicans (Mello-Leitão, 1929
  • E. albovittatus (Caporiacco, 1954
  • E. corticatus (Mello-Leitão, 1917
  • E. flavus (Giebel, 1863
  • E. gradiens (Mello-Leitão, 1929
  • E. polyophthalmus (Mello-Leitão, 1929
  • E. ruber (Giebel, 1863

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Epicadus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. ^ a b Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A.; Lise, A. A. (2017). "Cladistic analysis supports the monophyly of the Neotropical crab spider genus Epicadus and its senior synonymy over Tobias (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (4): 442–455. doi:10.1071/IS16074. S2CID 89911664.
  3. ^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées (in French). Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

Further reading

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  • Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A.; Lise, A. A. (2017). "Cladistic analysis supports the monophyly of the Neotropical crab spider genus Epicadus and its senior synonymy over Tobias (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 31 (4): 442–455. doi:10.1071/IS16074. S2CID 89911664.
  • Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A.; Lise, A. A. (2018). "There and back again: More on the taxonomy of the crab spiders genus Epicadus (Thomisidae: Stephanopinae)". Zootaxa. 4382 (3): 501–530. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4382.3.4. PMID 29689930.
  • Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
  • Silva-Moreira, T. da; Machado, M. (2016). "Taxonomic revision of the crab spider genus Epicadus Simon, 1895 (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae) with notes on related genera of Stephanopinae Simon, 1895". Zootaxa. 4147 (3): 281–310. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4147.3.4. PMID 27515619.