Erissus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Erissus Simon, 1895[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. validus Simon, 1895
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10, see text | |
Species edit
As of September 2020[update] it contains ten species, found in Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil:[1]
- Erissus angulosus Simon, 1895 – Brazil
- Erissus bateae Soares, 1941 – Brazil
- Erissus bilineatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Erissus fuscus Simon, 1929 – Peru, Brazil
- Erissus mirabilis (Soares, 1942) – Brazil
- Erissus roseus Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
- Erissus sanctaeleopoldinae (Soares & Soares, 1946) – Brazil
- Erissus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
- Erissus truncatifrons Simon, 1895 – Venezuela, Brazil
- Erissus validus Simon, 1895 (type) – Peru, Brazil
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Gen. Erissus Simon, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ Simon, E. (1895). "Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 39: 432–443.
Further reading edit
- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929). "Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil". Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 31: 9–359.
- Bonaldo, A. B.; Lise, A. A. (2001). "A review of the Neotropical spider genus Stephanopoides (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae)". Biociências. 9: 63–80.
- Soares, B. A. M.; Soares, H. E. M. (1946). "Contribuição ao estudo das aranhas do estado do Espírito Santo". Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, Sao Paolo. 7: 51–72.
- Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1943). "Alguns pisauridas e tomisidas do Brasil". Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 45: 164–172.