Prepotelus is a genus of Mauritian crab spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.[2]

Prepotelus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Thomisidae
Genus: Prepotelus
Simon, 1898[1]
Type species
P. lanceolatus Simon, 1898
Species

4, see text

Species edit

As of April 2019 it contains four species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Prepotelus Simon, 1898". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  2. ^ Simon, E. (1898). "Etudes arachnologiques. 28e Mémoire. XLIV. Arachnides recueillis par M. Ch. Alluaud à l'île Maurice en 1896". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 66: 276–281.