Prusias is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1892.[2]

Prusias
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Prusias
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892[1]
Type species
P. nugalis
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Species

4, see text

Species

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As of September 2019 it contains four species, found in Peru, Brazil, Panama, and Mexico:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology