Epicadus
Genus of spiders
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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]
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| Epicadus | |
|---|---|
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| E. heterogaster | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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11, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of December 2021[update] it contains eleven species, found in South and Central America:[1]
- Epicadus camelinus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) – Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Epicadus dimidiaster Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2018 – Colombia, Peru, Brazil
- Epicadus granulatus Banks, 1909 – Costa Rica, Peru, Brazil
- Epicadus heterogaster (Guérin, 1829) (type) – Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Epicadus pulcher (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Bolivia, Brazil
- Epicadus rubripes Mello-Leitão, 1924 – Brazil
- Epicadus stelloides (Walckenaer, 1837) – Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., Venezuela, Brazil
- Epicadus taczanowskii (Roewer, 1951) – Hispaniola, Costa Rica, Panama to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
- Epicadus tigrinus Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2018 – Costa Rica, Panama
- Epicadus trituberculatus (Taczanowski, 1872) – Mexico, Panama, Peru, Bolivia, French Guiana, Brazil, Argentina
- Epicadus tuberculatus (Petrunkevitch, 1910) – Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
Formerly included:
- E. mutchleri Petrunkevitch, 1930 (Transferred to Rejanellus)
- 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
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