Epidius (spider)
Genus of spiders
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Epidius is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877.[4] It is a senior synonym of Pothaeus.[3][5]
| Epidius | |
|---|---|
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| E. armatus from India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Thomisidae |
| Genus: | Epidius Thorell, 1877[1] |
| Type species | |
| E. longipalpis Thorell, 1877 | |
| Species | |
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15, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
As of September 2020[update] it contains fifteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa and Asia:[1]
- Epidius armatus (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar, Laos, China
- Epidius binotatus Simon, 1897 – West Africa, Congo
- Epidius b. guineensis Millot, 1942 – Guinea
- Epidius coloratus Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo), Brunei
- Epidius denisi Lessert, 1943 – Congo
- Epidius elongatus Benjamin, 2017 – Thailand
- Epidius floreni Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo)
- Epidius gongi (Song & Kim, 1992) – China
- Epidius longimanus Benjamin, 2017 – India
- Epidius longipalpis Thorell, 1877 (type) – India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Seram, Sulawesi)
- Epidius lyriger Simon, 1897 – Philippines
- Epidius mahavira Benjamin, 2017 – India
- Epidius pallidus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000 – Sri Lanka, India
- Epidius rubropictus Simon, 1909 – China, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Epidius typicus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Formerly included:
- E. bipunctatus (Thorell, 1891) (Transferred to Mastira)
- E. brevipalpus Simon, 1903 (Transferred to Pharta)
- E. gongi (Song & Kim, 1992) (Transferred to Epidius)
- E. kalawitanus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) (Transferred to Cebrenninus)
- E. zhengi (Ono & Song, 1986) (Transferred to Pharta)
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