Erissus
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| Erissus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Erissus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.[2]
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
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