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]
Species
As of September 2020 it contains fifteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa and Asia:[1]
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Epidius armatus (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar, Laos, China
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Epidius binotatus Simon, 1897 – West Africa, Congo
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Epidius coloratus Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo), Brunei
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Epidius denisi Lessert, 1943 – Congo
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Epidius elongatus Benjamin, 2017 – Thailand
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Epidius floreni Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo)
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Epidius gongi (Song & Kim, 1992) – China
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Epidius longimanus Benjamin, 2017 – India
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Epidius longipalpis Thorell, 1877 (type) – India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Seram, Sulawesi)
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Epidius lyriger Simon, 1897 – Philippines
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Epidius mahavira Benjamin, 2017 – India
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Epidius pallidus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000 – Sri Lanka, India
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Epidius rubropictus Simon, 1909 – China, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Epidius typicus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Formerly included:
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E. bipunctatus (Thorell, 1891) (Transferred to Mastira)
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E. brevipalpus Simon, 1903 (Transferred to Pharta)
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E. gongi (Song & Kim, 1992) (Transferred to Epidius)
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E. kalawitanus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) (Transferred to Cebrenninus)
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E. zhengi (Ono & Song, 1986) (Transferred to Pharta)
See also
References
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^ a b c "Gen. Epidius Thorell, 1877". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
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^ Benjamin, S. P. (2011). "Phylogenetics and comparative morphology of crab spiders (Araneae: Dionycha, Thomisidae)". Zootaxa. 3080: 14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3080.1.1.
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^ a b Benjamin, S. P. (2017). "Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Journal of Natural History. 51 (9–10): 470. doi:10.1080/00222933.2017.1302016. S2CID 90818752.
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^ Thorell, T. (1877). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. I. Ragni di Selebes raccolti nel 1874 dal Dott. O. Beccari". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 10: 341–637.
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^ Lehtinen, P. T. (2016). "Significance of oriental taxa in phylogeny of crab spiders (Thomisidae s. lat. and Stiphropodidae)". Indian Journal of Arachnology. 5: 159.