Epidius (spider)

Epidius is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877. It is a senior synonym of Pothaeus.

Species

it contains fifteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa and Asia:

• Epidius armatus <small>(Thorell, 1895)</small> – India, Myanmar, Laos, China
• Epidius binotatus <small>Simon, 1897</small> – West Africa, Congo
• Epidius b. guineensis <small>Millot, 1942</small> – Guinea
• Epidius coloratus <small>Benjamin, 2017</small> – Malaysia (Borneo), Brunei
• Epidius denisi <small>Lessert, 1943</small> – Congo
• Epidius elongatus <small>Benjamin, 2017</small> – Thailand
• Epidius floreni <small>Benjamin, 2017</small> – Malaysia (Borneo)
• Epidius gongi <small>(Song & Kim, 1992)</small> – China
• Epidius longimanus <small>Benjamin, 2017</small> – India
• Epidius longipalpis <small>Thorell, 1877</small> (type) – India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Seram, Sulawesi)
• Epidius lyriger <small>Simon, 1897</small> – Philippines
• Epidius mahavira <small>Benjamin, 2017</small> – India
• Epidius pallidus <small>(Thorell, 1890)</small> – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Epidius parvati <small>Benjamin, 2000</small> – Sri Lanka, India
• Epidius rubropictus <small>Simon, 1909</small> – China, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Epidius typicus <small>(Bösenberg & Strand, 1906)</small> – Japan

Formerly included:

• E. bipunctatus <small>(Thorell, 1891)</small> (Transferred to Mastira)
• E. brevipalpus <small>Simon, 1903</small> (Transferred to Pharta)
• E. gongi <small>(Song & Kim, 1992)</small> (Transferred to Epidius)
• E. kalawitanus <small>(Barrion & Litsinger, 1995)</small> (Transferred to Cebrenninus)
• E. zhengi <small>(Ono & Song, 1986)</small> (Transferred to Pharta)

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

References

Further reading