Family: Thomisidae

Epicadus Simon, 1895

GENUS |   ACCEPTED

N.B.: replacement name for Eripus Walckenaer, 1833: 438 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05604], preoccupied in Coleoptera by Dejean, 1829; considered a senior synonym of Tobias Simon, 1895a: 1053 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02781] (type Stephanopis camelina O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) by Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2017: 448 and of Metatobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 161 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06390] (type Thomisus stelloides Walckenaer, 1837) by Machado et al., 2021: 66 (by transfer of the type species from Stephanopis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869).

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Last updated: 2025-10-24

Species counts

ACCEPTED: 11

SYNONYM: 16

NOMEN DUBIUM: 7

HOMONYM: 1

Taxonomic Reference
Original description Simon, 1895a: 1052 type Thomisus heterogaster Guérin, 1829; gender masculine
Reference

Simon, E. (1895a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome premier. Roret, Paris, pp. 761-1084. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2025-09-25 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-08-29 Nota bene edited Old value
2022-08-29 Nota bene edited Old value
2021-11-11 Nota bene edited Old value
2017-06-27 Genus synonymy Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2017 Tobias synonymized with Epicadus

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