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Genus: Epicadus Simon, 1895 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Epicadus stelloides Walckenaer, 1837

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031170

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Described:

Distribution: Puerto Rico, Virgin Is., Venezuela, Brazil

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (26036) of Epicadus caudatus - (Mello-Leitão, 1929d)
Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f (probably lost) - (Machado et al., 2021)
Lectotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France m (3973) of Stephanopis salobrensis - (Machado et al., 2021)
Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 2f (21628-21629) of Stephanopis trilobata - (Machado et al., 2021)

Taxonomic References

Thomisus stelloides Walckenaer, 1837: 514 (Df) Original description

Stephanopis stelloides Keyserling, 1880: 173, pl. 3, f. 95 (f)

Metatobias stelloides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 161, pl. 11, f. 1 (f)

Stephanopis stelloides Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 55, f. 175-176 (f)

Stephanopis trilobata Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 56, f. 136 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031172]

Tobias caudatus Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 88, f. 187-188 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031754]

Stephanopis solobrensis Mello-Leitão, 1929d: 39, f. 138-139 (m, f is Kryptochroma parahybana) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:031166]

Tobias caudatus Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2015: 567, f. 1-11 (f, Dm)

Epicadus caudatus Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2017: 448, f. 3A, S2B, S5D,F, S9C, S10A,F, S15A (f, T from Tobias)

Epicadus stelloides Machado et al., 2021: 66, f. (mf, T from Stephanopis, S of Epicadus caudatus, Stephanopis salobrensis and S. trilobata)

References

Keyserling, E. (1880). Die Spinnen Amerikas. Laterigradae. [Erster Band]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 283 pp., pl. 1-8. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.64832 -- Show included taxa

Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A. & Lise, A. A. (2015). Taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Tobias Simon, 1895 (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae). Zootaxa 4034(3): 565-576. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4034.3.8 -- Show included taxa

Machado, M., Teixeira, R. A. & Lise, A. A. (2017). Cladistic analysis supports the monophyly of the Neotropical crab spider genus Epicadus and its senior synonymy over Tobias (Araneae: Thomisidae). Invertebrate Systematics 31(4): 442-455 & Supplement. doi: 10.1071/IS16074 -- Show included taxa

Machado, M., Viecelli, R., Guzati, C., Grismado, C. J. & Teixeira, R. A. (2021). Kryptochroma: a new genus of bark-dwelling crab spiders (Araneae, Thomisidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 778: 26-70, 136-137. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1565 [[incl. Corrigendum 10.5852/ejt.2021.778.1573]] -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1929d). Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 31: 9-359. -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1900). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 89-192, pl. 6-15. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Tome premier. Roret, Paris, 682 pp., pl. 1-15. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.61095 [[plates in second pdf]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2019). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [1 September 2019]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2021-11-11	Taxonomic reference added from other taxon		Old value
2021-11-11	Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon			Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Kryptochroma parahybana (Mello-Leitão, 1929)
2021-11-11	Species distribution update	Machado et al., 2021	Old value
2021-11-11	Species synonymy	Machado et al., 2021		Epicadus caudatus synonymized with Epicadus stelloides
2021-11-11	Species synonymy	Machado et al., 2021		Epicadus salobrensis synonymized with Epicadus stelloides
2021-11-11	Species synonymy	Machado et al., 2021		Epicadus trilobatus synonymized with Epicadus stelloides
2021-11-11	New taxonomic reference entry	Machado et al., 2021
2021-11-11	Species transferred to new genus	Machado et al., 2021		Species transferred from Stephanopis to Epicadus