Prusias (spider)

Prusias is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1892.[2]

Prusias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Prusias
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892[1]
Type species
P. nugalis
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Species

4, see text

Species

As of September 2019 it contains four species, found in Peru, Brazil, Panama, and Mexico:[1]

  • Prusias brasiliensis Mello-Leitão, 1915Brazil
  • Prusias lanceolatus Simon, 1897 – Brazil or Peru
  • Prusias nugalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (type) – Mexico, Panama
  • Prusias semotus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Panama

See also

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology


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