Taxonomic revision of the crab spider genus Epicadus Simon, 1895 (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae) with notes on related genera of Stephanopinae Simon, 1895
Author
Silva-Moreira, Thiago Da
Author
Machado, Miguel
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Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4147.3.4
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Key to species of
Epicadus
Females
1. Opisthosoma spherical, with all opisthosomal projections subequal, vertically oriented (
Fig. 2
B)..........
E. heterogaster
- Opisthosoma trapezoid; median posterior opisthosomal projection larger and stouter than the others (
Figs 7
B; 11 B)..... 2
2. MS pronounced. Eye mound with granular rows bordering all the frontal area of prosoma; median posterior opisthosomal pro- jection vertically oriented, with a blunt end (
Fig. 7
)...................................................
E. rubripes
- MS discrete, almost absent. Prosoma dorsal face bearing a vertical row of tiny dark granules or a vertical dark stripe. Median posterior opisthosomal projection horizontally oriented, with end split in smaller tubercles (
Fig. 11
).............
E. planus