Distributional and taxonomic notes on the crab spider genus Epidius with descriptions of five new species (Araneae: Thomisidae) |
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| Authors: | Suresh P. Benjamin |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Earth, Environment &2. Biodiversity, National Institute of Fundamental Studies, Kandy, Sri Lanka;3. Arthropoda Department, Alexander Koenig Research Museum of Zoology, Bonn, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Distributional and taxonomic data are provided for six species of crab spiders of the genus Epidius Thorell, 1877 of which five species, E. coloratus sp. nov., E. elongatus sp. nov. (male), E. floreni sp. nov. (male/female), E. longimanus sp. nov. (male/female) and E. mahavira sp. nov. (male/female), are newly described. Evidence is provided to demonstrate that Pothaeus Thorell, 1895 (type species Pothaeus armatu is a junior synonym of Epidius. Epidius bazarus is shown to be a junior synonym of E. armatus comb. nov. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:15B56D3E-69FB-46CD-8AFE-34919B844D14 |
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| Keywords: | Taxonomy South Asia Southeast Asia Burma Ceylon biodiversity |
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