Epicratinus is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 2005 by Jocqué & Baert.[1]
| Epicratinus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Zodariidae |
| Genus: | Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 |
| Type species | |
| Epicratinus amazonicus Jocqué & Baert, 2005
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| Species | |
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16, see text | |
Species edit
As of September 2022[update] it contains sixteen species, found in South America:[2]
- Epicratinus amazonicus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 (type) – Brazil
- Epicratinus anakin Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus dookan Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus ehonda Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus mauru Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus omegarugal Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus pegasus Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus perfidus (Jocqué & Baert, 2002) – Bolivia, Brazil
- Epicratinus petropolitanus (Mello-Leitão, 1922) – Brazil
- Epicratinus pikachu Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus pugionifer Jocqué & Baert, 2005 – Brazil
- Epicratinus stitch Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus takutu Jocqué & Baert, 2005 – Guyana, Brazil
- Epicratinus vader Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus zangief Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
- Epicratinus zelda Gonçalves & Brescovit, 2020 – Brazil
References edit
- ^ Jocqué, Rudy; Baert, Léon (2005). "Two new neotropical genera of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae)". Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Entomologie. 75: 119–133.
- ^ "Gen. Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005". World Spider Catalog Version 23.5. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 11 September 2022.