Prusias (spider)
Prusias is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1892.[2]
Prusias | |
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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, 1915 – Brazil
- Prusias lanceolatus Simon, 1897 – Brazil or Peru
- Prusias nugalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892 (type) – Mexico, Panama
- Prusias semotus (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892) – Panama
gollark: IRS is Internal Revenue Service.
gollark: RSA is Rotating Stellar Avocados.
gollark: Technically, we *did* make a substantial fraction of pigeons sapient and networked them into a hive mind, slightly.
gollark: Some birds apparently grasp trade with humans, so it's fine.
gollark: BRB, teaching crows to pay taxes.
See also
References
- "Gen. Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
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