Epicratinus Explained

Epicratinus is a genus of spiders in the family Zodariidae. It was first described in 2005 by Jocqué & Baert.^[1]

Species

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

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. 2022 . Gen. Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005 . Natural History Museum Bern . 10.24436/2 . 11 September 2022 . World Spider Catalog Version 23.5.