Erissus Explained

Erissus is a genus of South American crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.^[1]

Species

it contains ten species, found in Venezuela, Peru, and Brazil:^[2]

• Erissus angulosus Simon, 1895 – Brazil
• Erissus bateae Soares, 1941 – Brazil
• Erissus bilineatus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
• Erissus fuscus Simon, 1929 – Peru, Brazil
• Erissus mirabilis (Soares, 1942) – Brazil
• Erissus roseus Mello-Leitão, 1943 – Brazil
• Erissus sanctaeleopoldinae (Soares & Soares, 1946) – Brazil
• Erissus spinosissimus Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil
• Erissus truncatifrons Simon, 1895 – Venezuela, Brazil
• Erissus validus Simon, 1895 (type) – Peru, Brazil

See also

• List of Thomisidae species

Further reading

• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1929. Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. 9–359. 31.
• Bonaldo. A. B.. Lise. A. A.. 2001. A review of the Neotropical spider genus Stephanopoides (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae). Biociências. 63–80. 9.
• Soares. B. A. M.. Soares. H. E. M.. 1946. Contribuição ao estudo das aranhas do estado do Espírito Santo. Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, Sao Paolo. 51–72. 7.
• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1943. Alguns pisauridas e tomisidas do Brasil. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural. 164–172. 45.

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1895. Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 432–443. 39. Eugène_Simon.
2. Gen. Erissus Simon, 1895. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-10-10. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.