Prusias (spider)

Prusias is a genus of huntsman spiders that was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1892.[2]

Prusias
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

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Prusias O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology