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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of September 2019[update] 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology