Prusias (spider)

Prusias
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Prusias ; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Type species
	P. nugalis ; O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1892
Species
	4, see text

Last updated May 18, 2025

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

Species

As 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

References

1 2 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

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[NMBE-1] 1 2 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.

[Pick1892-2] Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1892), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology

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Prusias (spider)

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