Epicratinus

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

Epicratinus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Zodariidae
Genus:	Epicratinus Jocqué & Baert, 2005
Type species
Epicratinus amazonicus Jocqué & Baert, 2005
Species
16, see text

Species

As of September 2022^[update] 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

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