dc:creator"Silva-Moreira, Thiago Da; Machado, Miguel";
dc:date"2016";
dc:title"Taxonomic revision of the crab spider genus Epicadus Simon, 1895 (Arachnida: Araneae: Thomisidae) with notes on related genera of Stephanopinae Simon, 1895";
dc:description"FIGURE 2. Epicadus heterogaster (Guérin-Menéville, 1829). Female (IBSP 06247). A – C habitus (A dorsal, B lateral, C ventral); D cephalic region, frontal view; E femur I, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A – C); 1 mm (D – E).";
dc:description"FIGURE 3. Epicadus heterogaster (Guérin-Menéville, 1829). Female (IBSP 08491). A – D epigynum / vulva (A ventral – arrows point the atrium, B dorsal – arrows points tto FD, C sagittal, D frontal—arrow points to FD (left one broken )); E metatarsus I, retrolateral view. Arrows point to bifid setae. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A, E); 0.2 mm (B – D).";
dc:description"FIGURE 15. Comparison between Epicadus species. A – C E. heterogaster (AMNH 41, MCTP 1772); D – F E. planus (MCTP 34653, MPEG 22672); G – I E. rubripes (MCTP 33693, MCTP 21868, MCTP 2855). A, D and G vulva, dorsal; B, E and H epigynum, ventral; C, F and I male palp, retrolateral. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A), 0.15 (G), 0.2 mm (B, C, D, E, I), 0.25 mm (F, H).";
dc:description"FIGURE 5. Epicadus heterogaster (Guérin-Menéville, 1829). Male (MZSP 07721). A – E Male pedipalp (A dorsal, B ventral, C, E retrolateral, D prolateral). Scale bars: 0.2 mm (A – C); 0.5 mm (D – E).";
dc:description"FIGURE 7. Epicadus rubripes Mello-Leitão, 1924. Female (IBSP 5279). A – C habitus (A dorsal, B lateral, C ventral);. D cephalic region, frontal view; E leg I, dorsal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A – C, E), 1 mm (D).";
dc:description"FIGURE 11. Epicadus planus Mello-Leitão, 1932 (holotype of E. nigronotatus, MNRJ 58252). A – C habitus (A dorsal, B lateral, C ventral); D cephalic, region frontal view; E opisthosoma, caudal view. Scale bars: 2 mm (A – C), 1 mm (D – E).";
dc:description"FIGURE 6. Epicadus heterogaster (Guérin-Menéville, 1829). Female (AMNH 41). A cephalic ocular spiniform projections; B metatarsus I, dorsal view, the box refers to the area depicted in C – E; C and D SPt area, thick arrows shows duster-shaped setae and thinner arrows shows trichobothria; E duster-shaped seta. Scale bars: 0.1 mm (A, C, D); 1 mm (B); 0.01 mm (E).";
dc:description"FIGURE 4. Epicadus heterogaster (Guérin-Menéville, 1829). Male (MZSP 07721). A cephalic region, frontal view; B, D – E habitus (B lateral, D dorsal, E ventral); C opisthosoma, caudal view. Scale bars: 0.25 mm (A), 0.5 mm (C); 1 mm (B, D, E).";
dc:description"FIGURE 13. Epicadus planus Mello-Leitão, 1932. Male (MNRJ 11479). A – C habitus (A dorsal, B lateral, C ventral); D cephalic region, frontal view; E opisthosoma, caudal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A – D), 0.4 mm (E).";
dc:description"FIGURE 1. Epicadus species, color variation. A – C E. heterogaster; D – F E. rubripes; G – I E. planus. Photo credits (and localities): A Maxwel Rocha (Unknown locality); B Carlos Viquez (Costa Rica); C Anonymous (Amazônia, Brazil); D – F, Almir Cândido de Almeida (Ribeirão Grande, São Paulo, Brazil); G Arthur Anker (Peru); H Enio Branco (Aracoiaba da Serra, São Paulo, Brazil); I Projeto Dacnis team (Alex Mariano and Edelcio Muscat) (Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil).";
dc:description"FIGURE 9. Epicadus rubripes Mello-Leitão, 1924. Male (MCTP 10255). A – C habitus (A dorsal, B lateral, C ventral); D cephalic region, frontal view; E opisthosoma, caudal view. Scale bars: 0.5 mm (A – C, E), 0.4 mm (D).";
dc:description"FIGURE 16. Epicadus species, behavior. A (unknown locality) and C (PN Itatiaia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) E. heterogaster, sitand-wait behavior using aggressive mimicry; B and D (PN Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) E. heterogaster, female guarding egg sac; E (PN Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) E rubripes, sit-and-wait behavior using aggressive mimicry; F (Costa Rica) E. rubripes, female guarding egg sac. Photo credits: A Maxwel Rocha (Unknown locality); B – E Henrique Cafundó; F Carlos Viquez.";
