''Epicadinus'' is a

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that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895.

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it contains four species found from

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: *'' Epicadinus biocellatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 –

*'' Epicadinus spinipes'' ( Blackwall, 1862) – Brazil *'' Epicadinus trispinosus'' (Taczanowski, 1872) ( type) –

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, Brazil *'' Epicadinus villosus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 – Brazil,

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Formerly included: *''E. tuberculatus'' Petrunkevitch, 1910 (Transferred to ''

Epicadus ''Epicadus'' is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1895. It is considered a senior synonym of ''Tobias''. Species it contains eleven species, found in South and Central America: *'' Epicadus camelinus'' ...

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: *''E. albimaculatus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 = ''Epicadinus spinipes'' (Blackwall, 1862) *''E. cornutus'' (Taczanowski, 1872) = ''Epicadinus trispinosus'' (Taczanowski, 1872) *''E. gavensis'' Soares, 1946 = ''Epicadinus spinipes'' (Blackwall, 1862) *''E. helenae'' Piza, 1936 = ''Epicadinus villosus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 *''E. marmoratus'' Mello-Leitão, 1947 = ''Epicadinus villosus'' Mello-Leitão, 1929 *''E. trifidus'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1893) = ''Epicadinus trispinosus'' (Taczanowski, 1872)

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