Epidius is a genus of crab spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1877. It is a senior synonym of Pothaeus.
Species it contains fifteen species and one subspecies, found in Africa and Asia: Epidius armatus (Thorell, 1895) – India, Myanmar, Laos, China Epidius binotatus Simon, 1897 – West Africa, Congo Epidius b. guineensis Millot, 1942 – Guinea Epidius coloratus Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo), Brunei Epidius denisi Lessert, 1943 – Congo Epidius elongatus Benjamin, 2017 – Thailand Epidius floreni Benjamin, 2017 – Malaysia (Borneo) Epidius gongi (Song & Kim, 1992) – China Epidius longimanus Benjamin, 2017 – India Epidius longipalpis Thorell, 1877 (type) – India, Sri Lanka, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Seram, Sulawesi) Epidius lyriger Simon, 1897 – Philippines Epidius mahavira Benjamin, 2017 – India Epidius pallidus (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (Sumatra) Epidius parvati Benjamin, 2000 – Sri Lanka, India Epidius rubropictus Simon, 1909 – China, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra) Epidius typicus (Bösenberg & Strand, 1906) – Japan
Formerly included: E. bipunctatus (Thorell, 1891) (Transferred to Mastira) E. brevipalpus Simon, 1903 (Transferred to Pharta) E. gongi (Song & Kim, 1992) (Transferred to Epidius) E. kalawitanus (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) (Transferred to Cebrenninus) E. zhengi (Ono & Song, 1986) (Transferred to Pharta)
See also List of Thomisidae species
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