Check List 15(5): 937-940, doi: 10.15560/15.5.937
First record of Epicadus trituberculatus (Taczanowski, 1872) (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae) in the Brazilian Northeast
expand article infoJober Fernando Sobczak‡§, German Antonio Villanueva-Bonilla|, Antonia Maia Larissa da Silva‡, Jullyana Cristina Magalhães Silva Moura Sobczak‡, Miguel Machado
‡ Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira, Redenção, Brazil§ Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil| Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil¶ Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
Academic editor: Ivan L. F. Magalhaes
© Jober Fernando Sobczak, German Antonio Villanueva-Bonilla, Antonia Maia Larissa da Silva, Jullyana Cristina Magalhães Silva Moura Sobczak, Miguel Machado.
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Citation: Sobczak JF, Villanueva-Bonilla GA, Maia Larissa da Silva A, Sobczak JCMSM, Machado M (2019) First record of Epicadus trituberculatus (Taczanowski, 1872) (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae) in the Brazilian Northeast. Check List 15(5): 937-940. https://doi.org/10.15560/15.5.937
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Abstract
We present the first record of Epicadus trituberculatus (Taczanowski, 1872) from the Northeast Region of Brazil. The new record is based on six specimens observed in two areas of montane semi-deciduous tropical forest located in two municipalities: Guaramiranga and Pacatuba, Ceará state, Brazil. Of the six specimens observed we collected manually only three to preserve as voucher material. In Brazil, E. trituberculatus has a wide distribution range, which extends from the Atlantic Forest, Amazon, and Cerrado biomes and the Pampa ecoregion. With the new record there are currently six known species of Epicadus in northeastern Brazil.
Keywords
Biodiversity, distribution map, Maciço de Baturité, spider, tropical forest