# Erissus

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Erissus
| authority = [Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1895<ref name=NMBE />
| type_species = ''[E. validus](/source/Erissus_validus)''
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1895
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 10, see text
}}
'''''Erissus''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of South American [crab spiders](/source/Thomisidae) that was first described by [Eugène Louis Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1895.<ref name=Simo1895>{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1895| title=Descriptions d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Thomisidae| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=432–443| volume=39| author-link=Eugène Simon}}</ref>

==Species==
{{as of|2020|09}} it contains ten species, found in [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), [Peru](/source/Peru), and [Brazil](/source/Brazil):<ref name=NMBE>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Erissus Simon, 1895| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2020-10-10| year=2020| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3625| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
*''[Erissus angulosus](/source/Erissus_angulosus)'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> – [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
*''[Erissus bateae](/source/Erissus_bateae)'' <small>Soares, 1941</small> – Brazil
*''[Erissus bilineatus](/source/Erissus_bilineatus)'' <small>[Mello-Leitão](/source/C%C3%A2ndido_Firmino_de_Mello-Leit%C3%A3o), 1929</small> – Brazil
*''[Erissus fuscus](/source/Erissus_fuscus)'' <small>Simon, 1929</small> – [Peru](/source/Peru), Brazil
*''[Erissus mirabilis](/source/Erissus_mirabilis)'' <small>(Soares, 1942)</small> – Brazil
*''[Erissus roseus](/source/Erissus_roseus)'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1943</small> – Brazil
*''[Erissus sanctaeleopoldinae](/source/Erissus_sanctaeleopoldinae)'' <small>(Soares & Soares, 1946)</small> – Brazil
*''[Erissus spinosissimus](/source/Erissus_spinosissimus)'' <small>Mello-Leitão, 1929</small> – Brazil
*''[Erissus truncatifrons](/source/Erissus_truncatifrons)'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> – [Venezuela](/source/Venezuela), Brazil
*''[Erissus validus](/source/Erissus_validus)'' <small>Simon, 1895</small> ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Peru, Brazil

==See also==
* [List of Thomisidae species](/source/List_of_Thomisidae_species)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*{{cite journal| last=Mello-Leitão| first=C. F. de| year=1929| title=Aphantochilidas e Thomisidas do Brasil| journal=Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro| pages=9–359| volume=31}}
*{{cite journal| last1=Bonaldo| first1=A. B.| last2=Lise| first2=A. A.| year=2001| title=A review of the Neotropical spider genus ''Stephanopoides'' (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae)| journal=Biociências| pages=63–80| volume=9}}
*{{cite journal| last1=Soares| first1=B. A. M.| last2=Soares| first2=H. E. M.| year=1946| title=Contribuição ao estudo das aranhas do estado do Espírito Santo| journal=Papéis Avulsos do Departamento de Zoologia, Secretaria de Agricultura, São Paulo| pages=51–72| volume=7}}
*{{cite journal| last=Mello-Leitão| first=C. F. de| year=1943| title=Alguns pisauridas e tomisidas do Brasil| journal=Revista Chilena de Historia Natural| pages=164–172| volume=45}}

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Category:Thomisidae genera
Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon

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