''Epicadus'' is a

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that was first described by

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of ''Tobias''.

Species

it contains eleven species, found in South and Central America: *'' Epicadus camelinus'' ( O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869) –

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*'' Epicadus dimidiaster'' Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2018 –

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, Peru, Brazil *'' Epicadus granulatus''

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, 1909 –

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, Peru, Brazil *'' Epicadus heterogaster'' (Guérin, 1829) (

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) – Costa Rica,

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, Colombia,

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, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil,

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*'' Epicadus pulcher'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929) – Bolivia, Brazil *'' Epicadus rubripes'' Mello-Leitão, 1924 – Brazil *''

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, 1837) –

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, Virgin Is., Venezuela, Brazil *'' Epicadus taczanowskii'' ( Roewer, 1951) –

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, Costa Rica, Panama to Peru, Bolivia, Brazil *'' Epicadus tigrinus'' Machado, Teixeira & Lise, 2018 – Costa Rica, Panama *'' Epicadus trituberculatus'' (

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, 1872) –

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, Panama, Peru, Bolivia,

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, Brazil, Argentina *'' Epicadus tuberculatus'' ( Petrunkevitch, 1910) – Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Formerly included: *''E. mutchleri'' Petrunkevitch, 1930 (Transferred to '' Rejanellus'')

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*''E. albicans'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929 *''E. albovittatus'' (Caporiacco, 1954 *''E. corticatus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1917 *''E. flavus'' (Giebel, 1863 *''E. gradiens'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929 *''E. polyophthalmus'' (Mello-Leitão, 1929 *''E. ruber'' (Giebel, 1863

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