Epocilla

Genus of spiders

Epocilla
female E. calcarata from Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Epocilla
Thorell, 1887[1]
Type species
E. praetextata
Thorell, 1887
Species

12, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Goajara Peckham & Peckham, 1907[2]

Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.[3] The name comes from Ἐπόκιλλος (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.[citation needed]

Species

As of July 2024[update] it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii:[1]

  • Epocilla aura (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan, India
  • Epocilla aurantiaca (Simon, 1885) – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam
  • Epocilla blairei Żabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
  • Epocilla calcarata (Karsch, 1880) – India, China to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Introduced to Seychelles, United States (Hawaii)
  • Epocilla chimakothiensis Jastrzebski, 2007 – Bhutan
  • Epocilla femoralis Simon, 1901 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
  • Epocilla innotata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
  • Epocilla mauriciana Simon, 1901 – Mauritius
  • Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901 – China
  • Epocilla praetextata Thorell, 1887 – India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar to Indonesia (Java)
  • Epocilla sirohi Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2017 – India
  • Epocilla xylina Simon, 1906 – India

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Epocilla Thorell, 1887". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
  2. ^ Żabka, M. (1985). "Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 39: 216.
  3. ^ Thorell, T. (1887). "Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 25: 5–417.
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