Epocilla
Appearance
Epocilla | |
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female E. calcarata from Hong Kong | |
Scientific 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
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Species | |
12, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Gen. Epocilla Thorell, 1887". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. 2024. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-07-29.
- ^ Żabka, M. (1985). "Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 39: 216.
- ^ 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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