Epocilla
| Epocilla | |
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| female E. calcarata from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 | |
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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 June 2019[update] it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii:[1]
- Epocilla aurantiaca (Simon, 1885) – India to Malaysia
- Epocilla blairei Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
- Epocilla calcarata (Karsch, 1880) – China to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Introduced to Seychelles, USA (Hawaii)
- Epocilla chimakothiensis Jastrzebski, 2007 – Bhutan
- Epocilla femoralis Simon, 1901 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Epocilla innotata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
- Epocilla mauriciana Simon, 1901 – Mauritius
- Epocilla pakhtunkhwa Ali & Maddison, 2018 – Pakistan
- Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901 – China
- Epocilla praetextata Thorell, 1887 (type) – India, Bhutan, 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 Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-07.
- ^ 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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