Epocilla
Genus of spiders
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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]
| Epocilla | |
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| female E. calcarata from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
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12, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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
