Epocilla blairei
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| Epocilla blairei | |
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| female from Hong Kong | |
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| male from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Epocilla |
| Species: | E. blairei |
| Binomial name | |
| Epocilla blairei Żabka, 1985 | |
Epocilla blairei is a species of jumping spider in the genus Epocilla. It was first described in 1985 by Polish arachnologist Marek Żabka based on specimens from Vietnam.[1] The species is distributed from Taiwan to Vietnam.[2]
Epocilla blairei was described by Marek Żabka in 1985 as part of his comprehensive systematic study of jumping spiders from Vietnam.[1] The species belongs to the genus Epocilla, which was established by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.[2] The genus Epocilla is part of the tribe Chrysillini within the family Salticidae.[3]
The holotype male and allotype female were originally identified as "Epocilla aurantiaca Snr., Tonkin, (BLAIRE)" and are deposited in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.[1] The species was initially confused with Epocilla aurantiaca, having been misidentified by Eugène Simon in earlier collections.[1]
