Pseudicius
Genus of spiders
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Pseudicius is a genus of the jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. The name is combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Icius.[3] The small genus Wesolowskana (formerly known as Luxuria) should possibly be included in this genus.[4] There is some dispute whether Afraflacilla is a distinct genus or should be included in Pseudicius. Festucula and Marchena are other close relatives, these genera form a monophyletic group.[5]
| Pseudicius | |
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| Pseudicius sp. in Hong Kong | |
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| female P. adustus in South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Pseudicius Simon, 1885[1] |
| Type species | |
| Aranea encarpata Walckenaer, 1802[1] | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Diversity | |
| 34 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Many species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to a variety of other genera.[1]
Species
female P. adustus
female P. gracilis
male P dentatus
As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 34 species:[1]
- Pseudicius adustus Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
- Pseudicius africanus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pseudicius amicus Prószyński, 2000 – Syria, Israel
- Pseudicius athleta Wesołowska, 2011 – Uganda, Kenya
- Pseudicius badius (Simon, 1868) – France (Corsica), Italy to Iran
- Pseudicius courtauldi Bristowe, 1935 – Greece to China
- Pseudicius cultrifer Caporiacco, 1948 – Greece (Rhodes)
- Pseudicius decemnotatus Simon, 1886 – Singapore
- Pseudicius elmenteitae Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
- Pseudicius encarpatus (Walckenaer, 1802) – Europe to Kazakhstan (type species)
- Pseudicius espereyi Fage, 1921 – Greece
- Pseudicius femineus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius flabellus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Pseudicius ghesquieri (Giltay, 1935) – DR Congo, Uganda
- Pseudicius gracilis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
- Pseudicius icioides (Simon, 1884) – Sudan
- Pseudicius kaszabi (Żabka, 1985) – Vietnam
- Pseudicius kulczynskii Nosek, 1905 – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria
- Pseudicius maculatus Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa, Lesotho
- Pseudicius marshi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
- Pseudicius mirus Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – Yemen (Socotra)
- Pseudicius musculus Simon, 1901 – Algeria, South Africa
- Pseudicius oblongus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894 – Brazil
- Pseudicius palaestinensis Strand, 1915 – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, Iran
- Pseudicius picaceus (Simon, 1868) – Mediterranean to Azerbaijan
- Pseudicius procerus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
- Pseudicius pseudocourtauldi Logunov, 1999 – Armenia
- Pseudicius punctatus (Marples, 1957) – Fiji, Samoa, Caroline Is.
- Pseudicius ridicularis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
- Pseudicius vankeeri Metzner, 1999 – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel
- Pseudicius wesolowskae Zhu & Song, 2001 – China
- Pseudicius yunnanensis (Schenkel, 1963) – China
- Pseudicius zabkai Song & Zhu, 2001 – China
- Pseudicius zebra Simon, 1902 – South Africa
