Colopsus Explained

Colopsus is a genus of Asian jumping spiders first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. It was synonymized with Evarcha in 1984, but the name was revalidated in 2021. It is a senior synonym of Cheliceroides.

Species

it contains seven species:

C. arkavathi Caleb, 2022 – India
C. cancellatus Simon, 1902 (type) – Sri Lanka
C. cinereus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – India, Sri Lanka
C. ferruginus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
C. longipalpis (Żabka, 1985) – China, Vietnam
C. magnus Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
C. peppara Sudhin, Sen & Caleb, 2023 – India
C. tenuesi Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka

See also

Further reading

Logunov. D. V.. 2021. Arthropoda Selecta. New species and records of the jumping spiders from India and Nepal (Aranei: Salticidae). 30. 3. 351–361. 10.15298/arthsel.30.3.08. 239794511. free.
Prószyński. J.. 2018. Ecologica Montenegrina. Review of genera Evarcha and Nigorella, with comments on Emertonius, Padilothorax [sic], Stagetillus, and description of five new genera and two new species (Araneae: Salticidae)]. 16. 130–179. 10.37828/em.2018.16.12. free.