Epidelaxia Explained

Epidelaxia is a genus of Asian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.^[1] Once considered completely endemic to Sri Lanka, another species was discovered from Philippines in 2016.^[2]

Species

it contains four species, found only in Asia:^[3]

• Epidelaxia albocruciata Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka
• Epidelaxia albostellata Simon, 1902 (type) – Sri Lanka
• Epidelaxia maurerae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
• Epidelaxia obscura Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1902. Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 363–406. 46. Eugène Simon.
2. Web site: Four new species of the jumping spiders from the Philippines, with description of the male of Phintella piatensis Barrion et Litsinger, 1995 . kmkjournals.com . 23 May 2016.
3. Gen. Epidelaxia Simon, 1902. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.