Epocilla Explained

Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.^[1] The name comes from Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἐπόκιλλος (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.

Species

it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii:^[2]

• 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

External links

• Genus description

Notes and References

1. Thorell. T.. 1887. Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 5–417. 25. Tamerlan Thorell.
2. Gen. Epocilla Thorell, 1887. World Spider Catalog. 2024-07-29. 2024. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.