Evarcha Explained

Evarcha is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) with 85 species (and one recognized subspecies) distributed across the world.

Habitat

These spiders are often found on shrubs and short plants in damp areas, resting in silken cells.

Description

Spiders in this genus generally look rather sturdy and are not very colorful, often brownish.

Evarcha culicivora can be an uncommon predator due to the fact it feeds on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as well-liked prey.^[1]

Distribution

Most species occur in Asia, Africa and parts of Europe, with E. amabilis and E. hoyi found only in the United States. E. proszynskii is found from Russia to Japan and Canada to United States.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

Evarcha acuta Wesołowska, 2006 – Namibia
Evarcha aegyptiaca (Prószyński 2018) – Egypt
Evarcha alba (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – Southern Africa
Evarcha albaria (L. Koch, 1878) – Russia, China, Korea, Japan
Evarcha amabilis (C. L. Koch, 1846) – United States
Evarcha amanzi Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
Evarcha annae (Peckham & Peckham, 1903) – South Africa
Evarcha aposto Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha arabica Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Evarcha arcuata (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic
Evarcha armeniaca Logunov, 1999 – Armenia, Azerbaijan
Evarcha awashi Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha bakorensis Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
Evarcha besar (Prószyński, 2018) – Malaysia (Borneo)
Evarcha bicoronata (Simon, 1901) – Hong Kong
Evarcha bihastata Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania
Evarcha brinki Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
Evarcha bulbosa Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
Evarcha carbonaria (Lessert, 1927) – Congo
Evarcha certa Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
Evarcha chappuisi Lessert, 1925 – East Africa
Evarcha chiayiensis Chen, Lin & Ueng, 2021 – Taiwan
Evarcha chubbi Lessert, 1925 – East Africa
Evarcha coreana Seo, 1988 – China, Korea
Evarcha crinita Logunov & Zamanpoore, 2005 – Afghanistan
Evarcha culicivora Wesołowska & Jackson, 2003 – Kenya
Evarcha darinurica Logunov, 2001 – Afghanistan
Evarcha dena Zamani, 2017 – Iran
Evarcha denticulata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
Evarcha dubia (Kulczynski, 1901) – Ethiopia
Evarcha eriki Wunderlich, 1987 – Canary Is.
Evarcha falcata (Clerck, 1757) – Palearctic
Evarcha fasciata Seo, 1992 – China, Korea, Japan
Evarcha flagellaris Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
Evarcha flavocincta (C. L. Koch, 1846) – China to Java
Evarcha gausapata (Thorell, 1890) – Sumatra, Java
Evarcha grandis Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
Evarcha heteropogon Simon, 1903 –Vietnam
Evarcha hoyi (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) – USA, Canada
Evarcha hyllinella Strand, 1913 – Lombok
Evarcha idanrensis Wesołowska & A. Russell-Smith, 2011 – Nigeria
Evarcha ignea Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe
Evarcha improcera Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Evarcha infrastriata (Keyserling, 1881) – Queensland
Evarcha insularis (Metzner, 1999) – Greece, Turkey, Iraq, Iran
Evarcha jucunda (Lucas, 1846) – Mediterranean, introduced in Belgium
Evarcha karas Wesołowska, 2011 – Namibia
Evarcha kirghisica Rakov, 1997 – Kyrgyzstan
Evarcha kochi Simon, 1902 – Java, Lombok
Evarcha laetabunda (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Palearctic
Evarcha lata Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2021 – Sri Lanka
Evarcha longula (Thorell, 1881) – New Guinea, Australia
Evarcha maculata Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea
Evarcha madagascariensis Prószynski, 1992 – Madagascar
Evarcha michailovi Logunov, 1992 – France, Russia, Central Asia, China
Evarcha mirabilis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
Evarcha mongolica Danilov & Logunov, 1994 – Russia, China
Evarcha negevensis Prószynski, 2000 – Israel
Evarcha nenilini Rakov, 1997 – Central Asia
Evarcha nepos (O. P-Cambridge, 1872) – Israel
Evarcha nigricans (Dalmas, 1920) – Tunisia
Evarcha nigrifrons (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Sumatra
Evarcha obscura Caporiacco, 1947 – East Africa
Evarcha patagiata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1872) – Syria
Evarcha picta Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Evarcha pileckii Prószynski, 2000 – Israel
Evarcha pinguis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha pococki Zabka, 1985 – Bhutan to Vietnam, China
Evarcha praeclara Prószynski & Wesołowska, 2003 – Sudan, Israel, Yemen
Evarcha prosimilis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Evarcha proszynskii Marusik & Logunov, 1998 – Russia to Japan, USA, Canada
Evarcha pseudopococki Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China
Evarcha pulchella (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar
Evarcha reiskindi Berry, Beatty & Prószynski, 1996 – Caroline Islands
Evarcha rotundibulbis Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha russellsmithi Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
Evarcha selenaria Suguro & Yahata, 2012 – Japan
Evarcha seyun Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen
Evarcha similis Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia
Evarcha simonis (Thorell, 1892) – Singapore
Evarcha squamulata (Simon, 1902) – Sierra Leone
Evarcha striolata Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa
Evarcha syriaca Kulczynski, 1911 – Syria, Israel
Evarcha villosa Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa
Evarcha vitosa Próchniewicz, 1989 – Central, East Africa
Evarcha vittula Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – South Africa
Evarcha werneri (Simon, 1906) (syn. Evarcha elegans) – Ethiopia, Sudan to Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, South Africa
Evarcha wulingensis Peng, Xie & Kim, 1993 – China
Evarcha zayu Wang, Mi & Li, 2024 – China
Evarcha zimbabwensis Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe
Evarcha zougoussi Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast

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Notes and References

Fiona R. Cross & Robert R. Jackson (2009), "Odor-mediated response to plants by Evarcha culicivora, a blood‐feeding jumping spider from East Africa", New Zealand Journal of Zoology 36(2):75–80