Pochyta Explained

Pochyta is a genus of African jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901.^[1]

Species

it contains twelve species, found only in Africa:^[2]

• Pochyta aurantiaca Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Gabon
• Pochyta equatorialis Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Gabon
• Pochyta fastibilis Simon, 1903 – Cameroon, Gabon
• Pochyta insulana Simon, 1910 – São Tomé and Príncipe
• Pochyta konilokho Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Guinea
• Pochyta lucida Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Gabon
• Pochyta maddisoni Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Gabon
• Pochyta major Simon, 1902 – Cameroon, Gabon, Angola
• Pochyta minuta Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Nigeria
• Pochyta pulchra (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Gabon
• Pochyta spinosa Simon, 1901 (type) – Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Mozambique, Madagascar
• Pochyta tendicula Wesołowska & Szűts, 2021 – Gabon

Notes and References

1. Simon. E.. 1901. Etudes arachnologiques. 31e Mémoire. L. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de la famille des Salticidae (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 66–76. 70. Eugène Simon.
2. 2021. Gen. Pochyta Simon, 1901. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. 14 October 2021. World Spider Catalog Version 22.5.