Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.
Species
it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii:
- Epocilla aura <small>(Dyal, 1935)</small> â Pakistan, India
- Epocilla aurantiaca <small>(Simon, 1885)</small> â India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam
- Epocilla blairei <small>Ã
»abka, 1985</small> â China, Vietnam
- Epocilla calcarata <small>(Karsch, 1880)</small> â India, China to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Introduced to Seychelles, United States (Hawaii)
- Epocilla chimakothiensis <small>Jastrzebski, 2007</small> â Bhutan
- Epocilla femoralis <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Epocilla innotata <small>Thorell, 1895</small> â Myanmar
- Epocilla mauriciana <small>Simon, 1901</small> â Mauritius
- Epocilla picturata <small>Simon, 1901</small> â China
- Epocilla praetextata <small>Thorell, 1887</small> â India, Bhutan, China, Myanmar to Indonesia (Java)
- Epocilla sirohi <small>Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2017</small> â India
- Epocilla xylina <small>Simon, 1906</small> â India
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