Pseudicius

Pseudicius is a genus of the jumping spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1885. The name is combined of Greek pseudo "false" and the salticid genus name Icius. The small genus Wesolowskana (formerly known as Luxuria) should possibly be included in this genus. There is some dispute whether Afraflacilla is a distinct genus or should be included in Pseudicius. Festucula and Marchena are other close relatives, these genera form a monophyletic group.

Many species formerly placed in this genus have been transferred to a variety of other genera.

Species

, this genus includes 34 species:

• Pseudicius adustus <small>Wesołowska, 2006</small> – Namibia
• Pseudicius africanus <small>G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
• Pseudicius amicus <small>Prószyński, 2000</small> – Syria, Israel
• Pseudicius athleta <small>Wesołowska, 2011</small> – Uganda, Kenya
• Pseudicius badius <small>(Simon, 1868)</small> – France (Corsica), Italy to Iran
• Pseudicius courtauldi <small>Bristowe, 1935</small> – Greece to China
• Pseudicius cultrifer <small>Caporiacco, 1948</small> – Greece (Rhodes)
• Pseudicius decemnotatus <small>Simon, 1886</small> – Singapore
• Pseudicius elmenteitae <small>Caporiacco, 1949</small> – Kenya
• Pseudicius encarpatus <small>(Walckenaer, 1802)</small> – Europe to Kazakhstan (type species)
• Pseudicius espereyi <small>Fage, 1921</small> – Greece
• Pseudicius femineus <small>Wesołowska & , 2013</small> – South Africa
• Pseudicius flabellus <small>Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013</small> – South Africa
• Pseudicius ghesquieri <small>(Giltay, 1935)</small> – DR Congo, Uganda
• Pseudicius gracilis <small>Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011</small> – South Africa
• Pseudicius icioides <small>(Simon, 1884)</small> – Sudan
• Pseudicius kaszabi <small>(Å»abka, 1985)</small> – Vietnam
• Pseudicius kulczynskii <small>Nosek, 1905</small> – Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey, Syria
• Pseudicius maculatus <small>Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011</small> – South Africa, Lesotho
• Pseudicius marshi <small>(G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903)</small> – South Africa
• Pseudicius mirus <small>Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002</small> – Yemen (Socotra)
• Pseudicius musculus <small>Simon, 1901</small> – Algeria, South Africa
• Pseudicius oblongus <small>G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894</small> – Brazil
• Pseudicius palaestinensis <small>Strand, 1915</small> – Turkey, Azerbaijan, Israel, Iran
• Pseudicius picaceus <small>(Simon, 1868)</small> – Mediterranean to Azerbaijan
• Pseudicius procerus <small>Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018</small> – South Africa
• Pseudicius pseudocourtauldi <small>, 1999</small> – Armenia
• Pseudicius punctatus <small>(Marples, 1957)</small> – Fiji, Samoa, Caroline Is.
• Pseudicius ridicularis <small>Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008</small> – Ethiopia
• Pseudicius vankeeri <small>Metzner, 1999</small> – Greece, Turkey, Cyprus, Israel
• Pseudicius wesolowskae <small>Zhu & Song, 2001</small> – China
• Pseudicius yunnanensis <small>(Schenkel, 1963)</small> – China
• Pseudicius zabkai <small>Song & Zhu, 2001</small> – China
• Pseudicius zebra <small>Simon, 1902</small> – South Africa

References

External links

• Photograph of P. encarpatus
• Photograph of Pseudicius sp.