Description of two unknown females of Epeus Peckham & Peckham from China (Araneae: Salticidae)

Zootaxa. 2015 May 1;3955(1):147-50. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3955.1.11.

Abstract

The jumping spider genus Epeus Peckham & Peckham presently includes 15 species, mainly from South and Southeast Asia (World Spider Catalog 2015). Species of this genus have the cymbium of male palp flattened and elongated, with a basal apophysis retrolaterally, pointing postero-ventrally; tegulum with a tongue-like process; filiform embolus; and epigyne with long copulatory ducts with several loops.

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animal Distribution
  • Animal Structures / anatomy & histology
  • Animal Structures / growth & development
  • Animals
  • Body Size
  • China
  • Female
  • Male
  • Organ Size
  • Spiders / anatomy & histology
  • Spiders / classification*
  • Spiders / growth & development