- Epocilla
Taxobox
name = "Epocilla"
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropoda
classis =Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia =Salticidae
subfamilia =Heliophaninae
genus = "Epocilla"
genus_authority = Thorell, 1887
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Epocilla
diversity = 8 species
type_species = "Epocilla praetextata "
type_species_authority = Thorell, 1887
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subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = see text"Epocilla" is a
genus of thespider familySalticidae (jumping spider s). These spiders are primarily natives of southeast Asia. As most jumping spiders, they hunt prey by jumping, secured to a location by a thread of silk.pecies
* "
Epocilla aurantiaca " (Simon, 1885) —India toMalaysia
* "Epocilla blairei " Zabka, 1985 —China ,Vietnam
* "Epocilla calcarata " (Karsch, 1880) — China toSulawesi ,Seychelles ,Hawai'i
* "Epocilla femoralis " Simon, 1901 —Sumatra
* "Epocilla mauriciana " Simon, 1901 —Mauritius
* "Epocilla picturata " Simon, 1901 — China
* "Epocilla praetextata " Thorell, 1887 —Myanmar toJava
* "Epocilla xylina " Simon, 1906 —India External links
* [http://www.miiz.waw.pl/salticid/diagnost/epocilla/epocilla.htm Genus description]
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