Epocilla

Epocilla
female E. calcarata from Hong Kong
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus: Epocilla
Thorell, 1887
Type species
Epocilla praetextata
Thorell, 1887
Species

see text

Diversity
10 species

Epocilla is a genus of the spider family Salticidae (jumping spiders). 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.

The genus name comes from Ἐπόκιλλος (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.

Species

female Epocilla from Hong Kong

References

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