Icius

Icius
male Icius subinermis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Heliophaninae
Genus: Icius
Simon, 1876
Type species
Marpissa hamata
C. L. Koch, 1846
Diversity
29 species

Icius is a genus of jumping spiders described by Simon in 1876, belonging to the Order Araneae, Family Salticidae.

Distribution

Icius is an almost cosmopolitan genus, widespread in Europe (mainly in Belgium, Croatia, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, Poland, Romania, Portugal, southern Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Spain and in The Netherlands), as well in Asia, Africa and in Central and South America (one species, Icius pallidulus is endemic of Micronesia).

Species

References

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