Six New And One Newly Recorded Species Of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Singapore And Malaysia
Author
Zhang, J. X.
Author
Song, D. X.
Author
Li, Daiqin
text
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
2003
51
2
187
195
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.4618788
2345-7600
4618788
Epeus
Peckham & Peckham, 1886
Epeus
Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 271
, 334.
Type
species. –
Evenus tenera
Simon, 1877
, by original designation;
Zabka, 1985: 214
;
Peng et al., 1993: 48
.
Diagnosis. –
The genus is similar to
Plexippoides
in epigynum with a shallow depression, long copulatory duct forming several loops; palpal organ with outgrowth of cymbium and auricular outgrowth of palpal bulb. However, it differs from the latter in: cephalothorax distinctly tall, outgrowth of cymbium long and located at outside or front of the tibial apophysis, auricular outgrowth at central or back part of the palpal bulb.
Remarks. –
Members of this genus are mainly distributed in South-east Asia. Up to now, 11 species have been recorded in the world (
Platnick, 2003
), not including the new species described in this paper.